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Drakes acquires IGA Mount Barker and Cellarbrations
This latest acquisition takes the Drakes store network to 67.
Business
Maxibon Peanut Jams with Butter ice cream returns after eight years
The cult-favourite is now available at Woolworths, independent grocery stores, and conveni...
Mar 19, 2024
Bubs storms the US – sales up 161 per cent
Both Amazon and brick-and-mortar store sales growing rapidly across the country.
Mar 18, 2024
Denmark’s BHJ snaps up Australian pet food maker Staughton for $100m
Established in 1969, BHJ sources and processes raw materials from Danish slaughterhouses a...
Mar 18, 2024
Reckitt’s Mead Johnson hit with US$60m verdict in Enfamil baby formula case
The $60 million verdict includes compensation for plaintiff Jasmine Watson's loss and grie...
Mar 15, 2024
Alt-milk startup AndFoods wins $2.7 million ‘seed’ funding
The capital will be used for the development and marketing of seed-based creams and milk p...
Mar 15, 2024
Vitadrop recruits Gretta Van Riel
Vitadrop is planning a major expansion, targeting New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the Middle E...
Mar 15, 2024
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Technology
Frazy to launch robotic beverage machine for in-home use
Frazy CEO and founder Balaji Krishnan said most in-home devices have claimed to deliver ca...
Dan Murphy’s new tech can chill beverages in three minutes
V-tex is a low-energy device that rotates beverages at speed inside a bath of ice water, e...
Dec 5, 2023
Woolworths marks 100th NZ store to adopt electronic price labels
Another 33 Woolworths stores are scheduled to adopt electronic shelf labelling by June.
Nov 22, 2023
Supply Chain
Kimberly-Clark opens new distribution centre in Victoria
The new facility, which spans more than 23,000sqm, will allow KCA to double its storage ca...
Inghams to acquire Bostock Brothers’ organic chicken business
Inghams said the acquisition aligns with its strategy of establishing the company as the l...
Mar 8, 2024
Aldi to open 800 more US stores by 2028
Aldi is “throwing down the gauntlet” to traditional grocery and could cause “significant d...
Mar 8, 2024
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Drakes acquires IGA Mount Barker and Cellarbrations
This latest acquisition takes the Drakes store network to 67.
SA supermarket Saints Road Foodland named IGA Retailer of the Year
The award recognises excellence in retailing and the positive advancement of the IGA brand...
Mar 19, 2024
The new TikTok challenge waging war on the major supermarkets’ pricing
Food for thought, the rising price of groceries could be honed in with transparency across...
Mar 15, 2024