We round up some of the recent developments from Australia's food and consumer goods market, including; new vaccination policies, senior appointments, business restructures, new sustainability initiatives and innovative product ranges. 1. Leading retailers make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory Woolworths, Coles and Aldi have decided to make it a mandatory requirement for all store, DC and of...

Metcash has announced that Doug Jones will succeed Jeff Adams as the CEO of Metcash in Australia. Significant retail and wholesale experience Doug Jones is the existing CEO and senior vice president of Massmart Wholesale in South Africa and will take over as Metcash CEO on 1 February 2022. It will be the second time in less than a year that we have seen a senior executive move from a South ...

Coles has taken the decision to close all of the butcher counters within its stores and will instead rely on pre-packed products. New consistent category operating model Through its ABC format strategy Coles has been becoming more selective in terms of the counters it deploys in-store in recent years. In lower performing stores or those in low affluence locations, it has been striping out c...