Bid adieu to Coles Express stations and retail stores, as soon they will all spell out Viva Energy. In a strategic move for both companies, Coles Group (ASX: COL) has agreed to sell its petrol stations to oil refinery Viva Energy (ASX: VEA) for $300 million. While Viva will use this opportunity to become the
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Bad news has gone hand-in-hand with supply chains these days, with shortages of everything from computer chips to toilet paper. But in better news, more companies are innovating fixes that could help prevent these kinds of disruptions from becoming the new normal. One company taking the lead via new technology is Coles Group (ASX: COL),
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Within two weeks of launching their plant-based protein shakes, Keytone Dairy (ASX: KTD) has secured national distribution through Coles which will become the first major supermarket to stock Tonik Plant – the first plant-based shake of its kind. The distribution agreement comes amid a growing trend within Australian consumers seeking plant-based products, popular in the
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Kids looking for delivery routes as their first job have perhaps had the opportunity taken away from them thanks to technology, with Coles (ASX: COL) ending delivery of their weekly catalogues to more than 7 million Australian households. Printed copies of catalogues will still be available in-store but the 14,000 walkers managed by marketing company
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As a sombre storyline attached to the global outbreak of COVID-19, it has become inevitable that the services industry has been decimated, most evidenced by Qantas’ decision to stand down 20,000 of its workforce, and others will follow. The Qantas decision comes after yesterday’s national address from Prime Minister Scott Morrison who forewarned Australia that
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