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AUS: Coles posts H1 sales growth
3 February 2012
Australian grocery retailer Coles has recorded higher half-year revenues after its fourteenth straight quarter of comparable-store sales growth.
AUS: Warrnambool to supply new dairy brand to Coles
19 January 2012
Australian dairy firm Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory has struck a deal to supply a new brand exclusively to Coles, the country's number two food retailer.
The most-read comment articles on just-food in 2011
23 December 2011
Our comment pages in 2011 looked at Tesco's challenges in the US, the uncertainty that surrounded the country's largest dairy processor, Dean Foods, the disposals made by the UK's largest food manufacturer, Premier Foods plc, and the price war that developed between Australia's two largest retailers, Woolworths Ltd and Coles.
AUS: Supermarkets "mislead" customers over brands
28 November 2011
Supermarkets are using "copycat" packaging of food brands to mislead consumers into buying private-label products, the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) warned yesterday (27 November).
AUS: Salt levels in soup to be reduced
28 November 2011
Australia's department of Health and Ageing has announced that the levels of salt in soups sold in Australia will be reduced over the next three years.
AUS: Woolworths Ltd to grow own-brand, stores and online
2 November 2011
Australian retailer Woolworths Ltd has announced far-reaching plans to double own-brand sales, open stores, revamp its online offering and overhaul its marketing.
AUS: Woolworths sales growth lags Coles
27 October 2011
Australian retailer Woolworths Ltd has reported slower sales growth than rival Coles in the first quarter of its financial year.
AUS: Coles posts Q1 sales increase
20 October 2011
Australian grocery retailer Coles has posted an increase in its first-quarter sales, despite a "tough" retail environment.
AUS: Aldi outlines expansion plans for 2012
5 October 2011
Discount retailer Aldi is to open up to 30 stores in Australia next year.
Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
3 October 2011
Away from the World Retail Congress, Mars Inc made its first move into Fairtrade, spice maker McCormick & Co. said it would increase prices to offset commodity costs and the sale of ailing Irish retailer Superquinn was cleared. Click on the links for more.
just the answer – Kate Carnell, Australian Food and Grocery Council
27 September 2011
There is no doubt that Australia is a tough place for a food manufacturer to do business. Competition between two powerful local food retailers is putting pressure on domestic and international suppliers. In this month's just the answer, Ben Cooper discusses the challenging trading conditions with Kate Carnell, chief executive of industry association the Australian Food and Grocery Council.
Focus: The uncomfortable truth for Australian food suppliers
19 September 2011
In describing Australia as an "inhospitable" market, Heinz expressed what many suppliers feel but fear to say. But it's an awkward truth, Ben Cooper writes. The last thing the Australian food industry wants is international investors viewing it as a hostile market.
AUS: Bega Cheese to supply Coles
6 September 2011
Bega Cheese today (6 September) announced an agreement to supply the entire range of branded cheese products for supermarket chain Coles.
AUS: Queensland farmers slam "catastrophic" milk price war
6 September 2011
Dairy farmers in the Australian state of Queensland claim the country's retail milk value chain has been devalued by A$77m in 2010/2011 compared to the previous year due to supermarkets' house-brand milk being sold at low prices.
Best bits: Real and metaphorical headwinds hitting retail
30 August 2011
The chief executive of The Co-operative Group last week highlighted the economic headwinds hitting the UK retail sector, while, in the US, Hurricane Irene added to the metaphorical storms.
Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
26 August 2011
There was perhaps only one candidate for quote of the week after the chief executive of UK retailer The Co-operative Group said conditions in the UK were the worst he had seen in his career.
AUS: Woolworths FY results fail to cheer market
25 August 2011
Shares in Australian retailer Woolworths Ltd fell today (25 August) despite the company posting a 5% increase in annual profits.
On the money: Heinz battles to adapt to "difficult" Australian market
24 August 2011
HJ Heinz is taking action to revitalise its operations Australia, where its business put in a "poor performance" in the first quarter of its financial year, CFO Art Winkleblack has said.
AUS: Wesfarmers reports "strong" FY earnings from Coles
18 August 2011
The owner of Coles today (18 August) hailed the "strong" growth in annual earnings from Australia's second-largest food retailer.
AUS: Coles sales grow faster than Woolworths
28 July 2011
Australian grocery retailer Coles has enjoyed faster sales growth than rival Woolworths Ltd for the 2011 financial year.
Online food retail - managing cost is central to success
27 July 2011
This month's exclusive just-food management briefing looks at online food retail, a growing sector but one that operators have found a tough nut to crack. In part one, Glynn Davis argues that the cost of running an online service has stymied a number of ventures and will be a key factor in determining where the channel flourishes.
UK: Wyke Farms eyes US growth
27 July 2011
UK independent dairy firm Wyke Farms has said that it is hoping to secure a more permanent listing with Wal-Mart Stores in the US this year.
AUS: Coles cleared of predatory milk prices
22 July 2011
Australian grocery retailer Coles has been cleared of predatory pricing after slashing the price of milk to A$1 a litre.
Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
22 July 2011
Healthy eating appeared to be a key theme of the week on just-food's pages, with coverage of US retailers plans to open more stores in so-called food deserts and analysis of the guidelines drawn up by the country's manufacturers over how they market food to children. On this side of the pond, a clutch of food retailers pledged to help the Scottish government's bid to get consumers to eat more fruit and veg.
AUS: Metal scare forces McCain to recall pizza
30 June 2011
McCain Foods has been forced to recall thousands of pizzas in Australia amid fears the products could contain metal.
AUS: Woolworths defends NSW own-label milk switch
17 June 2011
Woolworths Ltd, Australia's largest retailer, has defended its decision to switch own-label milk supplies in New South Wales, insisting it was not due to the fierce competition with rival Coles in the sector.
Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
17 June 2011
Not everyone was happy that a deal was struck within the EU this week on how to compensate farmers affected by Europe's E. coli outbreak, with Spanish farmers demanding more after being particularly hit by the scandal. Elsewhere, commodity prices - both in the future and now - remained a subject of discussion, while retail analysts looked at Tesco's first-quarter sales numbers and at the future for Metro Group's Makro operations in the UK.
Editor's choice: the highlights on just-food this week
17 June 2011
Europe's E. coli scandal was a feature of this week's headlines, with signs that the outbreak has peaked, the EU agreeing on compensation for farmers and Russia's ban on produce imports still in place. Elsewhere in Europe, Carrefour's French troubles continued, UK ice-cream maker R&R Ice Cream looked to expand across the Channel and Nestle was linked to Spanish firm Cacaolat. In the retail sector, Sainsbury's issued its latest sales numbers and we looked at the problems that Metro Group's Makro arm is having in the UK. Click on the headlines for more.
Comment: Price-cutting gathers momentum in Australia
13 June 2011
The price war that has been raging between Australia's two largest supermarkets, Woolworths Ltd and Coles, looks set to continue apace. However, as supplier discontent mounts, supermarkets' bargain basement tactics are drawing increasing controversy in the market, Katy Humphries writes.
AUS: Campbell exec Delaney to become Goodman Fielder CEO
1 June 2011
The former president of Campbell Soup Co.'s operations in Asia-Pacific is to join Goodman Fielder as the Australian food maker's chief executive.
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