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Singapore start-up creates ‘bean-free’ coffee from bread, soy and barley
Prefer's process takes around 48 hours to complete, as opposed to annual harvests and an average of five years for fresh...
Mar 19, 2024

ARA predicts $400 million boost to Easter spending
Cementing Easter as a family celebration, the 18-34 age group will spend the most on sweets, totalling $800 million thro...
Mar 14, 2024

Australian start-up launches smart kitchen bin
“Our vision was to create a kitchen bin that people would be proud to display rather than hide away.”
Mar 6, 2024

Aussie entrepreneur creates ‘Uber for beauty, fitness and massage’
Founder Bhanwa Singh noticed that there was a lack of a recognisable brand in freelancing synonymous with beauty, fitnes...
Feb 8, 2024

US winery aims to disrupt wine industry with aluminium bottles
Element[AL] found from internal research that there is no perceived flavour difference between aluminium and glass bottl...
Jan 23, 2024

ARA predicts BFCM ‘extravaganza’ this year
ARA’s Salesforce report reveals that online shopping traffic is up five per cent year on year but has not resulted in a ...
Nov 24, 2023

2023 Melbourne Royal Dairy Awards winners announced
The Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards recognise and reward excellence in Australian food production.
Sep 21, 2023

Retailers boost efforts to redirect unsold stock to those in need
The growing demand for assistance and donated unsold items has corresponded with 12 interest rate increases by the Reser...
Sep 12, 2023

New app helps grocers, consumers reduce food waste
After being introduced in the UK in 2019, Gander has already appeared in more than 500 stores there, saving 25 million f...
Jul 11, 2023

Asia Pacific to account for 85 per cent of global chatbot spend in future
ChatGPT has significantly lowered the cost of implementation of chatbots for smaller retailers.
Jun 21, 2023