The GPT Group is launching a Food Recovery Program at its Rouse Hill Town Centre in northwest Sydney tomorrow - a pilot for potential roll-out in its other shopping centres.  The GPT Food Recovery Program is being kick started with a five-ye...

Metcash Ltd has farewelled its chairman of 12 years and flagged the retirement of CEO Andrew Reitzer as the grocery and liquor wholesaler forecasts earnings growth this fiscal year.  Metcash says underlying earnings per share in fiscal 2011 ...

The water's free - but only if you're smart! A new vending machine concept unveiled in the UK dispenses free spring water drinks to those who can prove their mental prowess, reports global trend monitoring website Springwise.com.  No mere...

Metcash has been granted an interime injunction preventing Jardim Investments from acquiring a controlling stake in rival Spar Australia.  Jardim is a family company controlled by former IGA Distribution chief Lou Jardin, seen by Spar as a '...

A former owner-operator of an Albury cafe has been fined $21,900 for underpaying three workers following a prosecution by the Fair Work Ombudsman.  The Chief Industrial Magistrate’s court in Sydney has imposed the penalty against Lesli...

Australian gourmet pizza brand Pizza Capers is set to expand further into South East Asia, with plans to open new stores in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai and Jakarata in early 2011.  The company’s decision to take on the Asian market ...

Woolworths has reopened its Cairns supermarket in Abbott St after completing a $12 million refurbishment.  The six month project turned the city's oldest supermarket into the most modern, and regulatory applications are in train for the stor...

Eagle Boys Pizza has bolstered its national expansion drive and almost doubled its Victorian presence with the conversion of key Encore Pizza stores.  The franchise had six stores in regional Victoria and has added four individual Encore Piz...

Crust Gourmet Pizza Bars has opened an outlet in Singapore - its first franchise outside Australia.  The restaurant is in Holland Village, a popular eating and watering enclave for younger Singaporeans and expatriates and well known for its ...

Selected Hungry Jack’s restaurants across Australia have begun a three month beverage container recycling trial in conjunction with Keep Australia Beautiful.  With the support of Coca-Cola Amatil, 30 Hungry Jack’s restaurants wil...