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‘No room to move’: Grocers refuse to renew multi-employer deals

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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Moment knife-wielding ice addict tries to rob supermarket

News / Dan Armes

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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How to Improve Employee Retention at your Supermarket

News / Dan Armes

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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Inside Harris Farm’s new fancy supermarket in Australia

News / Dan Armes

‘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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Woolworths suppliers called to approach independent arbiter

News / Dan Armes

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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Aldi launches new Corner Store supermarket in Melbourne CBD

News / Dan Armes

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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Vegan activists slammed after blocking supermarket milk aisles

News / Dan Armes

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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Aldi expands self-serve checkout trial to Melbourne

News / Dan Armes

Aldi Australia has expanded its trial of self-serve checkouts from 10 stores in NSW to being tested south of the border. A major change is coming to German supermarket Aldi, with a trial being expanded into Melbourne for the first time. Aldi first introduced a trial of six to eight self-serve checkouts last year in 10

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Shoppers complain about being zapped at Adelaide supermarket

News / Dan Armes

Customers visiting an Adelaide supermarket are encountering an unusual experience while they do their shopping. Customers at an Adelaide shopping centre are in for a shock, quite literally. Shoppers at Brighton Foodland supermarket have taken to social media to ask whether they’re the only ones feeling electric shocks while doing their grocery shopping. Shane Lavida

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Coles supermarket to extend paid parental leave benefits

News / Dan Armes

The announcement comes more than three months after the supermarket announced it will give trans and gender diverse staff members an extra 10 days of paid gender affirmation leave. Coles supermarket has announced it will extend paid parental leave benefits for team members across its stores, distribution and support centres nationwide. From September 1, Coles

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Avoiding Slips, Trips, and Falls at your Supermarket

News / Dan Armes

One of the most common hazards at any workplace is the risk of slips, trips, and falls. This risk doesn’t discriminate and can happen to employees and customers, causing serious harm or injury and leaving you liable as a business. While these accidents can happen in any workplace, environments such as supermarkets are often at

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Strategies for Obtaining Effective Customer Feedback

News / Dan Armes

Five Strategies for Obtaining Effective Customer Feedback As a supermarket owner, it can be tempting to assume you’re doing everything right. Sometimes you may not even realise that improvements can be made unless you’re told directly. This is where customer feedback comes in. Knowing what your customers are thinking allows you to understand what they

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Plans lodged for $63 million development of Fairleys IGA site

News / Dan Armes

A second full-line supermarket alongside Fairleys IGA and 20 new specialty shops are the cornerstones of a proposed $63 million retail development on Hawkins St in Shepparton North. Developer Shepparton Pty Ltd submitted plans to Greater Shepparton City Council on Tuesday for the development, which Shepparton Pty Ltd director Sam Herszberg said would be one

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‘No room to move’: Grocers refuse to renew multi-employer deals

Moment knife-wielding ice addict tries to rob supermarket

How to Improve Employee Retention at your Supermarket

Inside Harris Farm’s new fancy supermarket in Australia

Woolworths suppliers called to approach independent arbiter

Aldi launches new Corner Store supermarket in Melbourne CBD

Vegan activists slammed after blocking supermarket milk aisles

Aldi expands self-serve checkout trial to Melbourne

Shoppers complain about being zapped at Adelaide supermarket

Coles supermarket to extend paid parental leave benefits

Avoiding Slips, Trips, and Falls at your Supermarket

Strategies for Obtaining Effective Customer Feedback

Plans lodged for $63 million development of Fairleys IGA site

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