Feb 22, 2023 | Raewyn Bleakley Comments
If, as is likely, 2022 goes down as one of the more eventful years in the history of the Food & Grocery Council and the industry, then 2023 is looming as one of the most significant. After what has been three tough years of unexpected and mostly unwanted surprises...
Feb 10, 2023 | Raewyn Bleakley Comments
Almost everyone shops at a grocery store on a regular basis, so what is happening in the grocery industry in 2023 will be relevant to most Kiwis as consumers, as well as having significant impact on retailers and suppliers. The NZ Food and Grocery Council represents...
Jan 19, 2023 | Raewyn Bleakley Comments
Raewyn Bleakley sat down with Sean Plunket of The Platform to discuss current grocery issues. On the agenda: rising prices and consumers shopping around; CO2 supply (NZ being reliant on one supplier and costs up 8x); options for more competition in the market; the...
Jan 10, 2023 | Raewyn Bleakley Comments
2022 will go down as one of the most eventful in both the history of the Food & Grocery Council and the industry as a whole. And hard on its heels, 2023 is looming as one of the most significant. Long before I took over as chief executive in October, after...
Dec 15, 2022 | Raewyn Bleakley Comments
I didn’t go into my first Food & Grocery Council conference this month with any doubts about the passion and knowledge members have for their work and the greater good they are involved in, but if I had any, they would have been well and truly dispelled. Beyond...
Nov 5, 2022 | Raewyn Bleakley Comments
Shortly after joining FGC in October 2022, Raewyn Bleakley was asked by Supermarket News about herself and her career. Here are their questions and her answers: Some details about yourself, where did you grow up, family, education, previous roles etc I grew up in...
