Premium alcohol beverage giant, Diageo, has reported organic profit growth of 6% for the first half of 2008/09 despite facing stronger economic headwinds in the last two months of the year. “Diageo’s...

Foster’s, Australia’s leading alcoholic beverages producer, has announced that it has entered into a five year alliance with a specialist Maintenance provider, ABB Australia Pty Ltd –...

KordaMentha, the administrators for Hans Smallgoods, today announced it had entered an agreement to sell Swicker’s Bacon Factory in Kingaroy, Queensland, to a local group of pork producers, as the...

Coca-Cola Amatil Limited, Australia’s largest soft drink producer, has recorded a record net profit after tax for the 2008 full year of $404.3 million, 10.4% up on 2007. CCA’s Group Managing...

VicRelief Foodbank, Victoria’s largest independent emergency relief resource centre, in partnership with some of Australia’s largest food manufacturers, has begun the task of preparing long-term...

The price of fresh milk is set to drop when a milk tax is lifted on 22 February 2009. The Rudd Government announced last year it would abolish the 11 cents a litre levy, which was established by the Howard...

Severe heat and the devastating fires in southern parts of Australia and flood waters in the north have had a significant impact on the supply of fresh food to supermarkets, Australia’s largest supermarket...

The Australian food industry is some years behind its international counterparts in terms of its marketing and supply system sophistication, according to the findings of a report from Nuffield scholar...

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a public health campaign to raise awareness of the health risks of eating too much saturated fat, with the food industry reporting that they are keen to...

The competition watchdog has this afternoon advised that it will oppose the proposed combination of Australia’s second and third largest chicken producers. A takeover of Bartter Enterprises by Baiada,...