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Pulker, Trapp, Scott, and Pollard. "The Nature and Quality of Australian Supermarkets’ Policies that can Impact Public Health Nutrition, and Evidence of their Practical Application: A Cross-Sectional Study." Nutrients 11, no. 4 (April 15, 2019): 853. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11040853.
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Improving population diets is a public health priority, and calls have been made for corporations such as supermarkets to contribute. Supermarkets hold a powerful position within the food system, and one source of power is supermarket own brand foods (SOBFs). Many of the world’s largest supermarkets have corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies that can impact public health, but little is known about their quality or practical application. This study examines the nature and quality of Australian supermarkets’ CSR policies that can impact public health nutrition, and provides evidence of practical applications for SOBFs. A content analysis of CSR policies was conducted. Evidence of supermarkets putting CSR policies into practice was derived from observational audits of 3940 SOBFs in three large exemplar supermarkets (Coles, Woolworths, IGA) in Perth, Western Australia (WA). All supermarkets had some CSR policies that could impact public health nutrition; however, over half related to sustainability, and many lacked specificity. All supermarkets sold some nutritious SOBFs, using marketing techniques that made them visible. Findings suggest Australian supermarket CSR policies are not likely to adequately contribute to improving population diets or sustainability of food systems. Setting robust and meaningful targets, and improving transparency and specificity of CSR policies, would improve the nature and quality of supermarket CSR policies and increase the likelihood of a public health benefit.
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Pulker, Claire, Georgina Trapp, Jane Scott, and Christina Pollard. "Alignment of Supermarket Own Brand Foods’ Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling with Measures of Nutritional Quality: An Australian Perspective." Nutrients 10, no. 10 (October 9, 2018): 1465. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10101465.
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Two voluntary front-of-pack nutrition labels (FOPNL) are present in Australia: the government-led Health Star Ratings (HSR) and food industry-led Daily Intake Guide (DIG). Australia’s two largest supermarkets are key supporters of HSR, pledging uptake on all supermarket own brand foods (SOBF). This study aimed to examine prevalence of FOPNL on SOBF, and alignment with patterns of nutritional quality. Photographic audits of all SOBF present in three large supermarkets were conducted in Perth, Western Australia, in 2017. Foods were classified as nutritious or nutrient-poor based on the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (AGTHE), NOVA level of food processing, and HSR score. Most (81.5%) SOBF featured FOPNL, with only 55.1% displaying HSR. HSR was present on 69.2% of Coles, 54.0% of Woolworths, and none of IGA SOBF. Half (51.3%) of SOBF were classified as nutritious using the AGTHE, but using NOVA, 56.9% were ultra-processed foods. Nutrient-poor and ultra-processed SOBF were more likely than nutritious foods to include HSR, yet many of these foods achieved HSR scores of 2.5 stars or above, implying they were a healthy choice. Supermarkets have a powerful position in the Australian food system, and they could do more to support healthy food selection through responsible FOPNL.
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Grigsby-Duffy, Lily, Sally Schultz, Liliana Orellana, Ella Robinson, Adrian J. Cameron, Josephine Marshall, Kathryn Backholer, and Gary Sacks. "The Healthiness of Food and Beverages on Price Promotion at Promotional Displays: A Cross-Sectional Audit of Australian Supermarkets." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 23 (December 3, 2020): 9026. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17239026.
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Supermarket environments can strongly influence purchasing decisions. Price promotions are recognised as a particularly persuasive tactic, but the healthiness of price promotions in prominent in-store locations is understudied. This study compared the prevalence and magnitude of price promotions on healthy and unhealthy food and beverages (foods) displayed at prominent in-store locations within Australian supermarkets, including analyses by supermarket group and area-level socio-economic position. A cross-sectional in-store audit of price promotions on foods at key display areas was undertaken in 104 randomly selected stores from major Australian supermarket groups (Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and independents) in Victoria, Australia. Of the display space dedicated to foods with price promotions, three of the four supermarket groups had a greater proportion of display space devoted to unhealthy (compared to healthy) foods at each promotional location measured (end of aisles: 66%; island bins: 53%; checkouts: 88%). Aldi offered very few price promotions. Few measures varied by area-level socio-economic position. This study demonstrated that price promotions at prominent in-store locations in Australian supermarkets favoured unhealthy foods. Marketing of this nature is likely to encourage the purchase of unhealthy foods, highlighting the need for retailers and policy-makers to consider addressing in-store pricing and placement strategies to encourage healthier food environments.
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Banerjee, Swapan. "A Review on Strategic Analysis of Australian Supermarkets." Journal of Production, Operations Management and Economics, no. 26 (November 8, 2022): 36–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.55529/jpome.26.36.45.
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In Australia, Coles and Woolworths are the two primary participants in the grocery sector. They split about 80% of the whole retail market for groceries. In Sydney, one of Australia's major cities, Woolworths launched new food kiosks in 1924, while Coles opened the country's first supermarket in 1960. Coles and Woolworths consistently share most of the market in the Australian supermarket industry, which is known as a "duopoly." Between Coles and Woolworths and its retailers, there has been an imbalance of market power for the last few decades (suppliers). Numerous studies indicate that Woolworths and Coles conduct business in 840 and 741 supermarkets, respectively, in Australia. However, regardless of the three variables, these essential players can only locate a suitable company in the competitive and non-competitive market. The factors are buying power, selling power, and retail chain. This duopoly, dominated by the two big business groups, can potentially serve each retail product, including ready-to-eat foods, fresh food, and other essential retail products. This short article is concerned with the strategic analysis of the two big players in the Australian market, irrespective of environment, socioeconomic, politics, various usable tools, techniques, rules, and regulations. Swot analysis, the Five force model, value, rarity, imitability, and organization (VRIO) have been reviewed and discussed for both the market leaders. The past, present, and future potentialities also have drawn in the article with the snaky diagram and analytical tables. In conclusion, profit margins are obtained due to successful differentiation, which enables the company to demand even higher prices. Additionally, it promotes customer loyalty, which contributes to the financial stability and growth of the business.
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Banerjee, Swapan. "A Review on Strategic Analysis of Australian Supermarkets." Journal of Production, Operations Management and Economics, no. 26 (November 8, 2022): 36–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.55529/jpome26.36.45.
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In Australia, Coles and Woolworths are the two primary participants in the grocery sector. They split about 80% of the whole retail market for groceries. In Sydney, one of Australia's major cities, Woolworths launched new food kiosks in 1924, while Coles opened the country's first supermarket in 1960. Coles and Woolworths consistently share most of the market in the Australian supermarket industry, which is known as a "duopoly." Between Coles and Woolworths and its retailers, there has been an imbalance of market power for the last few decades (suppliers). Numerous studies indicate that Woolworths and Coles conduct business in 840 and 741 supermarkets, respectively, in Australia. However, regardless of the three variables, these essential players can only locate a suitable company in the competitive and non-competitive market. The factors are buying power, selling power, and retail chain. This duopoly, dominated by the two big business groups, can potentially serve each retail product, including ready-to-eat foods, fresh food, and other essential retail products. This short article is concerned with the strategic analysis of the two big players in the Australian market, irrespective of environment, socioeconomic, politics, various usable tools, techniques, rules, and regulations. Swot analysis, the Five force model, value, rarity, imitability, and organization (VRIO) have been reviewed and discussed for both the market leaders. The past, present, and future potentialities also have drawn in the article with the snaky diagram and analytical tables. In conclusion, profit margins are obtained due to successful differentiation, which enables the company to demand even higher prices. Additionally, it promotes customer loyalty, which contributes to the financial stability and growth of the business.
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Ananthapavan, Jaithri, Gary Sacks, Liliana Orellana, Josephine Marshall, Ella Robinson, Marj Moodie, Miranda Blake, Amy Brown, Rob Carter, and Adrian J. Cameron. "Cost–Benefit and Cost–Utility Analyses to Demonstrate the Potential Value-for-Money of Supermarket Shelf Tags Promoting Healthier Packaged Products in Australia." Nutrients 14, no. 9 (May 3, 2022): 1919. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14091919.
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The supermarket environment impacts the healthiness of food purchased and consumed. Shelf tags that alert customers to healthier packaged products can improve the healthiness of overall purchases. This study assessed the potential value-for-money of implementing a three-year shelf tag intervention across all major supermarket chains in Australia. Cost–benefit analyses (CBA) and cost–utility analyses (CUA) were conducted based on results of a 12-week non-randomised controlled trial of a shelf tag intervention in seven Australian supermarkets. The change in energy density of all packaged foods purchased during the trial was used to estimate population-level changes in mean daily energy intake. A multi-state, multiple-cohort Markov model estimated the subsequent obesity-related health and healthcare cost outcomes over the lifetime of the 2019 Australian population. The CBA and CUA took societal and healthcare sector perspectives, respectively. The intervention was estimated to produce a mean reduction in population body weight of 1.09 kg. The net present value of the intervention was approximately AUD 17 billion (B). Over 98% of the intervention costs were borne by supermarkets. CUA findings were consistent with the CBA—the intervention was dominant, producing both health benefits and cost-savings. Shelf tags are likely to offer excellent value-for-money from societal and healthcare sector perspectives.
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Pulker, Claire Elizabeth, Heather Robertson Farquhar, Christina Mary Pollard, and Jane Anne Scott. "The nutritional quality of supermarket own brand chilled convenience foods: an Australian cross-sectional study reveals limitations of the Health Star Rating." Public Health Nutrition 23, no. 12 (May 18, 2020): 2068–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980020000051.
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AbstractObjective:To assess the nutritional quality of Australian supermarket own brand chilled convenience foods (SOBCCF), for example, ready meals, pizza, pies and desserts.Design:Cross-sectional.Setting:Two large supermarkets (Coles and Woolworths) in Perth, Western Australia were audited in February 2017.Participants:Data were extracted from photographic images of 291 SOBCCF, including front-of-pack information (i.e. product name, description and nutrition labels including Health Star Rating (HSR)) and back-of-pack information (i.e. nutrition information panel and ingredients list). SOBCCF were classified as healthy or unhealthy consistent with principles of the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (AGTHE), NOVA classification of level of food processing and HSR score.Results:Fifty-four percentage of SOBCCF were classified as unhealthy according to AGTHE principles, 94 % were ultra-processed foods using NOVA and 81 % scored a HSR of ≥2·5, implying that they were a healthy choice. Some convenience food groups comprised more healthy choices overall including prepared vegetables, salad kits and bowls, soups and vegetarian food. A significantly larger proportion of SOBCCF from Coles were classified as unhealthy compared with Woolworths (70 v. 44 %, P < 0·05) using the AGTHE.Conclusions:The findings suggest there is potential for Australian supermarkets to improve the nutritional quality of their SOBCCF and highlights the differences between supermarkets in applying their corporate social responsibility policies. Policies to assist consumers to select healthier foods should address difficulties in identifying healthy convenience foods. The findings reveal misclassification of unhealthy SOBCCF as healthy by the HSR suggesting that its algorithm should be reformed to align with recommendations of the AGTHE.
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Cameron, Adrian J., Amy Brown, Liliana Orellana, Josephine Marshall, Emma Charlton, Winsfred W. Ngan, Jaithri Ananthapavan, Jasmine Isaacs, Miranda Blake, and Gary Sacks. "Change in the Healthiness of Foods Sold in an Australian Supermarket Chain Following Implementation of a Shelf Tag Intervention Based on the Health Star Rating System." Nutrients 14, no. 12 (June 9, 2022): 2394. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14122394.
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Introduction: Most people in Australia buy most of their food in supermarkets. Marketing techniques promoting healthy foods in supermarkets can be important to encourage healthy eating at a population level. Shelf tags that highlight the healthiness of products have been identified as one such promising initiative. The aim of this study was to assess changes in the healthiness of foods sold in an Australian supermarket chain following implementation of a shelf tag intervention based on the Australian Health Star Rating (HSR) system. Methods: A controlled, non-randomised trial was undertaken in seven supermarkets (intervention: n = 3; control: n = 4) of a single chain in Victoria, Australia, over 12 weeks (4 weeks baseline, 8 weeks intervention period) between August and November 2015. The intervention involved provision of a shelf tag indicating the HSR of all packaged products that scored 4.5 or 5 stars (‘high-HSR products’) using the Australian HSR system. Posters indicating the healthiness of fresh fruits and vegetables (not eligible for an HSR rating, as they are not packaged) were also installed. Weekly per store sales data were provided by the retailer. In an intention-to-treat analysis (with intervention status of individual products based on their eligibility to be tagged), the proportion (%) of all ‘high-HSR’ packaged food sold and the volume of key nutrients (saturated fat, total fat, sodium, total sugar, protein, carbohydrates and energy) per 100 g sold were assessed. Difference-in-difference analyses were conducted to determine the difference between intervention and control stores in terms of mean outcomes between baseline and intervention periods. Customer exit surveys (n = 304) were conducted to evaluate awareness and use of the shelf tags and posters. Results: The proportion of ‘high-HSR products’ sold increased in the intervention period compared to the baseline period in each of the three intervention stores (average increase of 0.49%, 95% CI: −0.02, 0.99), compared to a decrease of −0.15% (−0.46, 0.15) in control stores (p = 0.034). The overall increase in intervention compared to control stores (difference-in-difference) of 0.64% represents an 8.2% increase in the sales of ‘high-HSR products’. Sales of total sugar, total fat, saturated fat, carbohydrates, sodium, protein and total energy in packaged food all decreased significantly more in intervention stores compared to control stores. Sales of fresh fruits and vegetables decreased in intervention stores compared to control stores. Customer surveys found that 34.4% noticed the shelf tags. Of those who noticed the tags, 58% believed the shelf tags influenced their purchases. Conclusions: With this study, we found that the use of shelf tags that highlight the healthiest packaged foods in a supermarket setting showed promise as a mechanism to improve the healthiness of purchases. Opportunities to scale up the intervention warrant exploration, with further research needed to assess the potential impact of the intervention on overall population diets over the longer term.
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Whelan, Jillian, Andrew Dwight Brown, Lee Coller, Claudia Strugnell, Steven Allender, Laura Alston, Josh Hayward, Julie Brimblecombe, and Colin Bell. "The Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Food Supply and Demand in Australia: Utilising Group Model Building to Identify Retailer and Customer Perspectives." Nutrients 13, no. 2 (January 28, 2021): 417. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13020417.
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Prior to the 2020 outbreak of COVID-19, 70% of Australians’ food purchases were from supermarkets. Rural communities experience challenges accessing healthy food, which drives health inequalities. This study explores the impact of COVID-19 on food supply and purchasing behaviour in a rural supermarket. Group model building workshops explored food supply experiences during COVID-19 in a rural Australian community with one supermarket. We asked three supermarket retailers “What are the current drivers of food supply into this supermarket environment?” and, separately, 33 customers: “What are the current drivers of purchases in this supermarket environment?” Causal loop diagrams were co-created with participants in real time with themes drawn afterwards from coded transcripts. Retailers’ experience of COVID-19 included ‘empty shelves’ attributed to media and government messaging, product unavailability, and community fear. Customers reported fear of contracting COVID-19, unavailability of food, and government restrictions resulting in cooking more meals at home, as influences on purchasing behaviour. Supermarket management and customers demonstrated adaptability and resilience to normalise demand and combat reduced supply.
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Lee, Hyunok, Jikun Huang, Scott Rozelle, and Daniel Sumner. "Wine Markets in China: Assessing the Potential with Supermarket Survey Data." Journal of Wine Economics 4, no. 1 (2009): 94–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1931436100000705.
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AbstractThe emergence of grape wine as a mainstream alcoholic beverage in China is relatively new. However, rapidly increasing wine consumption in China provides a significant trade potential for the United States and other wine exporting countries. This paper investigates the Chinese wine market using retailer data with a focus on imported wines. Supermarkets are identified as major retail outlets for foreign wines, and this paper uses data from a recent supermarket wine survey in China. Our data indicate that about half of our sample stock foreign wines. On average, 21 percent of total wine shelf space is allocated to foreign wines and larger stores are associated with larger shares of shelf space for foreign wines. Among foreign wines, French wine dominates. Of 31 supermarkets that sell foreign wines, 26 stores carry French wine, and in all but two of these stores more than half of the foreign wine shelf space is devoted to French wine. Australia, Chile, Italy and the United States follow in terms of number of stores carrying wines. Supermarkets in our sample allocate most of their shelf space to red wine for both domestic (93%) and foreign (82%) wines. The average median price for foreign wines (94 yuans per bottle) was more than double the equivalent price for domestic wines (42 yuans). (JEL Classification: N55, Q13, Q19)
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Supermarkets – Australia"
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Eiseman, John. "Strategies for small business education and training : a case study in the independent supermarket industry in Australia /." [Sydney] : University of Western Sydney, 1997. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030811.161842/index.html.
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Thesis (M.Sc. (Hons)) --University of Westen Sydney, 1997."A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science (Honours)" Accompanied by : Current concerns, future outlook and training needs of independent supermarket retailers / John Eiseman.1994. Bibliography: p. 134-142.
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Price, Robin Anne, and n/a. "Checking Out Supermarket Labour Usage: The Nature of Labour Usage and Employment Relations Consequences in a Food Retail Firm in Australia." Griffith University. Department of Industrial Relations, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040809.154443.
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This thesis examines the nature of labour usage within a market-leading Australian food retail firm and the employment relations consequences of the labour usage strategies employed by the firm. Retail employment is well established as a research subject in the UK, but has received comparatively little research attention in Australia. Given that retail industry employment accounts for 15 per cent of the Australian workforce, this represents a significant oversight. Within the retail industry, the supermarket and grocery sector employs 6 per cent of the Australian workforce. The sector is dominated by two major chains and is highly competitive, with a reputation for low profit margins, mundane jobs and low pay. The sector is recognised for an employment structure that is segmented with one segment holding full-time jobs with core employment conditions and the other segment, part-time jobs with poor working conditions. The dominant theory used by scholars to explain this employment structure is the dual labour market model and later iterations such as Atkinson's flexible firm model. This research assesses the value of these models, in particular Atkinson's flexible firm model, as a representation of the labour usage strategies of a market-leading Australian food retail firm. This analysis demonstrates that, in a general sense, Atkinson's model has applicability to the labour usage strategies exhibited in food retailing. The research found that, contrary to the theories of dual labour markets, a strong internal labour market operated within the firm with short hours casual employment as the port of entry. The benefits of this practice for the organisation were flexibility in labour usage and substantial wage savings, while the negative consequences were recruitment difficulties, exacerbated by high levels of staff turnover. For the employees, the consequences depended on their position in the organisational hierarchy and their individual circumstances, but involved initially accepting limited working hours and low pay in order to gain entry into the organisation. The research undertaken for this thesis leads to the development of a revised model, the casual internal labour market model, which more accurately depicts the labour usage strategies within the case study organisation. Retail researchers argue that it is necessary to understand the dynamics of the industry in order to understand the structure of labour usage. Additionally, employment relations and retail researchers both stress the need to contextualise labour usage patterns within broader environmental constraints and supply side factors. In seeking to achieve this, this research examines business strategies, retail specific employment relations literature and the Australian employment relations context. Furthermore, this study addresses the issue of retail employment strategies at several levels within one of Australia's market-leading food retailers: corporate level, store level and at the level of individual departments within the store. In doing so, this thesis highlights the differences in labour usage between stores and between departments within the stores and thereby provides a more detailed picture of the labour use practices within food retailers.
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Eiseman, John, University of Western Sydney, and of Science Technology and Agriculture Faculty. "Strategies for small business education and training: a case study in the independent supermarket industry in Australia." THESIS_FSTA_xxx_Eiseman_J.xml, 1997. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/36.
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The need to raise the skills and knowledge of both managers and staff in small business through improvement to education and training is the underpinning thematic concern of this research. Another concern is the appropriateness of action research as a process for research and development in education and training for small business. The independent supermarket industry in Australia provided the case study for this action research. The study sought to identify the barriers to participation in education and training programs and to develop strategies to overcome these barriers. Participation in education and training programs in the independent supermarket industry in Australia was found to be constrained by working conditions at store level, geographic location, negative attitudes of owners or principal managers towards education and formalised training and economic pressures on the industry. In this study the action research methodology provided the means to incrementally achieve a rich contextual understanding, to build researcher-client relationships, client receptivity to the research findings and credibility for both the researcher and the study. However, a key constraint to action research was the difficulty of gaining active participation from the client system. Another contribution of this is the documentation of the key issues and characteristics of independent supermarkets which have been poorly reported. The issues and characteristics identified for independent supermarkets, such as those arising from future uncertainity, family ownership, management style and attitude are compatible with those reported for small business generally. This research was guided by, and the results support, the proposition put forward by Gummesson that action research in a business environment is enhanced by the combining of the consultant and researcher roles. This role duality and the cyclic processes of action research provided the opportunity for incremental benefits to the clients which gave incentive for the clients to provide access and support for research in their enviroMaster of Science (Hons)
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Wong, Ka-yu Aileen, and 汪嘉瑜. "An exploratory study on the structural change of fresh produce industry in Hong Kong and its implications on business opportunities." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31268353.
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Pulker, Claire Elizabeth. "A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Australian Supermarkets’ Corporate Social Responsibility Commitments to Public Health: The Case of Supermarket Own Brand Foods." Thesis, Curtin University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76925.
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This PhD examined Australian supermarkets’ corporate social responsibility commitments that impact public health, and evidence of practical application, by analysing the contribution of supermarket own brand foods to Australian within-store food environments. A mixed-methods approach was used because so little was known about the topic. Findings from the eight included studies show how Australian supermarkets exert power over the food system and impact public health by the decisions they make.
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Ghalebeigi, Aida. "Option Contracts for Supermarket Fruit Supply Chains: Theory and Practice." Thesis, 2015. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/30668/.
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Perishability increases uncertainty in food supply chains and supply chain players must respond quickly to produce changes in order to minimize loss through waste. In high income countries such as Australia, as elsewhere, waste is a function of uncertainty in decision making and lack of coordination between different players in the supply chain. Contract-of-Sale agreements between farmers and retailers may be directly responsible for crop waste at the farm gate and/or in supply chains into retail stores. Lack of coordination results in poor performance of the supply chain and inaccurate forecasts will result in excessive inventory costs, food wastage, quality-related costs and customer dissatisfaction.
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Hughes, Rodney James. "Work life balance in Australian supermarkets." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1062276.
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Professional Doctorate - Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)Work life balance (WLB) has become increasingly important to individuals and organisations alike. Individuals are seeking organisations that have flexible work practices that allow them to effectively manage both their life and work responsibilities. Organisations on the other hand are seeking to attract and retain talent. In Australia, despite a number of legislated entitlements being introduced with the Fair Work Act (FWA) 2009 and the National Employment Standards (NES), research suggests that there has been little positive improvement for Australian workers. In Australia, the supermarket industry is a substantial employer with an estimated 275,000 employees. The Australian supermarket industry is considered to have high levels of part time and casual work, female participation and turnover. Moreover, the Australian supermarket environment has long and varied working hours that make it unique compared to the rest of the retail industry. This research aims to expand the knowledge regarding work life balance and burnout in the Australian supermarket environment. Prior research suggests that work life balance initiatives have the ability to buffer against burnout and some of the associated antecedents of burnout, such as turnover and absenteeism. Burnout may also result in reduced concern for compliance with the organisations policies and their level of customer orientation.A survey involving 1277 participants within Australian supermarkets was conducted in November 2013 through to January 2014. Analysis of the data in this research project showed that work life balance has a strong negative association with burnout, which suggests, that work life balance initiatives may assist in reducing personal burnout. Secondly, this research found that WLB mediated the relationship between burnout and turnover intention. This suggests that WLB initiatives may assist in reducing an individual’s intention to leave the organisation. Third, this research found that WLB mediated the relationship between burnout and affective commitment. This suggests that WLB initiatives may provide act as an additional resource that may assist in reducing the effect that burnout has on an individual’s affective commitment. The results of this research have implications for management practice and to further theory development. Moreover, suggestions are given to identify areas for possible future research to assist in better understanding of WLB and burnout within Australian supermarkets.
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Campbell, Sarah. "A mixed method examination of food marketing directed towards children in Australian supermarkets." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/932275.
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Professional Doctorate - Doctor of Clinical and Health PsychologyScope: Food marketing toward children is evident across many forms of media and at the point-of-sale. There is little previous research into children’s requests for food/drinks in the supermarket and the influence of promotional strategies on these requests. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of children’s food/drink requests made whilst grocery shopping with a parent/caregiver. The study also aimed to gain further understanding of parents’ experience of food marketing directed towards children in the supermarket environment and dealing with food/drink requests whilst shopping. Method: A mixed methods design was used. Intercept interviews (N=158) were conducted with parents/caregivers accompanied by a child/ren on exiting 9 supermarkets in the Newcastle region, New South Wales. Parents were asked about the prevalence of food requests by child/ren generally and during the most recent supermarket visit. Information about the types of food/drinks requested and whether parents purchased any of the requested food/drinks was sought. Food/drink requests were categorised into food groups and then more broadly defined as core or noncore foods. Additional demographic information was collected. Focus groups (n=13) and telephone interviews (n=3) were conducted to explore parents’ experiences of supermarket shopping with children and children requesting food/drink items. These discussions sought further information on the impact of marketing directed towards children on food/drink requests in the supermarket and dealing with pestering for food whilst grocery shopping. Results: Of the 158 intercept survey participants (30% response rate), 73% of respondents reported a food/drink request by their child during the supermarket visit. Most requested food items (88%) were unhealthy foods, with chocolate/confectionery being the most common food category requested (40%). Most parents/caregivers (70%) purchased at least one food item requested during the shopping trip. Parents/caregivers purchased a food/drink item regardless of whether they perceived the request to be healthy or not. There was a tendency not to purchase a requested product for a younger child. Qualitative interviews identified themes associated with food requests and prompts in the supermarket. Discussions established the following themes: parents’ experience of pester power in the supermarket; prompts for food requests in the supermarket; parental responses to pestering in the supermarket environment; and strategies to manage pestering and minimise requests for food items. Conclusions: Food/drink requests from children are common during supermarket shopping. Despite the majority of the food/drinks requested being unhealthy, parents often purchase these foods. The healthiness of the food/drink item did not influence the decision to purchase the requested product. Parents/caregivers reported that food promotion impacted on children’s requests for food/drink items whilst grocery shopping. They suggested that point-of-sale tactics and television advertising had the greatest effect on children’s food/drink requests. Parents reported difficulties dealing with constant requests for food/drink items throughout the supermarket and expressed desire for environmental changes to reduce pestering including confectionery-free checkouts, minimisation of child-friendly placement of products, and reducing children’s exposure to food marketing in general. Implications: Parents are likely to benefit from being provided with skills to deal with food/drink requests and pestering when shopping. Changes to current regulations around food promotion aimed at children need to be made to reduce exposure and protect children from the effects of unhealthy food marketing.
Books on the topic "Supermarkets – Australia"
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Shelf life: Supermarkets and the changing cultures of consumption. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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Institute, Australian Supermarket, ed. The way we shop: Grocery shopping in Australia. Sydney: Australian Supermarket Institute, 1998.
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Vincent, Barbara. Farming Meat Goats. CSIRO Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9781486306589.
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Goat meat is growing in popularity in Australia and is also an important export industry. It offers many opportunities for large- and small-scale farmers who need to diversify or seek alternative enterprises. Farming Meat Goats provides producers with comprehensive and practical information on all aspects of the goat meat industry. It covers selecting and preparing a property, choosing breeding stock, breeding, health care and nutrition, drought feeding, condition scoring and marketing.
This second edition of Farming Meat Goats has been updated throughout and contains new information about the National Livestock Identification System, current regulations for ovine Johne's disease and animal welfare during transportation, and information about marketing. It will allow farmers to produce animals to specification for targeted markets in Australia and overseas including: butchers; supermarkets; restaurants; on-farm live sales; sales to abattoirs that specialise in Halal kills; and breeding stock either as replacements or for improved herd genetics.
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Vincent, Barbara. Farming Meat Goats. CSIRO Publishing, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643093058.
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Goat meat is growing in popularity and is becoming an important export industry. It offers many opportunities for large- and small-scale farmers who need to diversify or seek alternative enterprises. This book deals specifically with the production of goats for meat and addresses all aspects of the industry that the producer is likely to encounter. It covers selecting and preparing a property, choosing the breeding stock, breeding, health care and nutrition, drought feeding, condition scoring and marketing.
One of the key benefits of Farming Meat Goats is that it will allow farmers to produce animals to specification for targeted markets in Australia and overseas including: butchers; supermarkets; restaurants; on-farm live sales; sales to abattoirs that specialise in Halal kills; and breeding stock either as replacements, or for improved herd genetics.
Book chapters on the topic "Supermarkets – Australia"
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"Cristina Talacko." In Exploring the Economic Opportunities and Impacts of Migrant Entrepreneurship, 110–22. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4986-8.ch010.
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Coming from a successful legal background, Cristina Talacko quit her job in Singapore in 1999 to establish her own business, SalDoce Fine Foods, which means “savoury and sweet” in Portuguese, with her husband, Martin Talacko, when she moved to Australia. Christina, who was born in Brazil, missed Brazilian foods and culture back home and struggled to have her legal qualifications recognised in Australia. These initial challenges led Cristina to establish SalDoce Fine Foods in Sydney in 2000, which specialises in manufacturing a Brazilian delicacy called PaÞo de Queijo made with tapioca and cheese. Today, SalDoce Fine Foods supplies more than 30 products to major supermarket chains and independent retailers around the world catering for allergen-sensitive customers, those with diabetes or on reduced sugar diets, vegans and vegetarians, and those who are health conscious. This chapter looks at how Cristina transformed her business into a major national success.
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"5. From Global to Local – Learning Supermarkets in the National Interest: International Education and the Australian Government." In Desiring TESOL and International Education, 95–123. Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.21832/9781783091492-007.
Full textConference papers on the topic "Supermarkets – Australia"
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Freeman, Mark, Peter Hyland, and Jeffrey Soar. "Australian online supermarket usability." In the 4th Annual Conference of the ACM Special Interest Group. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2331829.2331850.
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Black, Darren, Nils Jakob Clemmensen, and Mikael B. Skov. "Supporting the supermarket shopping experience through a context-aware shopping trolley." In the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1738826.1738833.
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Luo, Ling, Bin Li, Irena Koprinska, Shlomo Berkovsky, and Fang Chen. "Tracking the Evolution of Customer Purchase Behavior Segmentation via a Fragmentation-Coagulation Process." In Twenty-Sixth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. California: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2017/336.
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Customer behavior modeling is important for businesses in order to understand, attract and retain customers. It is critical that the models are able to track the dynamics of customer behavior over time. We propose FC-CSM, a Customer Segmentation Model based on a Fragmentation-Coagulation process, which can track the evolution of customer segmentation, including the splitting and merging of customer groups. We conduct a case study using transaction data from a major Australian supermarket chain, where we: 1) show that our model achieves high fitness of purchase rate, outperforming models using mixture of Poisson processes; 2) compare the impact of promotions on customers for different products; and 3) track how customer groups evolve over time and how individual customers shift across groups. Our model provides valuable information to stakeholders about the different types of customers, how they change purchase behavior, and which customers are more receptive to promotion campaigns.