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Woolworths gets a slap over the wrist in Adelaide for selling food past Use-by date

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Major supermarket chain Woolworths has been fined $7,500 for selling food past its Use-by date in Murray Bridge in South Australia. On Friday last week (8 March), the Woolworths Ltd pleaded guilty in the...

Birds Eye launches two new potato chip ranges

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Australian frozen food company Birds Eye has launched two new potato chip ranges. The company, which is owned by food manufacturer Simplot, has launched ‘Birds Eye Deli Chips’ and ‘Birds Eye Hot...

ALDI crowned supermarket of the year for 2nd time running – what’s the secret?

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Roy Morgan Research last night revealed the winners of its 2nd annual Customer Satisfaction Awards at a gala dinner in Melbourne, announcing ALDI as the “supermarket of the year” for the second year...

Smart phone wallet trial launched at Coles

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Coles has launched a trial of a new Coles MasterCard Mobile Wallet that will enable a sample group of customers to pay for groceries with their credit card and earn flybuys points using their smart phone. Similarly...

US consumers driven to fresh food for the “taste”, new research

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A new US report by “Supermarket Guru” Phil Lempert has found that “taste” is rapidly becoming a driver for purchasing fresh food in the United States. While “health” is still considered the...

Coles campaign on in-store bread supports Redkite

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Coles Supermarkets have announced a new partnership with Australian cancer charity Redkite to generate $5 million in 2013 through the sale of its store-branded bread. Coles has announced it will donate...

Woolworths to be ‘certified’ for seafood sustainability, and zoo offers support

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Australia’s Woolworths supermarket chain has announced its commitment to have all the wild-caught fish it sells certified by the Marine Stewardship Council by 2015. Sydney’s famous Taronga Park Zoo...

Digital innovation creates new food distribution channels

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The usage of digital technologies such as mobile apps, data mining, group sharing networks and techno grocery shopping are opening the door to new food supply formats and distributorships and supply chain...

Lesson from Tesco ‘sweet lemons’ in the UK

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UK supermarket giant Tesco have announced the launch of a ‘sweet lemon’ in the UK.  Is there a lesson here for Australian fruit marketers? These lemons are a product which has been very common in...

AFGC says supermarket choice goes ‘down, down’ with new Coles campaign

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The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has expressed its concern over the fall in product choice on offer to Australian supermarket shoppers. The AFGC says that research by Deloitte Access Economics...