Australian manufacturer Patties Foods has announced the appointment of Michael Knaap to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) role after their previous CFO, Beth Schofield, stepped down in November last year. Mr...

A Melbourne restaurant allegedly underpaid a kitchen hand more than $47,000 over five years because it considered him to be “handicapped”, an investigation by the Federal Workplace Ombudsman...

Consumer goods giant Unilever has reported 2008 represented the fourth consecutive year of accelerating organic sales growth, to 7.4%, although this time they were primarily price driven as volumes remained...

Besides potentially helping consumers save a little money on their grocery purchases, retail loyalty card programs can help supermarket chains assemble gigantic databases on the shopping preferences of...

Shoppers are continuously adjusting their attitudes and behaviours as the American economy hits the skids. In particular, shoppers are revisiting the largest trip mission they make: the pantry stock-up....

Darrell Lea has taken another victory over Cadbury in the courts, with the Federal Court yesterday dismissing the first grounds of Cadbury’s appeal to the exclusive use of the colour purple. Cadbury...

Kellogg’s has reported net earnings for the year rose 4% as net sales grew by 9%, driven by innovation and price hikes, the company advised. “Kellogg delivered another year of sustainable and...

The National Farmers Union (NFU) of the UK has endorsed the main findings of a major report released by the influential think tank, Chatham House, which suggested a need for companies to be better prepared...

Burger King’s ‘Flame’ body spray, designed to smell like a flame-grilled burger, will be available once again in the US this week – just in time for Valentine’s Day, the world’s...

Metcash, the major grocery wholesaler and distributor to independent supermarkets, will amend its supplier agreements in response to concerns raised in the Report of the ACCC inquiry into the competitiveness...