Discount retailer Aldi has announced it will remove sweets from its checkout areas as it looks to operate “healthier tills” in the UK. The company said that all confectionery, sweets and chocolate will be replaced by items such as dried fruit, nuts, juice and water from January 2015.
A new range of high quality, specialty flour and premix products is now available online. Uniquely made from 100% New Zealand grown premium wheat, the new assortment of Homebake™ products has been produced by New Zealand’s only grower owned and operated mill – Farmers Mill in Timaru.
Inappropriately shaped lollies on sale exclusively in the South Island have been branded offensive and recalled from shops.
In a landmark step, Woolworths has announced the Canberra region will be the first territory to sell only cage-free eggs as part of the supermarket’s ongoing commitment to remove cage eggs from all outlets by December 2018.
Timmy Watson has been named the 2014 Alto Young Butcher of the Year. Runner Up was Jeremy Garth from New World Woolston in Christchurch.
Iconic New Zealand brand Meadow Fresh is invigorating the dairy aisle with 42 new additions to its product line. There are new cheese and culinary products (cottage cheeses, cream cheeses and sour creams) plus tasty new smoothies and yoghurts.
The Independent Inquiry Committee which reviewed the circumstances giving rise to the precautionary recall of whey protein concentrate (WPC80) last year has welcomed Fonterra’s progress on implementing recommended improvements.
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer AOPEN is opening a multi-million-dollar laboratory in Melbourne to showcase the future of shopping and retail technology, from transparent displays and digital labels to virtual touchscreens and waiter-less restaurants.
Elldex Packaging is set to upgrade and replace its existing manufacturing facilities with a new 5,000 square metre state-of-the-art factory in Christchurch’s Dakota Park.
MPI was notified of a recall on 5 September 2014: Cotterill & Rouse brand Chilli Jam 350g with a Best Before date of: 17.11.15-1. The best before date is located above the nutrition information panel on the product label and includes the product batch reference (-1).
Paymark and EFTPOS New Zealand (ENZ) have signed a deal that will see Paymark provide outsourced payment processing services to ENZ for the next five years.
The Government’s decision to pick up Australia’s voluntary front-of-pack Health Star Rating system was a positive move and was heralded as such from both inside and outside the industry, says Katherine Rich, CEO of the NZ Food & Grocery Council, in her monthly column in FMCG Business magazine.
