Kaipara District Council Commissioner, John Robertson, has recently opened Countdown’s new Dargaville store. Store Manager Craig Unsworth says the new supermarket will offer Dargaville customers a new and improved shopping experience.
In our increasingly cashless society, charities relying on cash donations from street appeals can be on the losing end of technology advances. Many people simply don’t carry coins and notes in their wallets, instead paying for everything with EFTPOS or credit card.
The SPAR chain encompasses over 12,000 retail stores in 35 countries on four continents. SPAR has achieved cumulative growth of 18% over the last four years and a new partnership agreement will see more than 30 SPAR Hypermarkets operational across India by 2019.
Renaud Tinel, who is currently the General Manager of Nespresso Oceania, has been appointed to the position of General Manager Asia Region, effective October 1. Tinel will be based in Singapore.
Business information analysts at IBISWorld expect that contactless payment methods could replace traditional physical credit and debit card payments by 2020 for transactions under $100.
The Viaduct Events Centre hosted the Wine AKL wine festival which was held over three sessions on 16 and 17 August. It was an opportunity for wine lovers, from newcomers to experts, to get up close and personal with the products from over 60 New Zealand wineries.
The 2014 New Zealand Winegrowers Romeo Bragato Conference is one of the largest events on the wine industry’s calendar. It will be held in Blenheim’s Marlborough Convention Centre from August 27 to August 29.
Leading up to the Beervana festival is a veritable smorgasbord of beer events held at venues around the Craft Beer Capital which has come to be known as the Road to Beervana.
With a splash of colour, distinctive packaging, and a range of versatile products, Mother Earth is sweetening the honey aisle in supermarkets with their new honey range made by New Zealand bees.
Golden State Foods (GSF), one of the largest diversified food processors and distributors in the U.S., has acquired ownership of Snap Fresh Foods, a New Zealand-based provider of premium salad greens, vegetable mixes, baby-peeled carrots, fresh sprouts, dressings and condiments.
Wellington’s Westpac Stadium was filled with the glorious aromas and mouth-watering sights of the annual Foodstuffs Fresh and Grocery Trade Expo this month.
Last year’s hugely popular collectable craze, which swept the country and inspired kids, parents and grandparents to trade and swap their way to a full set, returns to New World on Monday 18 August and this time it is bigger and better than before.
