WA independent retailers say deregulation of hours will ‘sweep away’ small players Independent grocers have described a report calling for deregulation of retail trading hours as a “catastrophe-in-the-making”...

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Gourmet Garden creates 50 new jobs as sales rocket Australian food manufacturer Gourmet Garden has undergone a multi-million dollar expansion at its Sunshine Coast herb prepping facility following phenomenal...

ACCC calls for comment on proposed acquisition of Supa IGA stores in WA by Coles The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a Statement of Issues outlining potential competition...

Murray Goulburn opens $80 million Melbourne chilled milk plant Australia’s largest dairy co-operative Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co. Limited’s (Murray Goulburn) has opened an $80 million milk processing...

Coles admits to threatening suppliers, denies allegations of unconscionable conduct Australian supermarket group Coles has admitted it threatened supplier with sanctions such as refusing new stock products...

Woolworths Money to partner with Visa for credit card scheme Australian supermarket group Woolworths has announced a partnership between its Money division and finance business Visa to offer a range of...

Coles has updated its mobile app to include personalised specials alerts Australian supermarket group Coles has launched a new version of its mobile phone app, with the latest update allowing shoppers...

Food ministers sign off on new star labelling scheme The troubled Health Star Rating system for food labelling has been signed off by food and health ministers from the Australian Federal, State and Territory...

Coles’ potato crisps deal with Tyrrells, Australian vegetable-processing revival predicted Australian supermarket group Coles has reached an exclusive supply deal with one of England’s biggest...