ICE CREAM INDUSTRY – AUSTRALIA

Fewer grocery buyers buy tubs of ice cream, but Weis Connoisseur and Bulla Creamy Classics are stable winners

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 16-Jul-19

New research from Roy Morgan shows that the number of Australians aged 14+ who buy a tub or carton of ice cream has decreased from 10.5 million in 2015 to 9.9 million in 2019. Despite the overall decline there were a few stand-out brands that increased their customer base over the last four years. Connoisseur is now bought by 14.7% of ice cream buyers, up from 11.2% in 2015, while Weis has increased from 2.4% to 4.1% of ice cream buyers. Bulla Creamy Classics’ percentage of ice cream buyers has risen to a four-year high of 16.6%, from 12.5% in 2015. However, overall Bulla has dropped from being bought by 32.2% of ice cream buyers in 2015 to 30.9%. Still, Bulla is clearly the most popular ice cream brand in the marketplace, ahead of supermarket brands (bought by 26.2% of ice cream buyers) and Peters (bought by 21.2%).

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, CONNOISSEUR, WEIS, BULLA, PETERS ICE CREAM

Workers agree to pay freeze in deal to end ice cream boycott

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 4 : 23-Nov-17

Workers at Streets’ Minto ice cream factory in Sydney have agreed to an in-principle settlement of their long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Features of the new agreement between Unilever and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union include a pay freeze for the next 12 months, changes to rosters, and a reduction in work breaks from 30 minutes to 20 minutes. As a result of the in-principle agreement, unions have agreed to withdraw their campaign for a consumer boycott of Streets’ brands.

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UNILEVER AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING WORKERS’ UNION, ACTU

Unions might take to Streets – and find a dead end

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Original article by Niki Savva
The Australian – Page: 14 : 26-Oct-17

Production of Streets ice creams in Australia may be at risk if Unilever fails in its bid to have an enterprise agreement terminated. It has told the Fair Work Commission that the Streets factory in the Sydney suburb of Minto has significantly higher operating costs than most of its plants worldwide. Minto employees are also paid 25 per cent more than the average wage in Australia. ACTU secretary Sally McManus has proposed a boycott of Streets products, but Unilever Australia CEO Clive Stiff has warned that it could prompt Unilever to cease local manufacturing. He adds that Peters would almost certainly do so as well.

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UNILEVER AUSTRALIA LIMITED, UNILEVER PLC, ACTU, AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING WORKERS’ UNION, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT, GM HOLDEN LIMITED, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN WORKERS’ UNION-FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIAL, MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING EMPLOYEES, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Tubs of joy: Australians still love ice cream

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 29-Oct-14

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 73 per cent of Australian grocery buyers purchased a tub or carton of ice cream at least once in the year to June 2014. The survey also shows that 19 per cent of Australians purchase ice cream in tubs or cartons once a month, while just three per cent do so every week. Some 20 per cent of grocery buyers purchase Bulla ice cream in an average four weeks, followed by Peters (17 per cent) and Streets (12 per cent)

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, REGAL CREAM PRODUCTS PTY LTD, PETERS ICE CREAM, UNILEVER AUSTRALIA LIMITED, COLES GROUP LIMITED, CONNOISSEUR