First Mail

The food services industry is showing resilience, says this MD of a Sydney-based food services business. “The industry seems to be bucking the hype in the media about the cost of living and interest rate increases which tends to put consumers in a negative mindset. If anything, over the last four months our sales have actually increased.”

Patient outcomes will be enhanced if Australian governments, state and federal, overhaul anti-competitive pharmacy location and owner rules, says this chair of the peak body for doctors. “In the last two decades there have been numerous reviews that have found that these laws are costing the community and I think we have to listen to that.”

Optometrist Warehouse will be opening new outlets this year, using a data-led strategy to disrupt what some still describe as an otherwise cottage-style industry. Optometrist Warehouse, backed by Chemist Warehouse, last year opened two outlets, one in Melbourne and one in Sydney, and is on track to open more before the end of the current financial year.