A first-of-its-kind online tool to train employees in how to avoid manual handling injuries has been developed and launched by the NZ Food & Grocery Council. The First Move Manual Handling Programme is an easy-to-use and effective course that addresses the risks...
Manual handling injuries across the food and grocery industry are more common than they should be. In line with the Food & Grocery Council’s focus on the many aspects of health & safety, its Health & Safety Working Group, together with injury prevention...
Bulk discount retailer Costco will be good for both New Zealand suppliers and consumers. FGC Chief Executive Katherine Rich welcomed the announcement that the world’s second biggest retailer is seeking consents to build a 14,000sqm warehouse in Westgate in Auckland....
NZ agriculture scientists continue to show they’re among the cleverest in the world, with AgResearch announcing it’s developing a method of giving New Zealand exports a “unique fingerprint” that scientifically proves their provenance and could be used to deter...
Suppliers to the Australian supermarket duopoly of Coles and Woolworths are being squeezed as the companies fight for market share, according to a brand building specialist. Troy McKinna says to steal market share from each other and to combat ALDI’s low prices, Coles...
Woolworths has increased its lead as Australia’s top grocery retailer, taking its share of the total grocery market to 34% last year, up 1.4 percentage points on a year earlier, according to market research company Roy Morgan’s Supermarket & Fresh Food Currency...
You can’t manage a risk unless you first identify it. Mondelez International uses Risk Assessment as a standard HSE tool. But what is Risk Assessment and how does it benefit the business? Risk Assessment is a focused examination of what, in the workplace, could cause...
Heinz Wattie’s Managing Director Mike Pretty is the new Chair of the NZ Food and Grocery Council. He replaces Tim Deane, former Managing Director of Goodman Fielder NZ, who has moved to a position outside the industry, as executive general manager business banking at...
