Just what we needed more coke aisles,  it will be interesting to see if the same non-alcoholic suppliers will occupy the supermarket shelf space as found in Coles and Woolworths. This is a great opportunity for all the business development managers of the smaller players to get a feel of supply opportunities with Costco.
I believe all the American based beverage companies found in Australia are rubbing their hands with joy, they now have a known entity with links back home.
I believe Costco will do very well,  it is going to …

Fonterra thinks Western Australian dairy farmers are cows to be milked, but they soon learned that cows can walk away from the milking shed. The supplier’s meeting with Fonterra will never be the same, forget the luke warm milk feeling of the past.  It is now  going to be a chilled milk affair for a long time.
Coles is also trying to milk their suppliers to pay higher rebates. It is unbelievable that suppliers cower behind a veil of secrecy, because they fear mafia like retaliation. Competition with fear is acceptable …

“We urge all Australian consumers to buy Australian and buy Hans in the lead-up to Christmas to help secure the future of the workers in this business.”
Mark Mentha – KordaMentha
Hans its Australian, its good with bright pink “Australian Pork”  logo!
New Slogan for Hans to ignite Australian supplier and consumer loyalty. Cheaper pork imports are more profitable to suppliers and cheaper for the financially struggling Australian consumer. In reality Hans Smallgoods was prone to fail when pig tarrifs stopped flying. Someone at Coles is looking at attempting to save the Aussie …

Australia is the envy of all the dictatorships that grace this wonderful world of ours. Did you know that Walmart has around 15% of the national supermarket trade in the good old USA.
Here in Australia, Coles, Woolworths and Metcash control 80% plus of the total market, so if you have the big dollars to play ball with the three amigos and can waltz to the loss leader tune. Then you can do business with the “mafia”, I mean supply the three amigos.
It seems our small farmers are not smart after …