Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has released a report which it said gives a “unique insight into the future of supermarket shopping. Woolworths said its Future of Fresh report has built a picture of how Australia will be ...
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Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) has announced a record Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) of $36.9 million for the 2014 financial year, an increase ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to owner driver members of the Transport Workers’ Union in Queensland to engage in collective bargaining with Toll ...
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Collins Foods sees KFC growth, while Sizzler ‘lags’ Fast food restaurant operator Collins Foods Limited (Collins Foods) has announced growth in the first quarter of the 2015 financial year for its KFC restaurants beyond what ...
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Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, have found that a 20% tax imposed on sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) could reduce obesity in young adults. According to the data presented, the 20% price ...
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As a membership warehouse club, everything we sell at Costco has to be of better value than our competitors in the marketplace,” Costco MD Patrick Noone told the audience at a Packaging Council of Australia Industry Leaders Forum in ...
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DB Schenker has opened its largest Australian supply chain and warehouse facility at the Redbank Motorway Estate in Ipswich, Queensland, which it says has created 70 new jobs. The German company will spend over $40 million over the next ...
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Recycling is great when it works. To make it work, recyclable glass has to be separated from all the other material that ends up in recycling bins. In the UK, glass manufacturer, Ardagh, has just signed a fifteen year agreement with ...
Coca-Cola Amatil is not only one of the biggest beverage companies in this market, but its move into blowfill production now makes it a significant packaging player in the Australasian region, with the sustainability commitment to match. ...
Australia-based SunRice Group has agreed to acquire Blue Ribbon Rice Group's rice milling assets in Brandon in North Queensland’s Burdekin region. The transaction, which is subject to clearance by the Australian Competition and ...
The latest ABS Retail Trade figures show that Australian retail turnover rose 0.6 per cent in June 2014, seasonally adjusted, following a fall of 0.3 percent in May 2014. Turnover rose in household good retailing (1.7 per cent), food ...
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New ABS Retail Trade figures show that Australian retail turnover fell 0.5 per cent in May 2014, seasonally adjusted, following a fall of 0.1 per cent in April 2014. The largest contributor to the fall was clothing, footwear and personal ...
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Continued rainfall in the east-central Plains and northwestern Corn Belt in the U.S. is just one of several moisture extremes making weather headlines as the week begins. The rain is falling in spots where it's badly needed, and it's ...
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Australian rice may have ancient DNA that will be vital to food security As well as displaying important similarities with domesticated rice, Australia's wild rice offers tremendous potential for global food security, according to one of ...
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Queensland's government expects the Australian state's exports of seaborne-traded coking and thermal coal to surpass 200 million mt for the first time in the current fiscal year ending June 30, budget papers released by state treasurer Tim ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Coal