The UN Climate Change Conference got underway overnight (7 Dec) in Copenhagen. The intense media attention the conference has generated in recent weeks underlines both the importance of what is to be discussed...

UK-based confectioner Cadbury has informed investors that they will make their formal response to the Kraft takeover bid next Monday. Last Friday Kraft sent out details of the A$18.2 billion proposal to...

CSR has told investors at a briefing into their proposed demerger of building and sugar operations that they anticipate their sugar business to get a boost from higher prices. Sugar has been one of the...

Research from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has revealed that, while one in four consumers always read food labels when shopping for food, 27% said they rarely or never consult them. Food...

Australian juice manufacturer Nippy’s has downplayed their interest in a Riverland juice processing plant after rumours of a possible purchase surfaced over the weekend. The site, owned by National...

Yum! Brands, the owner of the KFC and Pizza Hut brands, has reaffirmed its full year 2009 EPS growth forecast of 12% and expects further growth of beyond 10% in 2010. “2009 has been a year of solid...

Kraft Foods has posted its formal offer to Cadbury shareholders starting the clock ticking for potential counterbidders. The bid, which values the British confectioner at A$18.2 billion, has been labelled...

An Australian-owned beer delivery service has taken out the Business Promotion Award at the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce (AustCham) Business Awards in Beijing. With auspicious beginnings in a Shanghai...

Nestle could buy back the Kit-Kat and Rolo brands in the US from Hershey, giving the US chocolate giant the power to fund a combination with Cadbury, according to one industry analyst. “We believe...

Cadbury is set to see the managing director of premium chocolate arm Green & Black’s leave the company at the end of February. Dominic Lowe, who has been leading the Green & Black’s...