Australia’s food and grocery industry has urged the Senate to pass a Bill to establish a new National Preventative Health Agency, the Australian Food and Grocery Council has advised. Introduced into...

The owners of Australia’s two largest supermarkets are among the most respected by their peers, according to new research. Woolworths and Wesfarmers, the owner of Coles, placed second and third respectively...

The three-day World Summit on Food Security ended on Wednesday after the international community committed to invest more in agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques...

Goodman Fielder, Australia’s largest publicly listed food manufacturer, has told shareholders at their Annual General Meeting that the outlook for the coming year is “encouraging” and...

The Federal Government has been told to learn from an “episode of waste and mismanagement” in reference to the GroceryChoice debacle, while the role of the ACCC has come under fire. A leading...

The latest release the Westpac-NFF Commodity Index has shown that commodity prices remain 16.2 per cent below last year’s data, despite a 2.5 per cent rise in October. Commodity prices that lifted...

In the wake of concerns about the waste created by ‘buy-one-get-one-free’ offers (BOGOFs), UK retailer Sainsbury’s has introduced a new, but similar offer, to tackle such concerns. The...

Around 78% of people are spending the same or more on food and groceries, according to a global report from Deloitte, while the majority insist changes to their shopping habits are permanent. The report...

Ocean Spray has announced that, from March 2010, manufacturing giant Heinz will manufacture and distribute the Ocean Spray range of beverages and sauces in Australia. Heinz will takeover from Coca-Cola...

US chocolate giant Hershey and Italian chocolatier Ferrero have confirmed their interest in buying UK confectioner Cadbury. In separate statements to the London Stock Exchange this morning (18 November),...