Not seen since WWII : Price hikes, shipping delays and soaring freight costs to hit Bay of Plenty shoppers in the pocket
23 Apr, 2021 09:00 PM
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It may not be as bad as lockdown but some goods are missing from shelves experts say. Photo / Getty Images
It may not be as bad as lockdown but some goods are missing from shelves experts say. Photo / Getty Images
Shoppers are being warned of price hikes across the board as goods begin to disappear off shelves in a scenario one retail leader says hasn t been seen since World War II. Sea freight prices have
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New winery to open at Darley Abbey Mills next weekend
It will stock award-winning wines and quality ciders
Vineyard manager Kieron Atkinson is looking forward to opening his new winery at Darley Abbey Mills (Image: John Anderson Photography)
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A new winery stocking award-winning local wines and quality ciders is to open at Darley Abbey Mills next weekend.
Chains are holding hiring events, adding extra perks, and, in some cases, raising wages.
Nearly half of restaurants say they re severely understaffed.
Restaurant chains are rolling out new perks to hire workers as COVID restrictions lift and business picks back up.
But many companies are having trouble finding employees, so they re rolling out extra incentives to draw in workers to deal with the job boom. Even getting applicants in the door has been a struggle in some cases, so some chains are turning to large-scale hiring events to screen swaths of candidates at once.
IHOP is hosting a National Recruiting Day to fill some of its 10,000 openings, and Taco Bell hosted hiring parties at 2,000 US stores this week to hire 5,000 employees. The chain even interviewed potential workers from their cars.