WineFriend – a NZ first
WineFriend is New Zealand’s first and only online wine retailer to deliver curated cases of wine matched to individual customer preferences.
Supreme Award winner announced at the Devro NZ Sausage Competition
An Alpine Pork sausage from Countdown has scooped the Supreme Award, following the Grand Final of the Devro New Zealand Sausage Competition.
New GM of Merchandise for Countdown
Countdown has announced that Chris Fisher has been appointed as the new General Manager for Merchandise.
Anuga – all wrapped up
Around 160,000 trade visitors from 192 countries attended the Anuga trade fair in Cologne, Germany, from 10 to 14 October 2015.
All Good Bananas and T&G join forces
All Good Fairtrade and organic bananas will be available in more stores around New Zealand in an exclusive sales and distribution partnership with T&G (formerly Turners & Growers).
Schweppes Classic Ginger Beer reigns supreme
Coca-Cola New Zealand won a slew of awards at the annual non-alcoholic NZ beverage awards, including the Supreme award for its recently reformulated Schweppes Classic Ginger Beer, and a healthy collection of Gold and Silver awards across it’s numerous other brands.
Business deals with Germany?
The New Zealand German Business Association (NZGBA) runs a series of low cost workshops and seminars to help companies in New Zealand doing business with Germans/Germany.
NZ dairy downturn amounts to nearly $5 billion
The full scale of the effect of the dairy downturn on New Zealand’s economy has been revealed after new statistics confirmed a $4.9 billion fall in dairy-related income from the 2014-15 season.
THE SPEIGHT’S FUND 2015 – applications close soon
Attention all Otago folk, applications for this year’s Speight’s Fund close on October 31st.
Treasury Wine buys Diageo wines for US$600m
The latest push into the US by Australian wine supplier Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is a grab for grapes.
SABMiller takeover creates world’s first global brewer
SABMiller has agreed to sell itself to Anheuser-Busch InBev for US$104bn in a deal that will be the biggest takeover of a British company and create the world’s first global brewer, reports The Guardian.
Profile: Meadow Mushrooms
Meadows is a 100% Kiwi owned family business which started with a passion for mushrooms in Canterbury in 1970.