MAF investigates Taranaki food retailers regarding fish supply
Date: 16 Feb 2012Restaurants and takeaways need to do their bit to shut down black-market fish trade and support both sustainable fisheries and food safety, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is warning. MAF compliance staff are executing authorities to enter (similar to warrants) at several private properties and retail outlets in Taranaki this week as part of Operation Deep 7. Local Fishery Officers became aware of breaches of the Fisheries Act when they undertook surveillance of some ... more
Organic micro greens bring intense flavour to Nosh
Date: 15 Feb 2012Good things do come in small packages and in fresh food the adage is especially true. Prana Greens micro greens are simply greens, lettuces, and herbs that are harvested when they are young. While they may be young, the petite plants have an intense flavour and high nutritional value while their dainty and colourful leaves add texture, body, and pockets of flavour to complement many dishes. Locally produced and organically grown Prana Greens are now available ... more
Fruit & veg up but overall food prices unchanged in January
Date: 14 Feb 2012Food prices showed no overall change in January 2012, although up 1.0 percent on a year earlier, Statistics New Zealand said today. Higher prices for fruit and vegetables (up 3.6 percent) were offset by lower prices for meat, poultry, and fish (down 1.8 percent) and non-alcoholic beverages (down 0.9 percent). In January, fruit prices rose 5.4 percent, with seasonal increases for mandarins, strawberries, grapes, apples, and avocados. Fruit prices usually peak in January each year. ... more
Resumption of milk inquiry welcomed
Date: 10 Feb 2012The real pressure points of milk and dairy product pricing need to be exposed, and news that a Parliamentary inquiry on the matter will continue is welcome, the Dairy Workers Union said today. Parliament’s Commerce Select Committee yesterday confirmed it will continue its milk price inquiry. The Dairy Workers Union was among presenters at the committee’s first day of hearings in September last year. The union’s national secretary James Ritchie said it ... more
Nosh Food Market's milk price stand gains support and momentum
Date: 9 Feb 2012Less than 48 hours after Nosh Food Market announced a price cut on two litres of milk, support is growing from retailers in Auckland and elsewhere. Milk producers are also backing the campaign with Federated Farmers’ Dairy chairperson Willy Leferink saying attention needs to focus on supermarket margins . “Can I applaud Nosh for kicking off a supermarket price war for fresh milk in one location at least,” Mr Leferink is reported as saying. “If dairies can sell ... more
Better thinking brings sweet rewards to confectionary manufacturer
Date: 8 Feb 2012The international confectionary company behind the popular Mentos and Chupa Chup sweets has this month received the same coveted Herrmann International Whole Brain® Thinking award that was awarded recently to Telecom New Zealand. For the past two years Perfetti Van Melle USA, the world’s third largest confectionary group employing over 17,000 people, has been putting Herrmann International’s Whole Brain® Thinking framework to work throughout their business, and the ... more
More shots fired in milk price battle
Date: 8 Feb 2012Federated Farmers hopes a "price war" will ramp up after several stores slashed the cost of milk yesterday. Nosh Food Market reduced the price of its Cow and Gate milk yesterday to $1 a litre, sparking one Pak 'n Save store across the street from its Hamilton store to match the price cut. Nosh has stores in Auckland, Hamilton and Matakana. Now Federated Farmers is calling on retail outlets, and particularly supermarkets, to do the same. "If dairies can sell ... more
Nosh more than halves the price of milk to $1 a litre
Date: 7 Feb 2012The price of milk plummets today with Nosh Food Market lowering the cost of its Cow & Gate Milk two litre bottle by more than half to $2. Spiralling milk prices have seen the cost to households rise by 41 per cent since 2007 and it now costs relatively more in New Zealand than in South Africa, the UK and US. As a result, Nosh says, people are drinking less milk and in many cases substituting it for cheaper, less healthy options. “Milk is a basic household ... more
A pinch with a punch
Date: 26 Jan 2012Waitrose Cooks’ Ingredients herbs and spices exclusive to Nosh Great chefs and home cooks alike love simple ingredients that make kitchen tasks easier and more delicious – now Nosh brings two new products that take domestic kitchens into gourmet territory. The Waitrose Cooks’ Ingredients range is a selection of the finest herbs and spices (with organic and wild varieties) in stylish, convenient packaging that will add flavour to any kitchen pantry. ... more
Commerce Commission to monitor milk pricing
Date: 24 Jan 2012Competition watchdog the Commerce Commission will annually monitor milk pricing in New Zealand under a raft of Government proposals announced today to rein in Fonterra's market power and restore public confidence in the milk market. Primary Industries Minister David Carter said Fonterra, which controls about 90 per cent of the raw milk market in this country, would also be required to publicly disclose information about how its sets its milk price, and the farmer-owned dairy cooperative ... more
