New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries has said it is concerned about the cost it will take for its nation’s food producers to comply with Australia’s new proposed country of origin labelling...

Issues of food safety were highlighted earlier this week when a handful of Coles customers asked the supermarket through social media to start storing its eggs in fridges to help prevent food poisoning....

Aldi Australia is now recruiting for over 400 new positions across Perth and its surrounds as it prepares for its Western Australian expansion in 2016.   Aldi plans to open up to 70 stores in WA and...

Gaining distribution in supermarkets is really hard, and more to the point, expensive.   Supermarkets control the key “choke point” between you as a supplier, and consumers. On occasions when...

Major manufacturer Campbells-Arnott’s appears to have developed a keen negotiating strategy to obtain a higher price from Coles for its popular Tim Tam range with Woolworths conducting a high-volume...

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...

Two of Australia’s major independent supermarket retail groups, IGA Foodland and IGA Ritchies have each announced their own independent expansion plans.   IGA Foodland says it will be opening 22...

Outgoing Wesfarmers Chairman Bob Every has said the diversified conglomerate is well positioned to take advantage of future growth opportunities with a strong balance sheet backing the business.   The...

Victorian meat and seafood regulator PrimeSafe will not become the regulator for meat sold at supermarkets with the state government rejecting this recommendation by an independent review of PrimeSafe...

Aldi has taken an innovative step forward in the supermarket wars starting a special product testing club.   The Aldi’s ‘Testers Club’ has just launched in Australia, the first country in the...