CHOICE and the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) have united forces to call for the establishment of a Supermarket Ombudsman as a part of a joint submission to Senate Economics Committee’s inquiry...

Pick n Pay CEO Nick Badminton said yesterday he was “disappointed” with the performance of South Africa’s second-largest grocer and warned about continuing difficulties in the trading...

Organic food supplier Organic Marketing Australia has lost its case against Woolworths Ltd over the supermarket giant’s use of the phrase “Honest to Goodness” in a recent marketing campaign. The...

Woolworths has been taken to court by food supplier Organic Marketing Australia, over a phrase used in its marketing campaign.The Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday that Woolworths is being sued...

Grocery wholesaler Metcash has reduced its 2011 full-year earnings guidance on the back of difficult trading conditions. The company yesterday cut its earnings growth to between 3% to 5%, down on the previously...

Wesfarmers has seen earnings in its its food retail division rise as it works to implement its turnaround strategy. Coles said that for the half ended 2 January, EBIT was up 18.3% to $575 million , while...

Wesfarmers released its second-quarter figures for Coles yesterday, reporting comparable food and liquor store sales growth of 6.6% in Q2, and food and liquor sales of $7 billion – a 6.7% increase...

Australia’s first smart supermarket trolley, VIP Trolley, will roll out at supermarket chain Ritchie’s head office store in Carrum Downs on February 1, adding to the two stores already equipped...

The emerging online supermarket space has been dominated by Coles and more recently Woolworths, with bananablue in SA providing the most competitive and viable independent online offer. Bananablue has...

Welcome to the supermarkets of the future: self service checkouts, ‘Tap N Go’ card readers, new smartphone barcode scanning apps and trolleys complete with computers and GPS tracking.  They...