Woolworths has upped its range of convenience meals, introducing 60 new products to shelves this week in their biggest product launch since Christmas. Capitalising on the trend towards healthier options, the grocery retailer has placed an emphasis on vegetables in the range, including five new additions to their ‘Woolworths ‘& Veg’ range. The new products, […]
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McCain Foods has pledged to donate a quarter of a million meals to food relief organisations across Australia and NZ to support communities through the COVID-19 crisis. Food relief organisations have seen a recent surge in requests for help as the economic impact of the global pandemic begins to take a toll on families. The
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COVID-19 has handed Coles and Woolworths a stellar third quarter. The panic buying that left supermarket shelves bare has had an upside for both grocery rivals. Coles saw sales revenue rise 12.9% overall, up by $9.2 billion compared to this time last year. Their grocery sales were particularly positive, with an increase of 13.1% to
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New figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics prove what we all knew: March was a record breaking month for grocery. Seasonally adjusted, preliminary trade figures show retail turnover rose by 8.2% – the biggest rise ever recorded by the ABS and even higher than pre-GST panic buying in June, 2000, which was a
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Coles and Woolworths have reopened their online delivery and ‘click & collect’ services in another sign panic buying is stabilising. Coles Online reopened for all customers earlier this week, following a temporary suspension enacted in early March for all but their elderly and vulnerable customers through their Coles Online Priority Service (COPS). The service
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If you thought we’d reached peak vegan, think again. You can now get Mac and Cheese… sans cheese. Upton’s Naturals has just dropped a pre-cooked, microwavable vegan mac and cheese full of plant based goodness in both an original Ch’eesy Mac and a Ch’eesy Bacon Mac. Both include a yeast-based cheese in place of the
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Wholesaler Metcash has successfully raised $300 million in capital by selling off 107 million new shares. The shares were placed up for sale yesterday at a discounted price of $2.80, down 7.9% on the $3.04 at the ASX close of trade on Friday, when the sale was announced. The new shares were quickly snapped up
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As the financial toll of COVID-19 continues to affect thousands of Australians, cereal giant Kellogg’s is stepping up to help those in need. Kellogg’s Australia and New Zealand today announced they will up their food donations by one tonne each month for the next six months. The donations equate to roughly 150,000 bowls of cereal
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In great news for Melbournians, 7-Eleven has just made it even easier to order groceries to your door. The convenience chain have just launched a contactless home delivery service. The service will operate on a next-day delivery basis for most of the included suburbs, however a select few will offer delivery within the hour, perfect
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As COVID-19 continues to impact daily life, consumers are increasingly turning towards convenience stores to source essentials. The Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) CEO Jeff Rogut said consumers were favouring convenience stores for shopping as they were hyper-local, easily accessible and typically less crowded than supermarkets. A recent survey, How shoppers are using convenience stores
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Unilever and Reckitt Benckiser are two of the latest companies to step up and pitch in to help during the Covid-19 crisis. As businesses feel the pinch from significant government trading restrictions aimed at reducing the spread of the deadly pandemic and vulnerable Australians face product shortages due to panic buying, the two consumer goods
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PepsiCo have just revolutionised snacking, combining two of their greats into one refreshing package for Doritos Mountain Dew. The limited edition snack infuses Mountain Dew’s lemon, citrus tang flavour into Doritos’ corn crunch. The flavour has been a long time in the making, with C&I reporting in 2014 that PepsiCo had been trialing the flavour
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As businesses adapt to the evolving government restrictions amid the spread of Covid-19, one major fast food chain has taken an innovative approach to drawing in customers. After the federal government placed a ban on all in-restaurant dining, McDonald’s was reduced to take-away, drive-through and home delivery of its range of burgers, sides and McCafe
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