Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news!

Subscribe I am already a subscriber

You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker).

As we provide the news for free, we are relying on revenues from our banners. So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.
Thanks!

Click here for a guide on disabling your adblocker.

Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news!

Subscribe I am already a subscriber
But growers aren't happy

AU: Woolworths fresh produce sales increased after Jamie Oliver marketing campaign

Woolworths says its fresh fruit and vegetable sales have jumped by 7 per cent because of its recent six-week Jamie Oliver marketing campaign.

Under the program, growers were asked to voluntarily pay an additional 40 cents per crate of food to help fund the advertising push.

The marketing campaign had attracted criticism from lobby group Ausveg, which was sceptical of any benefit for growers.

In a letter sent to participating growers, Woolworths says the program has been 'highly successful' and that the boost in sales has been good for both suppliers and customers.
Audio: Ausveg's Andrew McDonald on Woolworths advertising campaign (ABC Rural)

Andrew McDonald, from Ausveg, says his members are still angry about the program.

"If these figures are correct or to be believed, the obvious question we'd then ask, really how much of this money is going to be returned to the hardworking growers who supplied the supermarket and contributed to the campaign?

"I mean, if growers don't get their fair share of this campaign, then you really could accuse the retailer of crowing about this."

Woolworths declined to give an interview, but says that 50 per cent of growers were happy to pay the additional levy.
 
Source: www.abc.net.au
Publication date: