General Electric (GE) has completed the sale of its US fleet services business to Element Financial for $5bn. The company said that the sale of GE's Mexican, Australian and New Zealand fleet businesses to Element is also expected to close ...
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Health conscious Australians are making beetroot a kitchen staple according to AUSVEG’s Project Harvest consumer research. Interest in beetroot has boomed among shoppers keen on in its nutritional benefits following the vegetables ...
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Every dollar invested by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) over the past three years has delivered a $2.90 return to wool growers. “The benefits of AWI's investment in R&D and marketing have been detailed in the recent 'Review of ...
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48% of supply chain managers in Australia say they are inadequately trained, according to respondents of a global survey of professionals. Supply chain managers increasingly focus on protecting vulnerable people further down the chain ...
Young Australian families and young adults are buying Asian vegetable varieties more frequently than last year and are buying more each time, according to the latest Nielsen consumer research. Nielsen Homescan data, taken from 10,000 ...
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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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Woolworths has expanded its private label ice cream product range. Australian Woolworths supermarkets are now selling the following new ice creams: Apple Tumble 500ml tub – apple flavoured ice cream with a sweet apple ...
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DHL Express has opened its new Melbourne gateway facility to better support regional businesses operating in and out of Australia. The new facility took a total investment of AUD 20 million, the largest infrastructure amount invested by DHL ...
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Fountain Sauce have changed up their tomato sauce bottles to feature the footy team jersey’s of all 18 AFL teams. Coinciding with the Australian Football League annual finals season that comes around in the month of September, ...
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Australia is importing more pre-converted corrugated boxes than ever before, and paying increasing amounts to do so. A new report released by IndustryEdge has revealed Australian imports of pre-converted corrugated boxes have grown at an ...
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Australian Warehouse Solutions has changed its name to Fromm Packaging Australia as part of a re-brand which includes expanding its range with 13 new tools and machines. The Sydney-based company has added four pallet wrapping machines, ...
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Next-generation packaging innovations will be the focus of a talk about Australian produce exports at the Queensland Supply Chain & Logistics Conference this week. Dr Andrew Macnish, a specialist in horticulture and forestry science at ...
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Jurlique has switched to using plastic tube, started lightweighting its glass packaging, and driven a re-use system which saves 1000 shippers a year. PKN reports on the skin care company's latest initiatives. Since the Jurlique brand was ...
According to the latest findings from Roy Morgan Research, 8% of the population consume sports drinks such as Powerade, Gatorade and Staminade in any given seven days. Twice as many men (10%) as women (5%) drink these beverages, while young ...
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Guylian Belgian Chocolate Cafe’s has launched an expanded menu strategy in Australia. Guylian says the new menu is focused on providing innovative Flemish food and beverages. It features both savoury and sweet offerings such as, ...
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