British shoppers are starting to return to premium and ethical food ranges, the latest sales data from Tesco has revealed.The UK’s largest supermarket operator reported its Finest, Organics and Fairtrade...

The Bounty confection is just another chocolate bar, according to European judges who dismissed a bid by Mars to register the shape of the bar as a trademark.”The allegedly distinctive characteristics,...

Leading consumer group Choice, still reeling from the shock axing of Grocery Choice a mere five days before it was due to launch, is planning to focus all their attention on the supermarket giants in a...

Global Castle Pty Ltd is conducting a voluntary recall of the three 2minute Chef products listed below. The recall applies only to the product nominated with the nominated size and best before. Consumers...

The federal workplace watchdog has launched a prosecution against a Newcastle bakery, alleging it failed to keep proper time-and-wages records for four former employees who claimed they had been underpaid.Under...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has discovered that consumer intake of pesticides through food consumption has fallen from 2006 levels. Their latest report showed that the majority of the samples...

Consumer cut backs on discretionary spending have been well documented over the past year, but how has the economic downturn affected the simple Australian family dinner? New research from leading parenting...

A new survey has indicated growing skepticism of the major grocery chains, with Consumer Affairs Minister Craig Emerson today indicating he was hopeful the proliferation of Aldi stores and the introduction...

Bulla (Regal Cream Products) has won approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to purchase the remainder of Fonterra’s ice-cream business in Australia. The completion of the...

The Council of the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has today accepted the resignation of Executive Director Richard Evans.President of the national retail industry body, Roger Gillespie, acknowledged...