AUSTRALASIA: Metcash and Foodstuffs unite
By just-food.com | 30 March 2006
Australian grocery wholesaler Metcash and New Zealand-based grocery retailer Foodstuffs have joined forces to create one of Australasia's biggest grocery alliances.
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Australian grocery wholesaler Metcash and New Zealand-based grocery retailer Foodstuffs have joined forces to create one of Australasia's biggest grocery alliances.

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