by David Wrigley | Nov 3, 2023 | Opinion
News emerged this week of the failure of online supermarket Supie. The virtual retailer went into adminstration after a major investor refused to finance the company any further in light of slower than expected growth. The business is carrying about $3 million in...
by David Wrigley | Jul 20, 2023 | Opinion
News comes to us this week of Countdown’s plan to spend $400,000,000 rebranding their supermarkets as Woolworths, a name most of them were trading under as long ago as 2009. Spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a rebrand for a company that has no meaningful...
by David Wrigley | Nov 17, 2022 | News
Countdown and FIRST Union have formally signed a new collective employment agreement that will see Countdown’s supermarket team across Aotearoa receive average wage increases of 19% over the next two years. Under the new agreement, the team will receive an average...
by Editor | Apr 13, 2022 | News
Easter is typically a boom time for chocolatiers — but not this season for Italy’s Ferrero SpA, the world’s third biggest chocolate producer and confectionery company. In the first week of April Ferrero International recalled Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs...
