Call for donations for Christchurch
NZFGC today made a call-out to members and FMCG companies and organisations around the world to donate to support families affected by the mosque shootings in Christchurch. The call to the international community was made via Katherine Rich’s LinkedIn page....
More than 4000 products with Health Stars
There are now more than 4000 food products in supermarkets with Health Star Rating labels on them. As at 31 December 2018, there were 2385 products from FGC-member companies, with the remainder being the home brands of Foodstuffs and Countdown, and non-FGC members....
The year ahead: working together
By Katherine Rich I’m picking a very interesting year ahead for the FMCG sector. There’s no doubt from a suppliers’ point of view that profitability will be the main focus, but issues such as labelling, packaging and obesity will continue to loom large, as they have...Sunscreens
Supermarket News asked FGC (14-2-19) if the government should implement mandatory sunscreen standards FGC’s response: A mandatory standard for sunscreens would be a good idea if overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency. It oversees the Cosmetics Standard....GS1’s Connect 2019 in April
GS1’s Connect 2019 conference will be held on 11 April in Auckland. It’s entitled ‘The identification of everything makes anything possible’. An impressive list of speakers include from Amazon, Google, NZ Food & Grocery Council, Foodstuffs, Consumer NZ, and...
Stronger penalties for food tampering welcomed
The New Zealand Food & Grocery Council supports Nathan Guy’s Private Members Bill to increase the penalties for those who intentionally contaminate food. Chief Executive Katherine Rich says that over the years, the Food & Grocery Council has advocated for a...
Port, carriers tackle container bottleneck
Ports of Auckland and the National Road Carriers Association are combining forces to improve delivery times and prevent delays of containers at the port. The move follows FGC asking importer members if they had trouble getting containers through Auckland in the wake...
Document on unfair business conduct welcomed
The Food & Grocery Council welcomes the launch of a discussion document outlining proposals to prohibit unfair business conduct and to protect businesses from unfair contract terms. Chief Executive Katherine Rich says the launch of the paper by Commerce and...
Food tampering: Government rejects FGC’s suggested law change
In October 2018, FGC wrote to the Government suggesting a review of the law regarding malicious tampering and consumer goods. This followed the high-profile ‘needles in strawberries’ issues in Australia, and further copycat incidents there and in New...
Tackling packaging issues
The management of supermarkets and consumer goods companies has taken on quite a change in recent times – and there’s more to come. After decades of grocers scurrying around filling boxes with shoppers’ orders, and decades more of them carrying plastic bags to the...