The Australian Food and Grocery Council, Australia’s peak food and grocery manufacturing industry association, has welcomed the Rudd Government’s launch of the Measure Up campaign to tackle...

Frucor, Groupe Danone’s Australian and New Zealand beverage business, has reportedly drawn the attention of a number of trade suitors as private equity firms drop out of the bidding. Danone has not...

International food and grocery expert IGD has published a definitive analysis of UK shoppers’ response to the credit crunch, confirming that food shoppers are economising on their food shop and...

An Australian Certified Organic (ACO) meat producer has become the first in the world to comply with Japan’s new organic livestock standard. Matt O’Leary, beef producer from Australian Organic...

Australian Co-operative Foods Limited (ACF), which trades as Dairy Farmers, has announced that an independent expert has determined the National Foods proposal to acquire the Co-operative to be in the...

Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has today criticised the Queensland Prevention Alliance’s call for a total ban of food and drink advertising directed at children. The...

Red Devil, a premium energy drink amongst the top three in the energy category in the US and a number of European countries, is set to launch in Australia and New Zealand before the end of the year. The...

Woolworths Limited, Australia’s largest supermarket operator, yesterday withdrew its application to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal a judgement by the New Zealand Court of Appeal that prevented...

Many American consumers are willing to spend more on “higher quality” menu items despite spending less on dining out. In a new study, ‘The Consumer Pricing Strategy Report’, foodservice...

West Australian Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman has praised the extraordinary recent growth of the organic industry in Western Australia. “Farm gate sales of certified organic produce...