The Australian grocery sector is currently battling through a low growth environment. Adding to the challenge, the industry is losing up to as much as $11.3 billion in unnecessary promotional [...]
Woolworths’ supermarket sales growth slowed to its lowest rate in two years last quarter after its plastic bag ban and Coles’ wildly popular Little Shop toy giveaway sent shoppers [...]
Australian dairy farmers are pushing the big supermarkets to put a 10 cent levy on all milk, while independent suppliers remain cynical about drought relief approaches from Coles and Woolworths. [...]
A storm is brewing over how to make sure your honey is what it claims to be on the bottle. Australia’s biggest listed honey company and some of the country’s largest supermarket chains face [...]
A few things have happened in the last few weeks that made me ask that question. Coles MD John Durkan articulated a clear strategy for house brands, to build them at the expense of proprietary [...]
