The legislative fix for retail worker abuse in Western Australia has already cleared one chamber of parliament — what’s missing now is urgency from the other. Every week the upper house stalls, the same repeat offenders keep walking back through the same doors. The Australian Retail Council (ARC) is calling on the WA Government to … Read more
Pickle flavours have moved well beyond the burger aisle, and Twisties’ latest limited-edition release suggests snack brands are now monitoring social media trend cycles as closely as any sales report. The Arnott’s-owned brand has launched Twisties Tangy Pickle, a limited-edition variant designed to capitalise on surging consumer interest in pickled and acidic flavours. Research commissioned … Read more
Two Federal Court cases are about to define what “discount” legally means in Australia — and the ruling will reach well beyond the two supermarkets currently in the dock. Every retailer in the country is watching, and they should be. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is mid-trial in its case against Woolworths over … Read more
A 30 per cent reduction in cardiovascular disease risk is not a supplement claim or a wellness influencer talking point — it is the finding from a body of research spanning 281 peer-reviewed studies. That number is now the centrepiece of a national seafood consumption campaign, and it has real implications for how retailers and … Read more
The EU Deforestation Regulation is about to lock millions of smallholder coffee farmers out of European markets — not because they’re clearing forests, but because the maps say they are. That mapping failure is now the target of a multi-company satellite programme that could reshape how the global coffee supply chain proves its sustainability credentials. … Read more
When a co-operative shortens its payment cycle by ten days without being forced to, it signals something more than goodwill — it signals that fuel costs have moved from a line-item concern to a genuine supply chain stress point. Foodstuffs North Island is acting before smaller suppliers start making harder decisions about capacity. The New … Read more
Consolidating three distribution arms under a single premium identity is the kind of move that tells buyers and on-premise operators exactly where Calabria Family Wine Group sees its competitive advantage. The group has confirmed House of Fine Wine as its unified domestic trading and distribution platform, bringing together portfolios and teams that, until recently, operated … Read more
Premium ice cream tubs have been a quiet battleground in Australian grocery for years, with private label and imported European brands steadily claiming shelf space that domestic manufacturers once owned. Streets has just decided it wants that space back. The brand, operating under The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC), has launched Cremissimo — its first … Read more
When a market has only two players and one tries to buy the other, competition regulators tend to notice. New Zealand’s Commerce Commission noticed — and it said no. The commission has blocked the proposed acquisition of Kegstar New Zealand and Konvoy New Zealand, the country’s only two providers of pay-per-fill (PPF) keg services. The … Read more
Currency swings and a product recall are a difficult combination to absorb in a single quarter — and yet Nestlé’s first-quarter numbers tell a story of underlying resilience that most FMCG operators would quietly envy. The headline sales figure looks soft, but the organic picture is considerably more instructive. Total reported sales for the first … Read more
