Food product recalls in Australia are on the rise this year, according to a study by crisis management consultancy Luttrell & Associates. The research is on the back of an improvement last year –...

Supermarket chain Coles has suggested that the sale of 45 supermarkets to independent grocery chain Foodworks will have a negligible impact on their ability to close the market share gap to Woolworths,...

If Kevin Rudd still believes in his comments prior to the election that food prices are too high in Australia, then perhaps he should be considering a visit to Woolworths or Coles if the example of Russian...

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) recently gathered in Anaheim to learn about innovative new food and beverage products launched around the globe, picking up on new product trends in the sweeteners,...

The Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Mark Butler, last week announced four new appointments and three reappointments to the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), the lead food regulatory...

New Zealand’s Fonterra Co-operative Group has been ranked as the largest milk processor in the world.Global industry research group, International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN), benchmarked 600...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the green light to Kirin’s purchase of brewer Lion Nathan. The Australian competition watchdog was the final regulatory hurdle that needed...

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has disputed claims that he has failed in a bid to increase competition in the grocery sector. The banishing of the controversial Grocery Choice website on Friday without consultation...

Eating chocolate has a ‘feel good factor’ and is considered an affordable luxury in some countries. However, during the financial downturn, luxury chocolate shops in airports and duty-free...

Independent Australian food and grocery group FoodWorks has agreed to purchase 45 supermarkets and eight associated Liquorland outlets from Coles. The transfer, announced this morning by Wesfarmers –...