Off-Premise News

Dan Murphy's youth centre concerns

A liquor regulator has refused a bid by Woolworths to open a Dan Murphy's liquor outlet next to a youth outreach centre. [Read More...]

[Wed 22/02/2012 12:11:34]

Coles bolsters liquor team

Coles Liquor boss Tony Leon has announced several new management appointments to his team as he acknowledged the challenging retail conditions facing the company. [Read More...]

[Mon 20/02/2012 01:02:19]

Bottler wins $1.83 million in glass shards claim

A bottling company has won damages and legal costs of $1.83 million from the supplier of faulty bottles that were found to contain glass fragments. [Read More...]

[Mon 13/02/2012 01:48:53]

Bottle shop taking on the banks

A former bottle shop owner has joined Australia's biggest series of class actions against unfair bank fees. [Read More...]

[Mon 06/02/2012 12:29:41]

Liquor a drag for Coles, but help is coming

Coles has appointed former Rudd Government staffer Andrew Charlton as finance chief of its liquor business in a bid to address the division's flagging fortunes. [Read More...]

[Fri 03/02/2012 12:59:40]

First Choice's web offering under fire

Coles is working hard to improve its online liquor retail offering, parent company Wesfarmers said, as analysts criticised its failure to compete with the multichannel format provided by Woolworths. [Read More...]

[Fri 03/02/2012 12:50:11]

Dan Murphy's, Cellarmasters results "outstanding": Woolies

Woolworths opened 14 Dan Murphy's stores during the first half of the 2011-12 financial year, and its liquor business experienced another quarter of strong growth across all brands, the company said. [Read More...]

[Wed 01/02/2012 03:03:43]

Under-fire Aldi defends "modest" offering

Liquor sold in Aldi stores is less likely to cause community harm than that of other retailers, the supermarket chain argued, amid a crackdown by the NSW liquor regulator on 14 of its liquor licence applications. [Read More...]

[Fri 27/01/2012 01:31:16]

Coles, Woolies spared worst of crackdown

Coles and Woolworths have emerged relatively unscathed from the NSW crackdown on liquor licence applications by the three major chains. [Read More...]

[Fri 27/01/2012 01:50:56]