Chocolate processing giants Cargill and Barry Callebaut have suggested that any consolidation between the sector’s leading brand-owners could lead to more M&A activity among the industry’s...

Market research firm Mintel has announced their predictions for the leading flavour trends of 2010, with more experimental consumers to drive the introduction of new flavours. “As the economy recovers,...

Fonterra-owned Mainland Cheese has insured the tastebuds of their leading cheese taster for $10 million.The Chief-of-Cheese at Mainland, Peter Sinclair, has been tasting cheese for a quarter of a century...

Dairy group Danone has informed investors this week that they are very confident in the strength of their business model but have tempered expectations of high single-digit sales growth in the medium-term. Emmanuel...

Australia’s food and grocery industry has urged the Senate to pass a Bill to establish a new National Preventative Health Agency, the Australian Food and Grocery Council has advised. Introduced into...

The owners of Australia’s two largest supermarkets are among the most respected by their peers, according to new research. Woolworths and Wesfarmers, the owner of Coles, placed second and third respectively...

The three-day World Summit on Food Security ended on Wednesday after the international community committed to invest more in agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques...

Goodman Fielder, Australia’s largest publicly listed food manufacturer, has told shareholders at their Annual General Meeting that the outlook for the coming year is “encouraging” and...

The Federal Government has been told to learn from an “episode of waste and mismanagement” in reference to the GroceryChoice debacle, while the role of the ACCC has come under fire. A leading...

The latest release the Westpac-NFF Commodity Index has shown that commodity prices remain 16.2 per cent below last year’s data, despite a 2.5 per cent rise in October. Commodity prices that lifted...