Business digest: Shoppers spend $3m in Bay of Plenty during 2020
24 Jan, 2021 07:00 PM
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Bay of Plenty Times
Shoppers spent a little more than $3 million in the Bay of Plenty this year, according to the latest Paymark figures. The annual spend was 3.6 per cent more than the $2.9m spent in the region last year.
Retailers using the Paymark network know that 2020 was a tough year for many but by December, for a number at least, the year ended on a high note.
The June quarter, which included alert level 4 nationwide lockdown, saw payments through Paymark via an underlying set of Core Retail merchants drop 15.5 per cent from a year earlier in dollar terms.
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JAPANESE beverage company Asahi Beverages has launched its entrant to the cultured milk segment Goodday promising “improved intestinal health and natural resistance,” according to a company statement.
“Goodday Cultured Milk contains a specially formulated strain of Paraprobiotics in every bottle a proud development of Japanese technology in partnership with major dairy conglomerate Morinaga Milk Japan,” said Hemalatha Ragavan CEO of Asahi Beverages Philippines, in the release.
Cultured milk beverages are dairy foods that have been fermented with lactic acid bacteria such as Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, and Leuconostoc. Goodday is said to contain Paraprobiotics, specifically Lactobacillus
paracasei MCC1849, which makes the product shelf-stable so it does not need to be refrigerated.
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