Grocery wholesaler, Metcash, has turned its profits around announcing a AUD$216.5 million profit after tax for the 12 months ended 30 April 2016. This is a vast turnaround on its AUD $384.2 million loss it reported for the prior 12 month ...
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Aldi Australia has the potential to be bringing in AUD $15 billion in annual sales by 2020 says a new Morgan Stanley report. Released yesterday, the report analysed that shoppers are now spending an average of AUD$100 per month at ...
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Nudie is now selling a variety of new juice and yoghurt flavours in supermarkets. The new flavours include the following: Nudie Water – Water with added fruit or vegetable juice (4 – 10 per cent of the beverage). Nudie ...
Lipton is now selling a range of green teas which are blended to remove any bitter aftertaste. ‘Lipton Delicately Fresh Green Tea’ was developed after consumer research revealed Australian consumers often avoid green tea ...
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A new study from Roy Morgan Research shows Aldi is continuing to win over more Australian supermarket shoppers. According to the study, as of December 2015, Aldi had a 12.1 per cent market share of the Australian supermarket grocery ...
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A representative body for Australian apple and pear growers is finding success with a new marketing campaign encouraging consumers to eat hail-damaged pears. Called “Hailstorm Heroes”, Apple and Pear Australia Limited are ...
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McCain Foods is now selling a takeaway inspired frozen pizza range in Australian supermarkets. The pizzas are made with stone-baked crusts and is described as a premium frozen pizza. Marketing Manager at McCain’s Foods Australia ...
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Australian supermarkets giants have confirmed they source seafood from a company implicated in the usage of indentured slave labourers for prawn peeling. Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets have each confirmed that they have sourced ...
Seafood producer Safcol has introduced a new ready-to-eat salmon meal range into Australia. The 'Salmon Ready Meal' range comes in the following three varieties: Spanish Paella Style Salmon which consists of wild Alaskan salmon, ...
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Crowd-sourced brands are the 'hot young things' of industry. PKN spoke to Nexba's Drew Bilbe and Troy Douglas about a line of iced teas based on the feedback of Facebook fans, friends and street artists. The idea for a brand of ice ...
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Dietary supplement manufacturer Blackmores Ltd (Blackmores) has announced a strong close to Group sales of $206 million for the first half ended 31 December 2014, an increase of 22 per cent compared to the previous corresponding period. ...
Specialty food producers Flowerdale Farm have launched new summer varieties of edible flowers in Australia. Flowerdale Farm is an Australian-owned family business with a focus on providing specialty produce. It currently supplies over 150 ...
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Earlier in December 2014, Australian Food News reported that food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index ...
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In action: female forklift champion Jayde Graham. The National Forklift Championships has come to an end as the final event was held in Brisbane on Friday 28 November. The course design for the final round saw a very challenging layout ...
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Australian wholesaler and distributor of groceries and hardware products Metcash Limited (Metcash) has announced a drop in its Underlying Profit after Tax of 9 per cent, to $101.7 million, which it said was due to “ongoing operating ...
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