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Tough Conversations: How to Handle an Underperforming Employee

It’s the conversation every supermarket manager or owner dreads. You’ve noticed that one of your employees is habitually underperforming. You also know that handling the issue before it grows is incredibly important. But where do you begin? How do you have these difficult conversations without creating feelings of resentment on either side or making the

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Sale of paracetamol under scrutiny

The national medicines regulator will consider restricting the sale of paracetamol after an independent expert report raised concern about overdoses in teenagers. In a statement, the Therapeutic Goods Administration said it would begin a consultation process regarding recommendations in the report, which included purchase limits of one or two packs per person and restricting sale

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‘No room to move’: Grocers refuse to renew multi-employer deals

Independent supermarket retailers are set to end their long practice of multi-employer agreements because the test for approving the deals is too strict to allow the flexibilities they want. Master Grocers Association has been consulting dozens of IGA and Foodland stores on whether they want to terminate expired multi-employer agreements that deliver flexibility on penalty

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Moment knife-wielding ice addict tries to rob supermarket

Surveillance video has caught the moment a Melbourne couple fought a knife-wielding robber trying to steal from their grocery store. The armed robber has been identified as 43-year-old Shaun Taylor who this week was sentenced to three years and three months in jail. The shocking video from the Foodworks store in Collingwood shows Taylor charging

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How to Improve Employee Retention at your Supermarket

Acquiring talented employees isn’t the only step to keeping your supermarket running smoothly. Once you have your top talent on board, your next focus should be on figuring out how to keep them. Improving employee retention is important to ensuring that your business is successful. Aside from talented employees helping the company grow, losing talent

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Inside Harris Farm’s new fancy supermarket in Australia

‘It’s so beautiful it almost made me cry’. Harris Farm has opened a new lavish store in Australia – boasting an in-house butcher and fishmonger, Messina parlour, build-a-cookie-pie station and 500 cheese varieties from around the world. The Lane Cove outlet is a one-of-a-kind “upmarket grocery shop” in Sydney – offering shoppers more than just a standard supermarket. Instead

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Woolworths suppliers called to approach independent arbiter

The Woolworths independent arbiter has written to the supermarket’s supplier base to urging them to come to her directly and confidentiality for assistance under an expansion of the role. Helen McKenzie has told suppliers that, since her role as began in 2020, she has received very few complaints from suppliers, suggesting that there was a

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Aldi launches new Corner Store supermarket in Melbourne CBD

A new Aldi supermarket has opened – but it’s unlike any other Australian store, selling artisan bread, freshly brewed coffee and ready-to-go meals. Aldi has launched a new store like no other – complete with an extensive ready-to-go meal section and iconic Special Buys. The German supermarket giant debuted its first Corner Store in North

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