The first Superspar store is now open on the Gold Coast. Spar Australia officially opened the larger format store – known in Europe as Eurospar, in Crestwood Plaze, Molendinar earlier this year. The larger format store is catered towards families and features both an expanded range of stock across fresh food, groceries, non-foods and also […]
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As the economic fall out from the Coronavirus outbreak continues, resulting travel restrictions and drops in global demand for fuel are driving down fuel prices. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) price per barrel sat at US$55.51 on Monday, down from $58.94 on January 31. While financial media company Bloomberg reported Citigroup have
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The Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) have backed calls from major retail associations for the Reserve Bank to mandate least-cost routing for merchants. C&I Magazine reported last week that ACAPMA, ARA, COSBOA and MGA had formed the Fairer Merchant Fees Alliance to push for the RBA to reduce merchant fees for ‘tap and go’
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Diary giant Lactalis Australia have announced they will be closing their Pauls factory in Rockhampton, citing a change in local milk supply. Lactalis, who own Pauls, declined to comment on the decision, which affects 47 employees at the factory. However in a statement issued yesterday, they said the factory had not been operating at full
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Australia’s largest convenience and fuel retailer 7-Eleven Australia will auction off 18 sites this month in what’s expected to be a hotly anticipated auction. The east coast sites will be sold off individually through Burgess Rawson on February 25, with auctions in both Sydney and Melbourne. The sites – six in NSW, two in QLD,
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Personal hygiene sales are rising in line with global panic as the Coronavirus continues to spread. Olympian Products said they have seen a whopping 45% increase in sales of their antiseptic wipes over the last week. They have also reported a spike in surgical face masks. It comes as panicked customers reported chemists across the
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ALDI have a new tool in the fight to lure the lucrative health conscious shopper. The retail giant have described their Healthy Picks app, launched this week, as granting customers “immediate, easy to understand nutritional information”. Designed in consultation with The George Institute for Global Health and using the same formula as their FoodSwitch app,
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Woolworths has been ranked as Australia’s most valuable retailer. The finding, in Brand Australia’s Australia 100 2019 report, rated the supermarket chain, which it valued at more than $11 billion and up 23% on last year just above rival Coles, which took out the second retailer spot and is valued at more than $10 billion
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In less than three years, a single initiative has saved more than ten million coffee cups from landfill. Formed in 2017, Simply Cups launched with the aim of diverting used paper coffee cups from landfill and up-cycling them into new products. And while making great tracks on their own, it was when they partnered with
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Sanitarium are the latest company to embrace the low-sugar trend, releasing two flavours with no added sugar. The Choc Ice and Vanilla Ice, available in 250ml packs, also have up to 30 per cent less calories. Sanitarium said they worked with dietitians and food scientists to develop the product, which they developed to keep pace
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Four of Australia’s top retail associations have joined forces to call for cheaper ‘tap and go’ fees for merchants, claiming unfair hidden fees. The Australian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association (ACAPMA), the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), the Council of Small Business Australia (COSBOA) and Master Grocers Australia (MGA) have teamed up to form the Fairer
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The Australasian Association of Convenience Stores has called on the government to enact stronger legislation to protect convenience stores in the wake of recent violent robberies. The call, issued by AACS CEO Jeff Rogut this morning, follows reports of a violent armed robbery in Glen Waverely, Melbourne on Friday. During the robbery, a man and
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More than $35.5 million worth of illegal tobacco has been seized near Port Macquarie. The discovery came after a tip off to NSW Police, who along with the ATO (who are responsible for investigating illicit tobacco in Australia), located more than 30 acres of mature tobacco crops and 20 acres of seedlings across five areas
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