Author name: FMCG Business

Kimberly-Clark, the largest tissue manufacturer globally, celebrates 25 years of brand leadership and investment in long-term community partnerships and innovation in New Zealand.

The meat industry proves there is plenty of young, skilled talent coming through the ranks as a total of 65 butchers put themselves forward in the hopes of winning a national title.

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has announced a senior leadership team and business unit structure that will enable the Co-operative to continue to deliver maximum value creation and strong performance.

Tip Top is to trial online sales of New Zealand-made ice cream in China – the world’s biggest ice cream market.

Anathoth Farm has been voted favourite jam for the second time in the Canstar Blue Customer Satisfaction Survey.

Cantabrians can now recycle their soft plastic packaging. The Packaging Forum has launched the Love NZ soft plastic recycling programme at 50 PAK’nSAVE, New World, The Warehouse, and Countdown stores across Christchurch.

After three years working with leading Australian retailers Coles, Sigma and Metcash, a successful US launch in September 2015 with Target Corporation, Jet.com and Southeastern Grocers, RangeMe (www.rangeme.com), the online product discovery platform, has confirmed its launch into New Zealand.

Technological advances have forever altered the way consumers browse and buy all types of products and services. This shift in commerce has ushered in a new type of shopper – the hyperconnected, digital consumer.

Countdown won the Resilience to Climate Change category at the Green Ribbon Awards for the supermarket’s work in increasing energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions.

Foodstuffs New Zealand’s world-first recyclable butchery trays have been named the country’s top waste minimisation initiative for 2016, at the Green Ribbon Awards in Wellington.