Topic “In the News News” — Exporter Magazine

Tasti Products was named as Woolworths Supplier of the Year, under $50m category, at Woolworths Australian Awards dinner held on 09 November in Sydney.

BurgerFuel Worldwide (BFW) has opened its largest store to date in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. This latest BurgerFuel flagship store in the centre of the capital can cater for over 250 burger enthusiasts.

Gallagher is demonstrating its commitment to the US economy with the opening of their new Kansas City headquarters this December.

Gallagher Deputy CEO, Steve Tucker, says as well as indicating their long-term intention in the market, the purpose built facility is also is an opportunity for the company to deliver increased benefits to their animal management and security customers. 

The CEO of NZ National Fieldays Society, Jon Calder, has attended the opening of the Yangling Agricultural Hi-Tech Fair in the Shaanxi Province, West China attended by 50,000 people.

The designers of New Zealand fashion label I Love Ugly have been awarded the $10,000 DHL Express Fashion Export Scholarship for 2012, establishing them as New Zealand’s top emerging fashion exporter.  

China is a trader’s delight, guest speaker at the New Zealand China Trade Association, David Caselli, told the association’s AGM on October 31st.

“China is a deep market with many niches and segments available to exploit,” he said. “The challenge is deciding what strategy to deploy then to clinically start executing it.