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Consumer NZ has done its annual “testing” of sunscreens and says many sunscreens don’t measure up to their claims. It’s nonsense.

With summer approaching, it’s a good time to look at what sunscreen manufacturers are doing to ensure products meet standards and about their work with the Cancer Society.

I’m forever impressed and inspired by the innovation, commitment, and skill of the people behind our world-class food and grocery products.

The FMCG sector supports the principle behind the Government’s move to put responsibility for waste onto manufacturers, importers, retailers and users but how feasible is it?

Though New Zealand has a plastics problem, we need to be realistic about its use, particularly when it comes to food.

It’s a challenging time to be in business, with increasing compliance costs from many directions adding to already low confidence in the FMCG sector.

Environmental sustainability has become a big part of the thinking and planning for most food and grocery companies.

The whole supermarket environment, from suppliers, store employees, and shoppers, should aspire to higher levels of support, professionalism, respect and courtesy.

The FMCG sector puts a lot of emphasis on health & safety. Concerning of late is the mental health treatment of merchandisers and sales reps.

The global food and grocery industry demonstrated a positive direction and how it’s working in the interests of consumers at a conference in Singapore last month.

When I know so much is being done by the dairy industry to be good stewards of the land and produce high-quality nutritious foods, I get disappointed to read negativity about our No 1 industry.

Trust in a brand is vital in attracting and retaining customers, and now new data shows just how important they rate brand transparency as a part of that.

Companies of all shapes and sizes will be waiting on the outcome of a Government consultation on proposals to strengthen the law protecting consumers and business from anti-competitive behaviour.

Peer-reviews of academic work are often brought into question in a country the size of NZ where it’s often friends or close colleagues reviewing the small base of quality work.

The Government needs to urgency address the issue of food and grocery tampering by sending a strong message to those who might intentionally contaminate products or threaten to.

I was hoping 2019 would be a year of constructive reports on issues around obesity and wellness so we could make further headway. But it was only mid-January when the nonsense started.

I’m picking a very interesting year ahead for the FMCG sector. From a suppliers’ point of view, profitability will be the main focus, but labelling, packaging and obesity will continue to loom large.

The management of supermarkets and consumer goods companies has taken on quite a change in recent times – and there’s more to come.

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