Farmlands Co-operative Appoints Rachel Aldikacti as Chief Sales Officer
Farmlands Co-operative has announced Rachel Aldikacti will be its new chief sales officer.
OPINION: Your canine crusader notes that rural services company Farmlands recently announced a bumper profit of $17.1 million for the 2022 financial year.
It also declared a $8.6m after tax rebate - the first return it has delivered to its shareholders in four years.
However, word around the traps is that while the company might be doing better in a financial sense, it is losing staff faster than the Labour party is shedding popularity in the polls.
According to chief executive, Tanya Houghton, the company is providing, "a great product range and pricing, specialist sector expertise and excellent customer service".
However, it appears Houghton and her leadership team's 'K-Martization' of Farmlands - including enforcing weekend trading at many of its stores and pushing online shopping - has seen a number of its long-serving staff head for the door.
A partnership between Canterbury milk processor Synlait and the world's largest food producer, Nestlé, has been celebrated with a visit to a North Canterbury farm by a group including senior staff from Synlait, the Ravensdown subsidiary EcoPond, and Nestlé's Switzerland head office.
Canterbury milk processor Synlait is blaming what it calls "a perfect storm" of setbacks for a big loss in its half year result for the six months ended January 31, 2026.
More of the same please, says Federated Farmers dairy chair Karl Dean when asked about who should succeed Miles Hurrell as Fonterra chief executive.
A Waikato farmer who set up a 'tinder' for cows - using artificial intelligence to find the perfect bull for each cow - days the first-year results are better than expected.
Fonterra says it's keeping an eye on the Middle East crisis and its implications for global supply chains.
The closure of the McCain processing plant and the recent announcement of 300 job losses at Wattie’s underscore the mounting pressure facing New Zealand’s manufacturing sector, Buy NZ Made says.

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