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By EVA WILAND
Parmalat expects its 2007 Pauls Community Store of the Year project to be bigger and better than the inaugural program, following its success last year, centred on supporting local area economies.

AFRN thought: Parmalat is putting a powerful tool in the hands of community stores owners by providing them with an insight into the drivers of retailing around the world...

By EVA WILAND
Woolworths continues to fire on all cylinders, recording 8.8% sales growth from all its businesses, to $10.55 billion in the 13 weeks ended April 1 on the corresponding period in the 2005-06 financial year.

Michael’s Supa IGA in Leongatha Victoria has outshone more than 1350 national stores to be named Pauls Community Store of the Year.

AFRN thought: Congratulations to Michael and Rosemary Lorenz for their win of the inaugural Pauls Community Store of the Year Award. It is no mean feat to compete against the competition from the majors these days...

By EVA WILAND
LOUISVILLE: KFC Corporation in the US is converting all of its 5500 restaurants in the USA to a zero grams trans fat cooking oil. The new oil, low linolenic soybean oil, will replace the partially hydrogenated soybean oil in current use in KFC restaurants.

By EVA WILAND
CSIRO's leading experts in nutrition and physical exercise have combined forces to release the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet Book 2 – the follow-on edition to the original best-selling diet book.

By EVA WILAND
The food industry today released details of the % DI labelling scheme designed make it easier for consumers to make informed dietary choices.

By EVA WILAND
Pony Lounge & Dining, Sydney’s latest eatery, opened its doors yesterday to a crowded guest list. The eatery, located at The Rocks Centre, on the corner of Argyle Street and Kendall Lane, in Sydney’s historical old town district, has as a focal point a dramatic open kitchen with a wood fire grill and unusual cow hide counter.

AFRN thought: We were suitably impressed with this eatery and for the time we were there, the sampling of the food was commendable...

For the first time since the internet boom, Australian retailers will have a cheap and effective way of getting customers back into stores.

AFRN Thought: Given that the X-generation is the biggest Internet shopper, AFRN has doubts about this enterprise...

By EVA WILAND
Retailers should start preparing for more aging customers than ever before, particularly retailers selling beer and wine, home improvements and furniture and consumer electronics.

By EVA WILAND
Sydney-based Whitech Software Solutions has developed a self-service food order station for the takeaway food market, said to reduce queue times by more than 30%.