KFC sees red over ‘eight-legged chickens’
FAST-food giant has had a gutful of jibes about its menu on social media and has taken a drastic action.
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$1m glitch sparks spending spree
THIS is the $1m gift-card spending spree that has shocked one of Australia’s supermarket giants — all caused by one little email glitch.
Boom! Why retailers are smiling
RETAILERS are starting to believe things have changed for the better. But how do they know? There are some telltale signs.
McDonald’s to toast its buns longer
MCDONALD’S new CEO, Steve Easterbrook, has revealed yet another piece of the turnaround puzzle. Macca’s buns will be toasted for longer. Huzzah!
Nothing surprising about Aldi’s success
THE big supermarkets have been taken by surprise by the rise and rise of discount chain Aldi. Here’s why they should have seen it coming.
KFC’s bizarre new ad campaign
HAVE you ever wanted to juggle babies as an “obstetrician” Colonel Sanders? Now you can, as part of a strange new ad campaign.
Macca’s floats grand Aussie plan
MCDONALD’S is up to something so big, it claims it is having to hire five new employees an hour just to make it happen.
‘Spin’ is killing spending: Symond Political spin has sent consumer confidence spiralling says Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond
AUSTRALIAN consumers are being paranoid, and blustering politicians are to blame says Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond.
Why Aldi shoppers are different
ARE Aldi shoppers actually different from Coles or Woolworths customers? Yes, in one significant way, according to new research.
Domino’s seeks 3,000 new drivers
DOMINO’S Pizza is on its largest ever recruitment drive. The company plans to hire 3,000 new delivery staff across Australia and New Zealand.
Coles unveils plan to fight Aldi
ALDI does it, Woolworths is doing it, now supermarket giant Coles has revealed its plan to take on the competition.
Is McDonald’s ripping us off?
MCDONALD’S has been accused of using “aggressive and potentially abusive strategies” to rip off Australia by nearly half a billion dollars.
New way Aldi will change supermarkets
BUDGET supermarket chain Aldi is looking more fancy these days and newly released figures reveal why Coles and Woolworths should be worried.
Woolies’ latest ‘beautiful’ move
SUPERMARKET giant Woolworths has seen the potential in Australian-owned beauty e-tailer Adore Beauty, buying a 25 per cent stake to help grow the business even further.
Seven deadly sins of customer service
WHETHER we’re buying a coffee or applying for a home loan, nothing makes us want to bang our heads against a brick wall like bad service. So what gets our back up the most?
The budget feeding frenzy has begun
RETAILERS are already rubbing their hands in anticipation as small business owners set their eyes on big-ticket purchases to claim the $20,000 tax break.
What has Maccas done to Hamburglar?
AFTER 13 years, McDonald’s iconic burger thief has returned to his life of crime. He’s all grown up, and it’s super weird.
Woolies’ new ‘Aldi-style’ strategy
WOOLWORTHS will adopt a new strategy to combat its recent sales slump, in the wake of big cost and job cuts.
Woolies announces shock job cuts
THE supermarket giant is going to cut hundreds of jobs in an effort to stop itself from losing even more ground to Coles.
McDonald’s bold rescue plan
MCDONALD’S has finally announced its long-awaited plan to turn around plummeting sales and profits. But is it too little too late?
Shoppers clicking on a retail winner
THEY took a while to get going but major retailers are now giving the big online players a run for their money.
Maccas worker knocks out customer
SHOCKING video has emerged of a McDonald’s employee knocking a customer unconscious with a punch to the face.
Sex no longer sells for Abercrombie
RETAILER Abercrombie & Fitch has said it will end the ‘sexualised marketing’ it is famous for, which means no more shirtless greeters at their stores.
When the shops will reopen
SO, if you are wondering what’s open and when this Anzac Day, that all depends on where you live.
6 reasons Maccas has us hooked
MCDONALD’S sales have been sputtering and its trapped in a cycle of bad headlines but the company knows how to reel us back in.
Which Kellogg’s cereal is the worst?
NEXT time you are in the supermarket aisle scanning the shelves aimlessly for a cereal that doesn’t have the sugar content of a birthday cake, you might want to look to the stars.
Target told to shelve Anzac range
THREE products bearing the Anzac logo have been pulled from Target’s shelves following advice from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
‘McDonald’s system is broken’
FURIOUS McDonald’s franchisees have hit out at the company, accusing it of having ‘jumped the shark’ as relations fall to their lowest level in a decade.
‘Why I won’t eat KFC again’
ONE of the few people who have a copy of Colonel Sanders’ secret recipe says he won’t touch the stuff ever again, labelling it “dreadful”.
What experts think of the Woolies stuff-up
WAS Woolies’ Anzac campaign tasteless, or an honest mistake? News.com.au asked Gruen Transfer panellists to give their verdict on Woolies’ controversial campaign.
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