The success of marketing probiotic yoghurt products such as Yoplait and Yakult means that Australian consumers are more aware of the importance of digestive health issues than ever before, offering a golden...

Despite the buzz about healthy dining and restaurant nutrition labelling, healthy menu items still face a tough battle for acceptance, according to Mintel Menu Insights. In a survey in America, the market...

Pizza Hut, one of the world’s largest pizza chains, has rejected suggestions that they were contemplating a name change to “The Hut”. The company did introduce a brief name change in...

A decision last week to vote down a Senate bill to protect children from food advertising has been welcomed by Australia’s leading organisation representing food and grocery manufacturers, the Australian...

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has rid their private label cereal of cardboard boxes, a move which could be followed by some of the sector’s heavyweights. The decision will help to cut packaging...

The Federal Opposition has today confirmed that it will now support the controversial alcopops tax despite maintaining that it will not help fix the binge drinking issue. The 70 per cent tax hike on alcopops...

As retailers expand the offerings of their own brands, the world’s largest cereal manufacturer has contended that the threat of private label can be quelled by continued product innovation and a...

Schweppes has increased the prices of their beverages by up to 10 per cent, according to a report in The Age. Australia’s second largest soft drink beverage manufacturer will reportedly charge an...

Financiers for Mildura-based Neqtar Australia have called in receivers PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The move was made on Friday, with Neqtar Wine and SDS Beverages to continue operating as normal until a purchaser...

Food and household goods manufacturer Sara Lee is mulling the potential of food and beverage acquisitions as the company fields offers for its households business. Chairman and CEO, Brenda Barnes, told...