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Survey: Australian Food and Fmcg Companies Are Investing in NPD
Jun 21, 2016A new joint survey from UBS and the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has found Australian supermarket suppliers are investing in new product development as a top priority. In releasing the results of the latest ‘UBS-AFGC ...
Tags: grocery sector, export opportunities, offshore wind farm
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Food and Grocery Council Proposes Alternative to NSW Container Recycling System
Mar 30, 2016An election promise made by Premier Mike Baird, the container deposit scheme will reward the public with 10c each container they return and recycle. Similar programs were established in South Australia and the Northern Territory in the ...
Tags: AFGC, Recycling System, NSW
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Branding Is Key on Back of TPP
Oct 15, 2015The Australian Made Campaign has reminded businesses to boost country-of-origin branding on products as part of its strategy to leverage new export opportunities available via the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). “The TPP will ...
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Retail Sales Have Continued to Slow
May 11, 2015Retail sales have continued to slow, with the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) CHEP Retail Index revealing growth of only four per cent year-on-year in the March quarter, slowing to three per cent by the June quarter. Retail ...
Tags: Retail sales, Packaging
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Australian Retail Sector Expects to See a Further Slowing in Growth Nationally
May 8, 2015The Australian retail sector is expected to see a further slowing in growth nationally, with the AFGC CHEP Retail Index showing growth of 4 per cent year-on-year in the March quarter, slowing to 3 per cent by the June quarter. Within this ...
Tags: Retail Sales, retail sector
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Food Law and Policy Development
Apr 2, 2015It was reported on 25 March 2015 that new Country of Origin Labelling laws will be delayed until at least August 2015 despite the Prime Minister’s announcement on 16 February 2015 that country of origin labelling proposals for reform ...
Tags: FSANZ, dietary supplements, Food
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Australian Retail Growth Slow While Exports to Grow
Feb 5, 2015After a stronger-than-expected Christmas trading period, retail spending growth will slow heading into 2015, according to the sixteenth edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail Index released late last week. The AFGC CHEP Retail Index is a ...
Tags: Christmas trading, food exports
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A Container Deposit Scheme for Beverage Packaging
Jan 7, 2015An alliance of Australia’s beverage manufacturers has responded to speculation that New South Wales could introduce a Container Deposit Scheme for beverage packaging, saying recent research has shown such schemes are “many times ...
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The 14th AFGC CHEP Retail Index Shows Year-on-Year Growth in Retail Sales Remains Strong
Aug 22, 2014The 14th AFGC CHEP Retail Index shows year-on-year growth in retail sales remains strong, despite easing moderately in the June quarter. The index shows year-on-year retail sales growth was 5.2 per cent in the June quarter down from 5.8 ...
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14th AFGC CHEP Retail Index Released Today Has Shown Year-on-Year Growth in Retail Sales
Aug 21, 2014The 14th AFGC CHEP Retail Index released today has shown year-on-year growth in retail sales has remained strong despite easing moderately in the June 2014 quarter. The Index showed year-on-year retail sales growth was 5.2 per cent in the ...
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The Retail Sector Has Regained Much of Its Strength
Aug 19, 2014The 14th AFGC Chep Retail Index, released on 28 July, suggests that the retail sector has regained much of its strength. The Index shows year-on-year retail sales growth was 5.2% in the June quarter. And although this was a slight dip ...
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The Health Food of Australian
Jun 10, 2014The Australian food, beverage and grocery manufacturing industry has an annual turnover of approximately $111 billion, directly employs almost 300,000 people, with half of those in rural and regional areas, and generates $24 billion in ...
Tags: food, food packaging, Packaging
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Australian Food and Grocery Sector Is Supportive of The Australian Government's Actions
Mar 25, 2014Australia's food and grocery body welcomes Government's deregulation moves The Australian food and grocery sector is supportive of the Australian Government's actions to reduce the regulatory burden on business, according to industry body ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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Growth in Retail Food Sales and Manufacturing Are at Its Strongest in Australia
Feb 26, 2014February 10, 2014 Sophie Langley Retail food sales and manufacturing growth strengthening in Australia Year-on-year growth in retail food sales is at its strongest since early 2010, according to a report from food manufacturing industry ...
Tags: Manufacturing Growth, Food Sales, CHEP, AFGC
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The 12th Edition of The AFGC CHEP Index Shows Growth in Retail Sales at Its Strongest
Feb 8, 2014The 12th edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail Index shows year-on-year growth in retail sales at its strongest since early 2010. The index was 4.2 per cent higher in December 2013 compared with December 2012, up from an increase of 1.9 per ...
Tags: AFGC, ABS, retail environment, retailer