The national medicines regulator will consider restricting the sale of paracetamol after an independent expert report raised concern about overdoses in teenagers. In a statement, the Therapeutic Goods Administration said it would begin a consultation process regarding recommendations in the report, which included purchase limits of one or two packs per person and restricting sale […]
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Independent supermarket retailers are set to end their long practice of multi-employer agreements because the test for approving the deals is too strict to allow the flexibilities they want. Master Grocers Association has been consulting dozens of IGA and Foodland stores on whether they want to terminate expired multi-employer agreements that deliver flexibility on penalty
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Surveillance video has caught the moment a Melbourne couple fought a knife-wielding robber trying to steal from their grocery store. The armed robber has been identified as 43-year-old Shaun Taylor who this week was sentenced to three years and three months in jail. The shocking video from the Foodworks store in Collingwood shows Taylor charging
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Straight off the back of his television cooking debut, Matt Moncrieff is using his fifteen minutes of fame to urge big supermarkets to stock more native Australian ingredients and herbs. Moncrieff appeared in the latest season of reality cooking competition, My Kitchen Rules, alongside best friend Kaitlin ‘KT’ Pisani. The Yamatji man, 36, said he
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Key points: WA councils would like stronger state laws to allow them to tackle abandoned trolleys Supermarkets say they are implementing measures to address trolleys taken from stores Fines appear to have limited affect on addressing the problem A Perth council that has more than 100 abandoned shopping trolleys at its operations centre says it
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Acquiring talented employees isn’t the only step to keeping your supermarket running smoothly. Once you have your top talent on board, your next focus should be on figuring out how to keep them. Improving employee retention is important to ensuring that your business is successful. Aside from talented employees helping the company grow, losing talent
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‘It’s so beautiful it almost made me cry’. Harris Farm has opened a new lavish store in Australia – boasting an in-house butcher and fishmonger, Messina parlour, build-a-cookie-pie station and 500 cheese varieties from around the world. The Lane Cove outlet is a one-of-a-kind “upmarket grocery shop” in Sydney – offering shoppers more than just a standard supermarket. Instead
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The Woolworths independent arbiter has written to the supermarket’s supplier base to urging them to come to her directly and confidentiality for assistance under an expansion of the role. Helen McKenzie has told suppliers that, since her role as began in 2020, she has received very few complaints from suppliers, suggesting that there was a
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A new Aldi supermarket has opened – but it’s unlike any other Australian store, selling artisan bread, freshly brewed coffee and ready-to-go meals. Aldi has launched a new store like no other – complete with an extensive ready-to-go meal section and iconic Special Buys. The German supermarket giant debuted its first Corner Store in North
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Grocery wholesaler Metcash is continuing to gain from the shift to convenience and local neighbourhood shopping, as group sales jumped 8.9 per cent across its hardware, liquor and food businesses so far this financial year, according to new chairman Peter Birtles. The retailer, which supplies the IGA and Foodland stores, indicated strong gains made over the
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For many people, receiving criticism triggers a stress response that makes their heart race, their blood pressure rise, and their perception of danger to become more astute. It’s the same response your body would have to, for instance, being chased by a lion. Wrap the health of your supermarket up into the equation, and you
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HR policies and procedures are the foundation of any successful business. They give legal protection by providing documentation of compliance with federal, state, and local labour laws and essentially guide every employee to optimise a company’s productivity. Policies and Procedures: What’s the Difference? Policies are continuing guidelines or rules used to manage your employees and
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Shoppers haven’t been impressed after vegan activists blocked milk aisles in a number of supermarkets, while vowing to “stop the supply” of dairy. Vegan activists have held sit-ins in supermarket dairy sections across the UK, much to the disgust of customers trying to buy milk. Members of Animal Rebellion staged the protests at high-end grocery
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