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THE grocery wholesaler Metcash Ltd ticked all the wrong boxes yesterday. It delivered a full-year profit that was below expectations, it announced plans to buy a non-core business and it decided [...]

On the weekend I did my usually grocery shopping in our local Coles store.  At the end of the checkout process the cashier did not offer the Coles Sports For Schools vouchers, as they proceeded [...]

For the third year in a row, global growth has started out strong, only to falter by midyear, said IHS Global Insight Economists. n The incoming economic data "point to softness" in [...]

The traditional food-at-home vertical, which is already facing trouble, is likely to see its challenges accelerate over the next few years. That’s according to Trouble in Aisle 5, a new joint [...]

The sluggish economy continues to divide consumers into two income groups, further influencing current purchasing trends. n That’s according to Acosta Sales & Marketing’s biannual The Why? [...]