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Retail awards showcase best of Convenience POS

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The recent POPAI (Point-of-Purchase Advertising International) Marketing@Retail Awards were held across 19 categories and attracted 139 entries. Awards were presented at a black tie Gala Dinner held at Sydney’s Hilton Hotel on 1 October, with winners in the convenience/route division including Parmalat’s Engine Fridge and Streets Magnum Kisses Bollard Spinner. POPAI Managing Director, Darren Pinks, […]

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Aldi prepares for $700 million WA and SA expansion

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With more than 350 stores and annual sales around $5.3 billion, Aldi sales account for approximately 10% of the grocery market on Australia’s eastern seaboard. The chain is now planning a $700 million expansion into Western Australia and South Australia. Aldi managing director, Tom Daunt, has confirmed plans to invest between $400 million and $450

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Victoria backs ‘Support Small Business Day’

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Support Small Business Day, held in Victoria this year on October 4, is a welcome addition to other recent SME event campaigns the American Express-led ‘Shop Small’ and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Small Business ‘Too Big to Ignore’. Victoria’s second Support Small Business Day attracted 3,387 small business and 2,523 shopper registrations

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Note recycling to enhance efficiency at Coles

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NCR Corporation has announced that it is upgrading Coles Supermarkets’ NCR FastLane SelfServ™ Checkout lanes with NCR Note Recycling capability. The Note Recycling solution will assist Coles to lower cash floats and reduce replenishment cycles as it recycles cash notes accepted in self-checkout machines, dispensing them as change in subsequent transactions. In addition, the Note

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Union helps Woolworths casuals become permanent

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Next week 13 previously casual workers at the Woolworths supermarket warehouse in Yennora will become permanent employees after fighting for greater job security and certainty in working hours and entitlements. The National Union of Workers helped the 13 casual positions become permanent through a Memorandum of Understanding with the company. According to Mark Ptolemy of

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Local convenience leaders shine on international stage

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For the third year running, Australia’s entrants have enjoyed prestigious wins at the international convenience industry awards, which are part of the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Show in the US. As the 2014 winners of the Peter Jowett Scholarship Award, administered by the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS), Callum MacKay of 7-Eleven

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Fair Work Ombudsman helps Coles end exploitation of trolley collectors

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Following the Fair Work Ombudsman’s August call to national supermarket chains and shopping centres, Coles is the first major chain to publicly declare it has an “ethical and moral responsibility” to join with the Ombudsman and stamp out exploitation of vulnerable trolley collectors. Some trolley collectors are being paid as little as $5 an hour,

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Joyce fights for fair farm gate prices, stronger competition policy

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Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has questioned the outcomes of the Harper Competition Policy Review last week and plans to challenge the Harper Review’s proposed changes to market power laws. Cabinet Ministers are considering Mr Joyce’s agriculture competitiveness paper that considers tougher competition law changes to protect farmers from alleged misuse of market power by supermarkets

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Mars named as one of Australias best places to work

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At the BRW Best Places to Work 2014 Study awards ceremony held in Sydney on the 11 September, Mars Australia was the only food manufacturing business to be listed in the top 25, ranking twentieth in the list. The Mars Australia entry represented over 2,000 Mars Associates employed across four segments for: Mars Chocolate in

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BP Goes Pink in Pledge for McGrath Foundation

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BP has today renewed its commitment to raise funds for the McGrath Foundation by going pink to launch a national social fundraising initiative, #BPPinkPledge. The dynamic move by BP sees flagship Sydney service station, BP Rozelle, transform from the signature BP green into McGrath Foundation pink – from pillars to pumps, with a bright pink

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