Basket case: ACCC calls on small businesses to share their views for supermarket competition inquiry
Does your business supply goods to Australia's major supermarkets, or does your independent grocery business compete with corporate giants? If so, the ACCC wants to hear from you for its inquiry into the supermarket sector.
Grocery wholesale platform Freshey promises produce growers an alternative to supermarket sales
As the relationships between supermarket giants and fresh produce suppliers make front-page news, online marketplace Freshey has launched a system it says will provide a fair deal for growers and wholesale buyers alike.
Small suppliers face “diabolical choices” when dealing with supermarket giants: Ombudsman
After a Four Corners report on supermarket supplier pricing practices, the small business ombudsman says suppliers face "diabolical" choices.
Fantales will cease production, joining the long list of abandoned Australian treats
Confectionery giant Nestlé will cease the production of Fantales lollies from next month, saying Australia's sweettooths have largely moved beyond the chocolate-covered caramels.
New Woolworths online marketplace offers customers more than supermarket products
After a successful trial period Woolworths is opening its online marketplace offering, Everyday Market, nationwide.
From e-commerce to private labels: The pandemic shopping trends that are here to stay
Online sales have surged due to COVID-19, with Australians spending a total of $27.9 billion online from September 2019 to August 2020.
Woolworths fined $1 million over spam email snafu: Here’s what SMEs can learn
Woolworths has paid the price after breaching spam laws more than five million times in less than a year, sending emails to unsubscribed customers.
Drivers call for wait-time pay as Woolworths ropes in Uber to meet skyrocketing delivery demand
Woolworths has contracted Uber to contract drivers to deliver groceries amid skyrocketing e-commerce demand due to the coronavirus crisis.
Panic buying drives supermarket sales up 40% — but retail outlook remains grim
New sales figures reveal grocery hoarding could tip the retail sector into positive growth in March, but the outlook beyond that remains bleak.
Woolworths experiments with mini-Metro store, catering to busy inner-city workers
Woolworths is trialling a miniature version of its already compact Metro stores in Surry Hills in order to cater to Sydney’s busy professionals.
The gloves are off: Coles attracts both love and wrath as Alan Jones calls for boycott
As Coles can tell you, in 2019 selling milk and bread is just as much a game of political science as economics or marketing.
“It made perfect sense”: Why EARL Canteen climbed aboard Coles’ ‘groceraunt’ train
Melbourne-based SME EARL Canteen is working with Coles to expand its customer base as the supermarket giant looks to the department store model for inspiration.