by Peter Wright | Nov 19, 2021 | News
Lion New Zealand will close its foodservice distribution division Drinks Collective in December to streamline operations at its “increasingly complex business”. It created the division around six years ago to specialise in distribution of brands it either owned or had...
by Peter Wright | Nov 13, 2021 | News
The Waitakere Licensing Trust will retain its right to the sale of liquor in off license and tavern license venues in parts of West Auckland following an unsuccessful community petition. The Waitakere Licensing Trust Board was notified on 11 November 2021 that the...
by Peter Wright | Nov 13, 2021 | News
Fonterra has signed a deal with Dutch-based company Connecterra to deliver insights to Kiwi dairy farmers using artificial intelligence. The agreement will be sold through Fonterra’s retail division, Farm Source. Connecterra’s Ida (Intelligent Dairy Assistant)...
by Peter Wright | Nov 12, 2021 | News
Kiwis wanting to help the environment can now enjoy Waitoa Free Range chicken – the first carbon zero free range chicken in Aotearoa New Zealand to be accredited by Toitū’s independent certification. ‘’We know our customers appreciate the good things in life. Now that...
by Peter Wright | Nov 11, 2021 | News
George Weston Foods, baking giant and owner of Big Ben pies, has been given the go ahead by the Commerce Commission to buy rival Dad’s Pies. George Weston Foods will add Dad’s Pies Limited’s retail and wholesale business to its portfolio under the deal, creating a...