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Krispy Kreme Signs Agreement to Enter Icelandic Market
Oct 11, 2016Krispy Kreme Doughnuts has announced a development agreement with Hagar verslainr ehf. that will bring the sweet treat company to Iceland. The first of five Krispy Kreme shops will open in Reykjavik on 5 November. "We are excited to ...
Tags: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, agreement, Hagar verslainr ehf.
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Footfall Holding up Following Brexit Vote, Says
Oct 8, 2016UK retail footfall figures for August show that two months on from the Brexit referendum, the unexpected result has had little material impact on how people are going about their day-to-day lives, reports Ipsos Retail Performance. Often ...
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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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Premier Foods Rejects £495m Bid Offer From McCormick
Mar 28, 2016UK-based food manufacturer Premier Foods has rejected a bid offer worth a £495m from US-based food giant McCormick. The company has rejected the offer saying that the offer from McCormick significantly undervalued Premier Foods ...
Tags: Premier Foods, McCormick, Bid Offer
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Furniture Retail Sales Buoy Slower February
Mar 13, 2016Furniture was again the top-performing category and the main contributor to retail growth in February, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. After hitting a record of +16 in January, GfK’s Major Purchase Index ...
Tags: Furniture, retail sales
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Albertsons Companies Sets Goal For Cage-Free Eggs By 2025
Mar 8, 2016Albertsons Companies will be working with its suppliers toward a goal of sourcing only cage-free eggs for its store operations by 2025, based on available supply. The company, among the first and largest in the conventional retail grocery ...
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Coles Develops World-Leading Online Grocery Delivery Technology
Nov 10, 2015Coles has launched a new online shopping technology system to help woo more online shoppers. In doing so, the Coles supermarkets group has told The Australian that it created ‘Rover Power Pick’ which simplifies the way Coles ...
Tags: Coles, online order, grocery shopping
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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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China to Retain as The Largest Grocery Market
Aug 28, 2015According to recent projections compiled before the recent China stock exchange meltdown, Chinese grocery had been set to grow by a third between now and 2020 and reach US$1.5tn per year, according to the UK’s Institute of Grocery ...
Tags: grocery market, smartphones
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Concerns About Labelling and a Desire for Convenience Are Set to Continue Into 2015
Dec 24, 2014Concerns about labelling and a desire for convenience are trends that are set to continue into 2015, according to global market research organisation Innova Market Insights. Innova Market Insights has released its overview of the Top Ten ...
Tags: Food, Beverage, Agriculture
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Food Markets Must Establish Standards to Ensure Food Safety Food Market Competition
Oct 10, 2014In welcoming industry efforts to develop a code of conduct to address unfair practices in the grocery sector, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called for issues around enforceability and coverage to be addressed before ...
Tags: grocery sector, Service
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Daelmans Group Bought Fabulous Bakin' Boys Based in Oxfordshire, England
Apr 15, 2014Netherlands-based bakery products producer Daelmans Group has bought Fabulous Bakin' Boys, a baked goods manufacturer based in Oxfordshire, England. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Fabulous Bakin' Boys ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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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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The GS1 GoScan Smart Device APP Provides a 'game Changer'
Nov 8, 2013The GS1 GoScan smart device app that enables consumers to know if a food product suits their special dietary needs with a simple scan of a barcode has been acknowledged as a 'game changer' – shifting the power to the consumer via ...
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Wrap Has Conducted Research Which Identifies How Much Food,Drink&Packaging Waste Arises
Oct 8, 2013Wrap has conducted research which identifies how much food, drink and packaging waste arises in the grocery retail supply chain. It also looks at where in the sector it arises, what the waste is, and how it is managed. It is estimated ...
