Supermarket giant Coles was banned for three years from advertising that its bread was made or baked on the day it was sold and will have to hang signs in stores admitting that it passed off par-baked bread as freshly baked. Coles, which faces penalties of up to $3 million, was ordered by the Federal […]
On Thursday 18 September, Woolworths announced it had dropped the price of its Homebrand white to 85¢ per loaf. The following day Coles followed suit with its Smart Buy white bread and ALDI lowered its price on Saturday. Canberra-based Independent supermarket, Supabarn, has since entered the fray, pricing its bread at 80¢ a loaf. According
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Calls from Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett, Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson and a senior Coalition senator for a redistributed or higher/broader based goods and services tax (GST), have raised the possibility of the GST being expanded to fresh foods. And Mr Parkinson, commenting about the Tax White Paper last week, talked about the issue of
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Inappropriately shaped lollies on sale exclusively in New Zealand’s South Island have been branded offensive and recalled from shops. The confectionery included sweets shaped in the form of male genitals as well as gummy bear shapes with a penis, reports the Otago Daily Times. Dutch Rusk managing director Willem Van de Geest, of Nelson, said
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