Casual retail employees are receiving an increased penalty rate for Saturday and evening work which kicked in from 1 October 2019. The increase has affected all businesses who employ casual staff under the General Retail Industry Award 2010. Casual staff are now receiving a rate of 135% for evening work Monday to Friday and 145% […]
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Mars Wrigley Australia has announced that Andrew Leakey has been appointed general manager for its business in Australia. Leakey will lead the business from Mars Wrigley’s headquarters in Melbourne, with responsibility for its manufacturing facilities in Asquith (NSW) and Ballarat (VIC), and 17 confectionery brands the company distributes across the Australian market, including EXTRA®, MALTESERS®,
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Coles has opened its first-ever restaurant-supermarket hybrid in Victoria this week, with the company announcing further plans to convert 100 existing Coles stores to the new ‘Fresh Convenience’ format before Christmas. The Tooronga Village store in Melbourne features a café and sushi retailer as part of an ongoing transformation to make Coles a destination for
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One of Australia’s favourite ice creams, Golden Gaytime and doughnut giants, Krispy Kreme, have teamed up to release two treats available exclusively at 7-Eleven. The first is a Krispy Kreme inspired Golden Gaytime ice cream which include an original-glazed inspired ice cream filling, coated in doughnut flavoured crumb. The second is the new Krispy Kreme
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Petrol prices across the country have started to fall following 11-year highs in Melbourne and Adelaide last week, and record highs in Brisbane. Both Melbourne and Adelaide petrol prices reached 166 cents per litre last week and NRMA spokesman, Peter Khoury, had warned customers that they were expecting Sydney petrol prices to also reach 11-year
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Yowie has been forced to suffer a $741,000 hit to its bottom line after its board discovered its assets were incorrectly valued. The Aussie chocolate maker’s assets were found to be worth more than its $A16.9 million market capitalisation. Updating investors in a post to the ASX this morning, Yowie’s non-executive chairman Louis Carroll said
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Australia’s largest public electric vehicle (EV) charging network has announced its plan to grow its ultra-rapid sites to more than 100. Chargefox has revealed the target locations for 22 sites in the first phase of its fast EV charging network, connecting Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane with additional sites in Western Australia and Tasmania, delivering
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New Sunrise’s conference, I.C.E.WORKS ‘19 in San Francisco, California (29 July – 2 August) was a great success according to New Sunrise’s Managing Director, Steve Cardinale. “Each year, we always aim for retailers and suppliers to come away with a greater understanding of the changes in both the c-Store and food and beverage industries and
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PetrolWorld has announced its fuel retail and distribution summit, PW Summit Singapore 2020, will take place in Singapore on 16 and 17 June 2020. Day 1 will see the 4th PW Fuel Retail Conference being held with a special focus on ‘Technology’. Day 2 will see the introduction of the 1-to-1 Business Meeting schedule. The
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A recent study has suggested fermented soft drinks such as kombucha and kefir could pose a risk to unsuspecting drinkers who think they are consuming an alcohol-free product, prompting calls for changes to labelling and safety information. Kombucha is made by fermenting tea, and alcohol is formed during the fermentation process, but it’s commonly believed
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Clean Food Co has announced its new brand identity, United Brand Group (UBG) in a push to cement its position amongst the Asia Pacific’s most trusted partners to fast-track business entry to China. The rebrand reflects a large expansion of its current services and diversification across its client base enabling the consultancy to take more
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Convenience and fuel retailer Russell Withers’ 7-Eleven group will sell 15 7-Eleven sites around the country in a one-day auction. The prominent sites will be sold by auction specialists Burgess Rawson at live-linked events in Sydney and Melbourne on 30 October and may net the business $70 million. The 7-Eleven sites in Sydney include Clyde
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The fifth electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging station by EV network provider Chargefox is now open in seaside village and surf mecca Torquay, Victoria. The latest site will feature four chargers in total in what will be a 22-strong network of ultra-rapid and fast chargers. With an additional 17 ultra-rapid charging stations in development, the
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