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Countdown March-qtr sales growth underpinned by produce, perishables
By Paul McBeth May 2 (BusinessDesk) - The Woolworths-owned Countdown supermarket chain lifted sales 3.2 percent in the March quarter, which the retailer put down to growth in fruit, vegetables and perishables. Sales across the 180 Countdown stores were $1.69 billion in the...
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Riley Kennedy
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Riley won the Dairy NZ Industry Award at the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Awards in 2024. He was the New Zealand Shareholders Association emerging journalist of the year in 2022. His journalism experience includes more than a year as a business specialist at the Otago Daily Times. He has a diploma in journalism from Wintec.
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