Certification Trade Marks: What Sits Behind The Logo?
For grocery suppliers and retailers, a logo suggesting certification can be a valuable commercial asset. It can distinguish products, support a premium price and…
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Getting New Zealand Ready For Packaging Reform
For grocery retailers and suppliers, packaging changes are rarely simple. A different wrapper, bottle or carton can affect product protection, supplier specifications, costs and…
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Flexible Workforces: Are Your Employment Arrangements Fit For Purpose?
Supermarkets, FMCG suppliers, manufacturers and distributors often need workforce flexibility to respond to seasonal demand and fluctuating workloads. That can mean using a mix…
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Fair Pricing In An Unpredictable Climate
Banana growers face compounding pressures, from acute shocks like El Niño to the slower pressure of climate change, making conditions less predictable and yields…
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Banana Reimagined: A Familiar Flavour Finds New Possibilities
Banana is moving beyond the fresh produce aisle, increasingly being reimagined across drinks, snacks, bakery, confectionery and desserts. While this may appear to be…
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Policymakers Should Be Able To Demonstrate Substantial Benefits
“We’re all for discussion about how to improve competition and making it easy for anyone to do business and create better outcomes for New…
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When Did Breaking Up Supermarkets Become Mainstream Policy?
New Zealand wants more overseas investment, more competition and another major grocery entrant. At the same time, political parties are increasingly prepared to contemplate…
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Competition Has a Postcode
The same grocery product can cost considerably more depending on where in New Zealand it is bought. New analysis from online supermarket Paddock to…
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