Liquor retailing is growing, and sheltered from supermarket price wars Much has been reported on the battle for consumers' hearts, minds and money by Australia's two biggest supermarket groups, and liquor retailing may yet play a key role ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Wine
A national tribunal is to consider minimum safety standards for Australian petrol tankers, after nationwide research revealed 1 in 4 tanker drivers were pressured to speed and 1 in 2 drivers reported inadequate brake inspections. ...
The Industry of the Future Forum is a Food & Drink Business initiative. It is being held because future-proofing the food and drink industry is an essential. And future-proofing is only possible by understanding what is likely to lie ahead, ...
Tags: Food, Drink Business, Packaging, Printing
Simplot launches new Birds Eye brand 'steamfresh' vegetables and cheese sauce Food manufacturer Simplot Australia has launched a new Birds Eye SteamFresh Vegetables and Cheese Sauce range in Australia. The Company said the latest ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Monster Health Food, an Australian family-owned breakfast food company, has launched the first products to display the controversial Health Star Rating front-of-pack labelling system. The new packs will be on supermarket shelves this ...
Tags: Health Food, Agriculture, Food
New Zealand-based gourmet fresh chilled soup and meal manufacturer Pitango has launched a new "home-style" Free Range Chicken and Vegetable Soup, in time for the seasonal shift towards the colder months. The soup, which Pitango said is ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Woolworths breached ACCC undertakings, Federal Court finds The Federal Court of Australia has today found supermarket giant Woolworths breached an undertaking on fuel shopper dockets, but that its rival Coles did not break the agreement. ...
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Gourmet Garden's new Lightly Dried Herbs Australian herb company Gourmet Garden has launched a new Lightly Dried Herb range, made with Australian organically grow herbs that have been washed, roughly chopped and lightly dried. According ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Herb
Chobani Australia is set to export to Singapore Maker of Greek-style strained yoghurt Chobani Australia has shipped its first palette of product to Singapore, 16 months after the opening of its $30 million yoghurt factory at Dandenong ...
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Woolworths has announced new long-term milk supply contracts Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has announced two new 10-year milk contracts across Australia that it says "will give dairy farmers and processors more certainty to ...
Tags: Milk, Agriculture, Food
Best-value bottleshops, according to Roy Morgan Research findings While the ALDI supermarket chain may not be the biggest alcohol retailer in Australia, its customers are more likely than those of other liquor outlets to believe it offers ...
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More than 90 packaging technologists, engineers and designers came together for the 2014 AIP/IGD Shelf Friendly Packaging (SFP) training which was held across two states and four Woolworths sites over two weeks in March. It was the third ...
Fonterra Australia has secured a ten-year contract from Woolworths to supply and process the retailer’s own brand milk in Victoria. The deal allows farmers to further invest in their businesses as they have a guaranteed buyer for ...
Tags: Milk Supply, milk, local farmers
UK-based 'wholefood' breakfast cereal brand Jordans has launched its Crispy Oat Clusters and Crunchy Oat Granola across Australia following a trial in 2013. Jordans was founded in 1972 by Bill and David Jordan, but Holme Mills, the home ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
More Australians shopping for fresh vegetables at farmers' markets, 'local' food trend grows Taking the trend towards 'local' food to a new level, new national consumer research examining where Australians typically shop for their fresh ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food