NARGA Chairman John Cummings

Media Contacts

by Ken on August 4, 2008

John Cummings, Chairman, 0418 953 845
Ken Henrick, Chief Executive Officer, 0417 849 041 or 02 9580 1602

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New NARGA report on supply chain sustainability

by Ken Henrick on November 23, 2010

NARGA has commissioned Accenture Australia to report on the “paddock to plate” supply chain for food and groceries.

The report collates hard data on the entire chain and raises serious issues about the sustainability of the Australian food industry.

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NARGA LODGES SUBMISSION WITH ACCC ON PROPOSED METCASH ACQUISITION OF FRANKLINS

18 October 2010

Australia’s largest grocery wholesaler, Metcash, has offered to buy the Franklins supermarkets business from Pick n Pay, Franklins’ South African parent company, which has announced it will be quitting the Australian grocery market.
The submission challenges ACCC assumptions regarding the acquisition of the relatively small Franklin’s business and the continued ACCC misrepresentation of the grocery industry [...]

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The Australian Retailer interview with John Cummings

1 August 2010

Cassie Hanson interviewed NARGA Chairman John Cummings for the June 2010 edition of The Australian Retailer. These are excerpts from her interview report. Pictures by Tim Lofthouse, Subiaco, WA.
John is President of the Western Australia Independent Grocers Association and has been a director of the National Association of Retail Grocers for more than 10 years [...]

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Submission: Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

7 June 2010
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Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics detailing NARGA’s concerns that the independent grocery sector is losing market share to the extent that their wholesaling and distribution networks will become unviable.
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Access of Small Business to Finance #2

30 May 2010

Second NARGA submission to Senate Standing Committee on Economics detailing how other governments and jurisdictions support small business access to finance.
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Submission to NEPM Regarding Packaging Waste

18 May 2010

Mechanisms aimed at reducing the volumes of packaging waste disposed in landfill or making packaging more resource efficient are rarely assessed in the context of their impact on the total supply chain.  The current [NEPM] RIS fails to do so, taking as a given the validity of the National Waste Policy and the need for [...]

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Access of Small Business to Finance

14 April 2010

A review of current bank interest rates as regularly advertised in national dailies shows a substantial difference in the rates being charged to home owners as opposed to businesses.  This is in spite of the fact that business loans are often secured through mortgages on private property suggesting that the risk profile is not all [...]

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Plastic Shopping Bags and Reusable Bags – A Comparison

6 March 2010

Comparison of factors that affect the ‘greenness’ of both plastic disposable and reusable shopping bags, demonstrating that reusable bags may not be as environmentally friendly as many people believe.
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Submission to Australian Bureau of Statistics – Review of the CPI

3 March 2010

Submission to Australian Bureau of Statistics to outline the links between the Consumer Price Index and the practical issues confronting the independent grocery sector.
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