Taste Australia Fair

Filed Under (Australian Cuisine, Food in Australia, Non Halal) by kuanfoodfetish on 30-10-2009

Tagged Under : aussie product, austrade, australia fair, campaign, cold storage, food festival, product, supermarket

Boyfriend brought back a bottle of Kraft Vegemite and bottles of Bundaberg Brewed Drinks, a Root Beer and a Sarsaparilla. Both Australian product brought from Cold Storage.

I was wondering why the sudden influx of Aussie products in Cold Storage. I certainly never spotted Bundaberg brand before this. The boyfriend being the usual blurpot have no idea… and then i saw this article in the newspaper this morning.

– taken from http://thestar.com.my/metro… -

Supermarket chain offering 150 new Australian products

TEMPTING leading food brands from Australia are back again at Cold Storage supermarkets.

From now until Nov 8, shoppers can find their favourite Australian products at all Cold Storage stores nationwide.

This culinary treat is a joint initiative with Austrade, Bemco Australia Pte Ltd and many other suppliers.

Branded as “Taste Australia”, more than 150 new products of various leading Australian brands have been brought in just for the food fair.

“The products include biscuits, confectionary, canned vegetables, snack bars, juices, soups, snacks, spreads, dessert mixes, confectionery, olive oil, baby food, wines, dairy products and environmentally friendly laundry and household cleaning products,’’ said marketing director of GCH Retail (M) Sdn Bhd (the owner of Cold Storage) Ho Mun Hao.

“We are in constant partnership with Taste Australia and we are proud to be part of this campaign.

Taste Australia is a celebration of Australian food and while the goal of the Australian Government is to promote Australian products, our objective is to continuously offer customers greater variety and quality food choices,” he said.

Other participating Australian brands include Waterthins, Arnott’s, Jarrah, MasterFoods, Young Made, Rositas, Heinz, Blackmores, Earth Choice, San Remo, Stromboli Berri, Farmhouse, Cowhead, Yoplait, Bulla, Tucker, Bega, Outback Jack, Kangaroo Ridges, Taylors, River Gum, Brown Brothers, Little Penguin, Jacob’s Creek, Wolf Blass and Eaglehawk.

During the promotion period, consumers will get a koala bear soft toy with every purchase of RM100 in a single receipt (while stocks last and applicable for purchases under Bemco’s range of products only).