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PM weighs in on sugar-tax plans

05 March 2018

Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has slapped down renewed calls for sugary drinks to be slugged with a 20 per cent…

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2018 Foodservice Report

05 March 2018

Erin Rigik Del Conte February 23, 2018 CSDecisions From experience to delivery to healthy options, foodservice trends are evolving faster…

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The Distributors Announce Acquisition of Impulse Marketing

26 February 2018

  Media Release 26 February 2018   The Distributors, Australia’s leading national independent wholesaler group, announces the acquisition of Digital…

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BP eyes legal action in its battle to buy Woolworths’ petrol stations

26 February 2018

SCOTT MURDOCH & BRIDGET CARTER February 26, 2018 The Australian BP is due to decide in the next few weeks whether…

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Foodservice Key to Growing C-store Visits

26 February 2018

Don Longo February 22, 2018 CSNews NEW YORK — If convenience stores want to grow, they will need to increase…

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Is coffee about to come with a cancer warning? Some lawyers say it should.

26 February 2018

Alexander Nazaryan February 22, 2018 Financial Review At issue is a lawsuit brought by the Council for Education and Research…

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Coke No Sugar is supposed to be replacing Coke Zero. But Australians aren’t playing along

26 February 2018

Benedict Brook FEBRUARY 21, 2018 IN EVERY supermarket, the soft drinks aisle is full of Coke. But one Coke product…

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Wesfarmers first-half profit dives 87pc

26 February 2018

One of Bunnings’ new stores in the UK. MIKE CHERNEY February 21, 2018 The Australian Wesfarmers, which operates everything from…

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Five C-store Chains Rank Among Top 100 Restaurants

26 February 2018

12th February 2018 CSNews NATIONAL REPORT — Shying away from the traditional “smokes and Cokes” label, today’s convenience stores are…

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DO HEALTH-MINDED CONVENIENCE STORE SHOPPERS REALLY EXIST?

26 February 2018

NATIONAL REPORT — Many convenience stores have enhanced their fresh-food and better-for-you offerings in recent years, but the channel is…

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AACS: DELAY IN CONTAINER DEPOSIT SCHEME A WIN FOR COMMON SENSE

19 February 2018

February 15, 2018: The Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has welcomed the Queensland Government’s decision to delay the introduction…

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The Queensland government has pushed back the introduction of its drink container refund scheme

19 February 2018

The Queensland government has pushed back the introduction of its drink container refund scheme to learn from the issues of…

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