Wesfarmers acquires remaining stake in Coles Credit Card Wesfarmers has given notice to exercise a call option to acquire the remaining 50 per cent of shares in Wesfarmers Finance Pty Ltd (the holding...

RANGEme joins GS1 Alliance Partner Program Australia’s first independent online supplier platform, RANGEme, which enables FMCG suppliers to pitch their product range to leading Australian retailers,...

Coles lower prices boost third quarter results for Wesfarmers Wesfarmers Limited has announced “pleasing” retail sales result of $13 billion for the third quarter of the 2015 financial year, which...

George Weston to invest in ‘high protein’ breads in New Zealand Baked goods manufacturer George Weston Foods (GWF) has announced it is investing $2 million in developing and marketing ‘high protein’...

Sanitarium launches new ‘wholefood’ snack bars in Australia Breakfast cereal and snack food manufacturer Sanitarium has launched a new range of ‘wholefood’ fruit and nut snack bars called Naturally...

Growth in retail sales continues to slow down in Australia The Australian retail sector is expected to see a further slowing in growth nationally with the AFGC CHEP Retail Index showing growth of 4 per...

Are you ready for the natural and healthy products revolution? In pursuit of healthiness, shoppers from all walks of life are demanding healthier food and grocery products. It’s a shopper revolution...

Coles Announces $50 million fund for food and grocery businesses Supermarket giant Coles has announced it will establish a “Nurture Fund”, which it said will “help small Australian food and grocery...

Tesco woes continue in UK UK-based supermarket giant Tesco PLC (Tesco) has announced a “significant reduction” in UK trading profit for the year ended 28 February 2015, which it says is the result...

Naturally Good Expo promises to tap into healthy profits There has never been a better time for Australian retailers to put more health on their shelf, with sales of natural and organic food and beverages,...