Sunday, July 7 was World Chocolate Day, and to celebrate, Robern Menz, the owner of everyone’s favourite South Australian chocolate snack, released a brand-new variety – the Cherry flavoured FruChoc. A cult favourite, Menz FruChocs is the number one choc bite product in South Australia, and has achieved National Trust Heritage status. The combination of […]
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When Three fiercely Independent brands combine In 1968, Ron and Margaret Anderson purchased the Mobil Distribution in Warnambool which lead to them becoming an Independent Distributor and the APCO business was born – Anderson Petroleum Company (APCO). 1980 saw the opening of the very first APCO retail store and service station when Victoria’s first APCO Easy Shop store
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Coles is planning on refreshing its strategy for the business, aiming to restore growth, profitability and “become the most trusted retailer”. Speaking at the Coles Investor Day, CEO Steven Cain said the overall vision is to: “become the most trusted retailer in Australia and grow long-term shareholder value” and to “sustainably feed all Australians to
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Much-loved German retailer Aldi has opened its first store in China, opening two prototype stores in Shanghai. According to MarketingMag, the prototype stores were designed in line with Chinese consumer habits, which include doing multiple small shops per week. Key departments within the small-format stores included snacks, produce, bakery, alcohol, imported goods, health and beauty.
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Ahead of a restructure to staffing and store layout, Woolworths is planning to spend around $10 million on training. According to News.com.au, the staff will be trained to better assist customers within the supermarket as well as helping shoppers decide on the best cut of meat and how it should be cooked. Amongst the updates,
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Celebrate World Digestive Health Day on May 29 by discovering the daily dose that does you good with The Culture Co probiotic kefir. A new report by the CSIRO found every year, 50% of Australians experience gut health problems, and 1 in 7 Australian adults experience distressing gut health symptoms which they tend to manage
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For the first time ever, Cadbury Roses has collaborated with renowned Australian illustrator Megan Hess to design a special gift pack in time for Mother’s Day, making it even more ideal to gift. The perfect Mother’s Day gift, Cadbury invites Australians to say thank you to the special women in their life by giving the
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Obesity experts are requesting the Government to amp up the regulations around food manufacturing and the health star rating system. The George Institute published a report in which researchers ranked the nutritional value of packaged food and beverages on sale across Australia. Msn.com.au said the report found little progress had been made despite the efforts
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This story was written by Georgia Clark for RetailBiz. Grocery giant Woolworths has launched an app to help it reduce empty shelves and save millions in lost sales by keeping track of stock levels in near real-time. The app will allow the supermarket chain to automate stocktake by using historical sales data to calculate sales
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Arnott’s breaks into chocolate, creating a new way to enjoy their classic biscuit flavours with chocolate blocks inspired by Iced VoVo, Scotch Finger, Wagon Wheel, Ginger Nut and Jatz.
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Woolworths has added a robot to its new Gregory Hills store. The newly opened store, has a robot roaming the aisles which monitors hazards and accounts for a more safe store. The store manager told News.com.au that the robot monitors the store and can alert staff members to any dangers or hazards. “We’ve been working
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A photo of Vegemite circulating online has caused surprise and disbelief.
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Heinz has released a special type of mayonnaise that is surprisingly, not an April fools prank.
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