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Middle leadership has key role in company culture
Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 11:19 am | Food and Grocery Council
Creating a high-performance team culture means mid-level leaders have a key role to play in communicating to staff the right thing to do for a business and the community it operates in, says Coca-Cola Amatil Managing Director NZ and Fiji Chris Litchfield. More >>
Collaboration between NZ companies in Asia hugely important
Tuesday, 27 September 2016, 12:26 pm | Food and Grocery Council
Collaboration between New Zealand companies working in the export markets of Asia is hugely important, says Prolife Foods CEO Andrew Smith. More >>
Big rewards from NZ-made branding
Thursday, 22 September 2016, 12:37 pm | Food and Grocery Council
A “lean” approach to efficiency in manufacturing is enabling pharmaceuticals company API Consumer Brands to stay in New Zealand and reap big rewards from New Zealand-made product branding, says General Manager and Director Mitch Cuevas. More >>
Industry launches website to improve food literacy
Monday, 19 September 2016, 12:48 pm | Food and Grocery Council
The New Zealand Food and Grocery Council has launched a website aimed at improving food literacy among New Zealanders. More >>
Better Food literacy makes healthier eating easier
Tuesday, 13 September 2016, 1:40 pm | Food and Grocery Council
The NZ Food and Grocery Council wants to help grow Kiwis’ food literacy through four short videos that aim to make healthier eating easier. More >>
FMCG careers expo reaps rewards
Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 12:37 pm | Food and Grocery Council
The food and grocery industry is already benefitting from its careers expo held earlier this year. More >>
FMCG industry honours Wayne Sands
Monday, 5 September 2016, 2:24 pm | Food and Grocery Council
Wayne Sands was presented with a Lifetime Achiever Award at the 2016 Grocery Charity Ball in Auckland. He started working in Woolworth’s Variety Stores before eventually founding and running sales business Twin Agencies that now has a team of 200 representing ... More >>
Staying in NZ good for economy, says Brew Group
Tuesday, 30 August 2016, 12:18 pm | Food and Grocery Council
Companies that stay to produce in New Zealand rather than move to low-cost economies are doing very good for the economy, says Brew Group CEO NZ Mark Hamilton. More >>
Moderate alcohol stance what consumers want, says DB boss
Monday, 22 August 2016, 3:06 pm | Food and Grocery Council
Advocating moderate alcohol consumption is an extremely important part of DB Breweries’ response to what its consumer are saying they want, says Managing Director Andy Routley. More >>
Going digital to boost supermarket safety
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 11:27 am | Food and Grocery Council
Helping ensure grocery supplier representatives and merchandisers who go into supermarkets come out safely is the driving force behind new technology being rolled out by online training company Intuto. More >>
Engaging staff cuts health and safety incidents
Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 10:03 am | Food and Grocery Council
Engaging staff in health and safety had a big impact on manual handling incidents and productivity at Chep NZ, Country Manager Mike O’Brien says in the latest NZ Food & Grocery Council Leaders Series video. More >>
Health and wellness priority for staff, products
Tuesday, 12 July 2016, 2:28 pm | Food and Grocery Council
Health and wellness is the top priority for snack company Griffins when it comes to both the staff it employs and the products it sells, as CEO Alison Barrass explains in the latest FGC Leaders Series video. More >>
Food manufacturers have obligation over safety and info'
Wednesday, 6 July 2016, 12:47 pm | Food and Grocery Council
Food manufacturers have an obligation not only to make sure their products are safe but also to give consumers as much information about them as possible, says Len Croudis, Country Manager for SunRice. More >>
Taking on FMCG talent gap challenges
Tuesday, 28 June 2016, 3:53 pm | Food and Grocery Council
The FMCG industry is suffering from a talent gap in marketing as skilled people are drawn overseas to where the big budgets are. More >>
Food and grocery giants at jobs expo
Monday, 23 May 2016, 2:24 pm | Food and Grocery Council
Some of the New Zealand food and grocery industry’s biggest companies and brands will be on show at a major jobs expo this week in Auckland. More >>
Renewable energy should be selling point, says Picot
Thursday, 19 May 2016, 12:42 pm | Food and Grocery Council
New Zealand manufacturers should be skiting to the world about making their food and groceries with renewable energy, says Pic’s Peanut Butter CEO Pic Picot in the latest FGC Leaders Series video. More >>
Food and grocery industry ‘faces talent challenge’
Thursday, 12 May 2016, 3:45 pm | Food and Grocery Council
The food and grocery sector has to do a better job of attracting, developing and retaining good-quality talent, says an industry training and development leader. More >>
Health and safety: taking care of your most important asset
Thursday, 5 May 2016, 1:16 pm | Food and Grocery Council
If companies really believe people are their most important asset then they will take health and safety really seriously, says the Chair of the NZ Food & Grocery Council-led Health & Safety Working Group, Gerry Lynch. More >>
Food companies’ job to help consumers understand choices
Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 1:53 pm | Food and Grocery Council
The food industry is built on trust and it’s up to companies to make sure their consumers understand what they are buying, says the New Zealand Country Manager for Nestlé, Veronique Cremades. More >>
NZ Food & Grocery Council elects first female chair
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 11:49 am | Food and Grocery Council
The New Zealand Food & Grocery Council has its first female Chair with the election today of Veronique Cremades-Mathis. More >>