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...
NZFGC 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. Here is...
Comments on objections to geographical indicators that have been sought by the EU as part of the EU-NZ FTA negotiations and that might be considered for protection for New Zealand, to Lead Negotiator, NZ-EU FTA, Wellington Document
