Ritchies Maclean, a supermarket located in Australia, has been awarded the IGA International Retailer of the Year Award for 2023. This award is a great achievement for Store Manager Matt Saunders and the entire team at Ritchies Maclean. The store won the award after being named the Queensland IGA Store of the Year and then […]
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The closure of one of the two grocery stores in Charleville, a remote town in south-west Queensland, has become a topic of concern for the town’s 3,500 locals. Cornetts Supermarkets, which operates 30 IGA stores across regional Queensland, closed its Alfred Street store on Christmas Eve, citing a business decision to combine the two outlets.
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Operating a business during the holiday season can be challenging, especially when navigating the legal requirements for public holidays. In most cases, employees have the right to choose not to work on public holidays, but this may vary depending on the situation. Employers cannot force their employees to work on public holidays in Australia, except
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As your supermarket continues to evolve and grow, there may come a time when restructuring is necessary. This could be due to a variety of reasons such as a change in legal structure, an ownership change, or a need for a change in operation and organisation. One reason for restructuring your business is a shift
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Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics, one of Australia’s largest trucking companies, has gone into receivership, putting 1,500 jobs at risk and jeopardising the delivery of food supplies to major supermarkets, including Woolworths, Coles, IGA and Aldi. The company has engaged in high-level talks with grocery executives about its collapse. Its trucks will keep delivering food to supermarkets
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Woolworths, one of Australia’s largest supermarket chains, has announced profits of $907 million in its half-yearly results. This comes amid rising inflation and a significant increase in grocery prices for customers. Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci attributed the positive results to improving the customer shopping experience, restoring operating rhythm, and a reduction in COVID costs compared
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Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci has recently reported that the company’s December half results represent a return to something approaching normality after three years of pandemic-related profit fluctuations. However, customers are once again choosing to eat at home, which was a popular trend during the pandemic. Banducci refers to this trend as “trading in,” where customers
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According to Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) data, IGA supermarkets contribute over $8.2 billion to the Australian economy annually. With a network of more than 1400 independent family-owned supermarkets, IGA and Foodland IGA retailers are committed to supporting local communities throughout Australia. The PwC study revealed that IGA and Foodland IGA are major employers, providing jobs
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Questions have been raised regarding the promotion of a soft plastic recycling program by Coles and Woolworths, despite its collapse last year. Both retailers still inform customers through plastic packaging for various products that they can return soft plastics to stores for recycling. However, a recent photo uploaded by a shopper on social media shows
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Coles’ development arm has achieved a new record in Queensland with the sale of its Toowoomba supermarket and liquor outlet for $27.4m. This sale to a Victorian private investor sets a fresh benchmark in price for non-metro supermarket sales in the state, and provides further evidence that small malls and retail properties are retaining their
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Leah Weckert, a former McKinsey consultant and Foster’s beer executive, has been appointed as the new CEO of Coles, Australia’s second-largest supermarket chain. Weckert will be the first woman to lead Coles in its 109-year history, and her appointment raises the number of women leading top-20 ASX companies to five. She will take over from
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Illegal phoenixing is a practice where a business shuts down to avoid paying its debts and then reopens under a new name, operating as if nothing has happened. This article highlights the impact of this practice on lawful supermarkets and how it creates an uneven playing field, giving an unfair advantage to those engaging in
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If your supermarket lacks organisation and your employees lack independence, implementing a set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) can be the solution to your problems. SOPs provide written instructions that describe how to perform a task or activity that is done frequently. These instructions should be precise and clear enough for anyone to follow. Here
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