The shareholders of NSX-listed Foodworks have voted almost unanimously in favour of management’s purchase of 45 Coles outlets and eight associated Liquorland stores. The $35 million deal, which received...

The Federal Government has announced funding of $6.4 million to help 15 regional businesses boost innovation in Australia’s food industry, for both domestic and export markets.Minister for Agriculture,...

US retailer Supervalu is preparing to call on packaging suppliers to bring innovation to the private label sector and form closer ties with retailers in order to improve private label products. Andrew...

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) today released the first quarter results for the Total Diet Study (TDS), discovering that the average diet presents no chemical residue food safety concerns....

CSIRO has become the first organisation beyond Europe to join ‘HighTech Europe’ – a consortium of 22 research agencies, industrial federations, universities and equipment manufacturers...

Patties Foods today advised that they would be moving the frozen fruit operations of Creative Gourmet and Chef’s Pride from Silverwater in NSW to the company’s main production facility in Bairnsdale,...

Goodman Fielder has today announced that their Managing Director of Fresh Baking, Gordon Hardie, has decided to leave to pursue a chief executive position elsewhere. Mr Hardie, who has been with the Australian...

The world’s ninth largest retailer has today opened its long-awaited first store in Australia within the Docklands precinct of Melbourne. The warehouse retailer, which sells everything from branded...

A food monitoring survey of packaged ready-to-eat meat products within the state of New South Wales found almost all samples complied with health standards.The NSW Food Authority survey showed just 7 of...

Nestlé’s filing of its half-year numbers earlier this week meant that all of Europe’s largest food makers had provided an update on how their businesses are faring amid the worst recession...