Price Match Promise initiative will see independent retailers, under the IGA banner, match hundreds of everyday items such as breakfast cereals, coffee and pasta to Australia’s major supermarket chains
Independent Grocers of Australia (IGA) Price Matches Major Supermarkets Read More »
Solid sales growth and positive retail store investment reported at the TIR Expo and IGA Conference
Tasmanian Independents report solid sales, positive retail investment Read More »
Woolworths remains Australia’s number one retailer for fine food delicacies though Coles becoming more competitive, the latest retail data from Roy Morgan shows
Coles catches bigger share of deli spend Read More »
NSW Government and Woolworths negotiate sale of land in Port Macquarie despite community objection
NSW Govt sells waterfront land for Woolworths development Read More »
Aldi announces plans to build new store at Sydney Business Park, Marsden Park
Aldi confirms plans to open 1000 sqm store at Marsden Park, Sydney Read More »
International award for Single Site Retailer of the Year – Licensed Markets won by Melbourne Shell dealer
Melbourne Shell dealer wins International Retailer of the Year award Read More »
7-Eleven Australia’s expansion continues in Western Australia, with the state’s first fuel store opening in Midvale yesterday. A second 7-Eleven fuel store will open in Malaga on 30 June 2015. This brings the total number of stores in Western Australia to seven since the brand launched into the market on 30 October 2014. The new
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More smaller supermarkets and convenience stores are set to appear in Australian CBDs and cities, while the Australian supermarket landscape is set to evolve to accommodate the entry and aggressive expansion of discount grocery retailers, according to commercial real estate services and investment firm CBRE. Areas of opportunity for convenience stores are apartment developments across
More small CBD stores, discount supermarkets predicted Read More »
If the competition regulator approves the sale of independent supermarket chain Supabarn’s supermarkets in Canberra/ACT and Sydney to supermarket chain Coles, allowing Coles to almost catch up with Woolworths in Canberra, it would decimate the remaining, mainly Metcash-supplied independent grocers in a market that already has Australia’s greatest floor space for supermarkets per capita. In
Proposed sale of Supabarn to Coles could decimate independent grocers Read More »
Coles has achieved the first Green Star rating for a supermarket, with the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) awarding Coles Hallam in south east Melbourne a 4 Star Green Star rating. Under the rating system, a 6 Star rating represents ‘world leadership’ while a 4 Star rating, represents ‘best practice’. Coles was determined to develop a ‘supermarket
Coles Hallam Victoria store achieves sustainability certification Read More »
The 2015 Convenience and Impulse Channel survey is almost complete. This survey gives a voice to small retailers and by completing the survey, a chance to win one of five iPad Air 2’s. If you are a retailer in the convenience or impulse channels, and have not yet completed a survey, click here https://surveymonkey.net/s/impulse_2015 to
Small retailers to stand up, be counted. Win 1 of 5 iPad Air 2’s Read More »
Germany and Europe’s other major discount grocer Lidl could emerge as a significant threat to Australian food retailers in 5-10 years with media reports indicating that Lidl has contacted logistics providers to create a network of distribution centres and links to transport merchandise around the country. Owned privately by the Schwarz Group, Lidl (along with
Grocery market set for shake up as Lidl weighs Australia entry Read More »
OneCash and its parent company DSM Connect have gone into voluntary administration with administrators appointed on 4 June. OneCash manages as many as 500 ATMs at locations throughout Australia, at petrol station sites including Caltex, BP, Mobil, and Shell as well as at various independent supermarkets. The first meeting of the companies’ creditors is scheduled to
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