Australian supermarkets giants have confirmed they source seafood from a company implicated in the usage of indentured slave labourers for prawn peeling.   Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets...

Australia’s ASX-listed grocery wholesaler Metcash has reported a 20 per cent increase in profit after tax for the six months ended 31 October 2015.   The company has however said that whilst improvements...

Despite China’s economic growth being in slowdown mode, Australia’s struggling grocery wholesaler Metcash says it is establishing an online shopping service to target China.   Metcash which...

Metcash this week  held an Investor’s Day where revival plans were outlined for the struggling grocery wholesaler which supplies IGA stores.   Metcash has been feeling the heat from Coles, Woolworths...

A new study from Roy Morgan Research has revealed that most Australian shoppers are not loyal to one supermarket.   Research found that three-quarters or 77 per cent of Australian shoppers visit...

Coles is thinly slicing off an ever bigger share of the $4.7b annual Australian delicatessen market, but Woolworths remains Australia’s number one retailer for fine food delicacies, the latest retail...

German discount supermarket chain Lidl looks to be making solid moves to enter the Australian market soon. German discount supermarket chain Lidl looks to be making solid moves to enter the Australian...

Grocery retailer Metcash has today announced plans to scrap dividends alongside an AUD$640 million asset writedown due to “the increasingly competitive trading environment”. Grocery retailer Metcash...

Allen Roberts is a guest contributor to Australian Food News and writes another of his regular articles here. All transactions in a business have their costs but removing or reducing transaction costs...

Allen Roberts is a guest contributor to Australian Food News and writes another of his regular articles here. Chain stores dominate our grocery shopping environment. Chain stores dominate our grocery shopping...