Shrinkflation: The sneaky way businesses charge more
By shrinking product sizes, companies can charge more without actually increasing prices. Shoppers could be unwittingly paying more for less at the supermarket as manufacturers shrink product sizes but not prices. The tactic, referred to as “shrinkflation”, allows companies to charge more without actually changing the price of their product. Shrinkflation, also known as “the grocery shrink ray”, “deflation”, or “package downsizing”, is on the rise worldwide and big name brands are not immune. “By using standard units of measurement you can easily compare the prices of products, regardless of their size, brand or the way they are packaged or sold.”
Source:Stuff
July 05, 2022 00:10 UTC
Mars Inc gets the purpose v profit balance right
The spiritual home of Mars Inc is Slough, an unprepossessing town somewhere under the flight path to London’s Heathrow Airport. In Slough, Forrest Sr noticed the Brits’ obsession with dogs. Some of its competitors, such as Kellogg, a food company, are flogging parts of their business. That legacy, which also dates back to Forrest Sr, may start to change. In 2020 Mars opened the Slough factory to tv cameras for the first time.
Source:Stuff
July 05, 2022 00:06 UTC
Taranaki records 51st death with Covid
Taranaki has recorded its 51st death of a person with Covid-19, one of eight deaths nationally reported by the Ministry of Health on Monday. Taranaki has 12 people in hospital with Covid-19. The number of infections in the region increased by 159 in the 24 hours to 11:59pm on Sunday, the Ministry said. Of Monday's eight reported deaths, one was in their 60s, four were in their 80s, and three were aged over 90. Of these people, four were women and four were men.
Source:Stuff
July 04, 2022 21:00 UTC
Walmart Puerto Rico has agreed to sell its chain of 11 Amigo Supermarkets
The investment in existing Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations is part of a broader strategy focused on improving the company’s core assets in Puerto Rico. Additionally, Walmart has agreed to sell its chain of 11 Amigo Supermarkets to Pueblo Supermarkets. Stokrotka is a Polish grocery retail chain and at the end of 2021 operated over 800 own and franchised stores, its turnover amounted to over EUR1bln. Pushkart.ph said that the expansion to Cavite and Pampanga would be under a partnership with Metro Retail Stores Group, Inc., via its Metro Supermarket. Source: globenewswire.comAhold Delhaize Serbia presented Sustainable Business Report for 2021The retail chain Ahold Delhaize Serbia presented their sustainable business report for 2021.
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July 04, 2022 20:01 UTC
Vaccine 'not as effective but still the best defence'
Photo: Supplied via RNZThe Pfizer vaccine does not work "that well" against the new Omicron BA.5 variant but still offers the best protection, immunologist Professor Graham Le Gros says. The variant had managed to "shapeshift its spike protein" to be different to spike proteins in previous variants, Le Gros said. While the vaccine was not as effective against this strain, it was still the best defence, Le Gros said. This is going to go on and on unless we get a better vaccine." Le Gros is hopeful a vaccine will be made which only needs to be given to people once every five years.
Source:Otago Daily Times
July 04, 2022 19:38 UTC
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Most Aucklanders support Efeso Collins' free public transport proposal - poll
Video / NZ HeraldMost Aucklanders in a new poll support Mayoral candidate Efeso Collins' free public transport proposal for Tamaki Makaurau. "We have a public health system, a public education system and I think we should treat public transport as no different," Collins says. "The key question in fare-free public transport is whether public transport is seen as a form of social policy or a form of urban development policy." "If the travel time (of public transport) is the same as a car, about half the people choose public transport. If it's 1.5 times longer by public transport, only about 1/4 of people choose public transport.
Source:New Zealand Herald
July 04, 2022 18:53 UTC
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Second Tikitere family reports seeing 'creepy' man outside bedroom windows
Racheal McConnell's children saw the face of an unknown man outside their bedrooms. Photo / Andrew WarnerRacheal McConnell's children saw the face of an unknown man outside their bedrooms. The Chapman family from Tikitere have been left traumatised after a man tapped on the window of their young daughters' bedroom just before 4am on Friday. Jenny Chapman told the Rotorua Daily Post she didn't believe her young daughter when she woke her to say there was a man outside her bedroom. The previous weekend her children each commented separately that they had seen a man outside their bedroom windows.
Source:New Zealand Herald
July 04, 2022 18:25 UTC
Chicago parade shooting: Man arrested after six people killed during 4 July celebrations
Six people were killed and dozens injured when a gunman fired at crowds watching an Independence Day parade near Chicago, US, early this morning. Several hours after releasing his photo, police pulled him over 8km north of the shooting scene and Crimo was taken into custody. Others were transferred to other hospitals, while two patients, in stable condition, remained at the Highland Park hospital. City of Highland Park Police Department/AP Highland Park authorities released a photo of Robert Crimo III. More than 100 law enforcement officers were called to the parade scene or dispatched to find the suspected shooter.
Source:Stuff
July 04, 2022 18:18 UTC
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Māhanga Bay protesters move down the road after police eviction
Photo / Mark MitchellA small group of protesters have set up camp down the road from Wellington's Māhanga Bay, after they were evicted by police last week. Police moved in on Thursday to clear those who remained at Māhanga Bay after repeated warnings to move on. A spokesperson confirmed this evening police were aware that a small number of people from the Māhanga Bay group were now in the area of Shelly Bay. Six people were arrested during a police operation last week to clear protesters who have been occupying Wellington's Māhanga Bay since March. Photo / Georgina CampbellMau Whenua has previously issued a Facebook post publicly distancing the group from the Māhanga Bay protesters.
Source:New Zealand Herald
July 04, 2022 17:59 UTC
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Roe v Wade and abortion pills: Facebook admits 'incorrect enforcement'
Following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade on June 24, a number of states instituted immediate abortion bans. Memes and status updates explaining how women living in those states could legally obtain abortion pills in the mail exploded across social platforms, according to an AP report. Social media research outfit Zignal intelligence counted some 250,000 mentions in the three days after the ruling. On June 27, an AP reporter made a Facebook post that included the line, "If you send me your address, I will mail you abortion pills." He could have the opportunity to push his point, and Government efforts - or lack of effort - to get social media platforms to reveal more about their all-powerful algorithms.
Source:New Zealand Herald
July 04, 2022 17:59 UTC
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July 4 parade shooting: Six dead and 24 injured in Chicago
Video / WMTWPolice are looking for a gunman who reportedly shot dead six people who were attending a July 4 Independence Day celebration in Highland Park, Chicago today (NZT). At least 24 people were also injured after the killer attacked victims sniper-style from a rooftop above the Parade in the suburb of Highland Park. Highland Park, Illinois: WGN TV reports at least 4 dead, several injured following a shooting at a July Fourth parade in a Chicago suburb this morning. Law enforcement search as they walk into a building after the shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Illinois. Law enforcement search downtown Highland Park following a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade, which has left six people dead.
Source:New Zealand Herald
July 04, 2022 17:56 UTC
Two injured after three-car crash in Palmerston North
Two people have sustained injuries in the crash. Two people have been injured after a three-vehicle crash in Palmerston North. Police were called to the collision at the intersection of Summerhays and Church streets just before 5.25pm. A police spokesperson said the crash involved three cars. There were early indications of two people with injuries – one relatively minor and one more serious.
Source:Stuff
July 04, 2022 17:14 UTC
PM Jacinda Ardern addresses the media from Melbourne
nzherald.co.nz published this video item, entitled “PM Jacinda Ardern addresses the media from Melbourne| nzherald.co.nz” – below is their description. Jacinda Ardern will speak to media from Melbourne after a welcome ceremony performed by an Aboriginal elder. Subscribe and be notified of breaking news: https://goo.gl/LP45jX Check out our playlists: https://goo.gl/Swd249 Like NZ Herald on Facebook: https://goo.gl/tUC4oq Follow NZ Herald on Instagram: https://goo.gl/oLicXe Follow NZ Herald on Twitter: https://goo.gl/Wi6mbv nzherald.co.nz YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Please note comments are moderated before publication.
Source:New Zealand Herald
July 04, 2022 16:55 UTC
Crash blocks Christchurch motorway at rush hour
A crash left the southbound lane of the Northern Motorway on the Waimakariri Bridge partially blocked through the evening rush hour on Monday. A minor crash left a major highway into Christchurch blocked at rush hour on Monday night. Firefighters were called after two vehicles crashed on the southbound lane of the Northern Motorway on the Waimakariri Bridge north of the city about 5.15pm on Monday. CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story said the crash happened at 1.15pm and closed the road for four hours. The crash happened at 5.15pm and the road was reopened by 6.30pm.
Source:Stuff
July 04, 2022 16:32 UTC
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Tennis: Aussie legend Pat Cash accuses Nick Kyrgios of 'cheating' at Wimbledon
Australia's Nick Kyrgios reacts during his third round men's singles match against Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas. Photo / APAustralian tennis legend Pat Cash has slammed Nick Kyrgios, accusing him of "gamesmanship" and "cheating" as he said the Canberran has dragged tennis down to its "lowest level" with his antics at Wimbledon. Cash, who won Wimbledon in 1987, was speaking in the context of Kyrgios' spiteful grudge match against Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday. "He's brought tennis to the lowest level I can see as far as gamesmanship, cheating, manipulation, abuse, aggressive behaviour to umpires, to linesmen. Australian tennis legend Pat Cash.
Source:Stuff
July 04, 2022 15:00 UTC