Coles banned from advertising bread baked fresh in store
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 AAP SUPERMARKET chain Coles has been banned for three years from advertising that its bread was made or baked on the day it was sold. Coles was also ordered to display a Federal Court notice in its stores and on its website telling shoppers that it had broken Australian consumer law by falsely advertising bread products as “freshly baked†and “baked todayâ€. Federal Court judge James Allsop made the ruling today after Coles was found guilty in June for making false, misleading and deceptive representations in relation to the freshness of its bread. Coles has been banned from promoting its bread as baked on the day it is being sold or made from fresh dough for three years. It must tell consumers of the ban and that it had been found to have made the false, misleading and deceptive representations by advertising bread as fresh when it…
Read MoreInnovation…….something fresh, that creates value
Jeff Rogut CEO AACS “Something new is not enough for the definition of innovation. There are plenty cases where something new has no new value (a new color of a product or a new chemical produced that does nothing). Sometimes, the value creation results because the item is simply useful to us. We can create a lot of fresh or new things that are of no use and no value. It must create value to be innovation. Also note that the “something†could be a process, product, or service and can start as small as your ideas and thoughts in your brain. In that case, it might just be innovative thinking.†Source: freshconsulting In the ongoing quest for business growth, and even sustainability, innovation is often trotted out as the ‘silver bullet’ yet few businesses really get this right in a lasting and meaningful way, or possibly having had initial…
Read MoreCALLS FOR GREATER TOBACCO RESTICTIONS DANGEROUSLY MISS THE POINT
September 30 2014 With Cancer Council Victoria today citing its own survey as evidence of the need for further tobacco reform, the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has reinforced that tobacco is already a significantly regulated, heavily taxed and yet still legal product. AACS CEO Jeff Rogut said calls for greater restrictions such as tobacco licenses and limits on the number of outlets permitted to sell tobacco not only unfairly shifts the cost burden of tobacco policy to retailers, these types of measures also represent a missed opportunity. “On the one hand these draconian measures and concepts like prohibition clearly show that plain packaging has not had the desired effect, and has simply driven consumers to cheaper product alternatives,†Mr Rogut said. “Sales of tobacco since the government tax hikes and plain packaging were introduced remain stable, although the cheaper product alternatives have enjoyed massive growth as brand identity…
Read MoreNotice of Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores Limited will be held on Wednesday, 12 November 2014 at 10am AEST. The Annual General Meeting will be held at Ibis Melbourne Glen Waverley at 297 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley VIC 3150. Follow the link to documentation relating to the AGM. AACS Notice of Annual General Meeting AACS Notice of Special Resolution & Explanatory Memorandum AACS CEO REPORT 2014 AACS CHAIR REPORT Please advise jeff@aacs.org.au by 30th October if you will attend to allow for catering. Jeff Rogut Company Secretary 7th October 2014
Read MoreNew problems? Maybe it’s time for a new type of manager
Tom Fox September 26, 2014 The Washington Post Nathan Furr is an assistant professor at Brigham Young University and co-author of The Innovator’s Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization. He also has acted as the founder or adviser to start-ups across several industries, including retail and clean technology. He spoke about his principles of innovation with Tom Fox, a guest writer for On Leadership and vice president for leadership and innovation at the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service. Fox also heads up their Center for Government Leadership. Q. How do great innovators approach leadership? A. If you asked a group of managers five years ago “What’s your job?†they would say that it’s to make decisions. It was rooted in a classic military metaphor of strategy. It’s this idea that the commander’s job is to see the field and put the troops in the right position to win…
Read More'Girls lack iron due to energy drinks'
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 AAP RISING levels of iron deficiency among teenage girls may be linked to an increase in the amount of high-caffeine energy drinks they consume, it has been claimed. BRITAIN’S Health Food Manufacturers’ Association warns that caffeine can inhibit the body’s uptake of minerals such as iron. Recent research has shown that around two-fifths of British girls and young women aged 11 to 24 have lower-than-expected iron levels. Other studies have indicated that one in 10 British teenagers consume as many of five cans of caffeinated energy drinks every week, the HFMA said. A poll conducted by the association on 10,000 British adults found that most young people do not know that caffeine can restrict a person’s intake of iron and other minerals. “Micro-nutrients are essential for good health and wellbeing, and iron deficiency is a wide-scale issue which shouldn’t be ignored – particularly for teenage girls,” said…
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