* Asda aspires to be market leader in non-food, and clear #2 in food within five years * Chain of 100 Asda supermarkets (smaller food stores) and 150 Asda Living (non-food stores) planned * UK-wide rollout...

Production at McCain Foods’ manufacturing site in Victoria has returned to normal after staff at the plant were ordered to abandon their strike action by Fair Work Australia. Fair Work Australia...

Unease and uncertainty has been provoked among international food retailers in India by new restrictive guidelines issued that limit the already-restricted foreign investment in the country’s organised...

National Foods has hit back at claims by Queensland’s shadow minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries, Ray Hopper, that lowered quotas at its new Malanda plant will end in “death by a...

Over 140 Australian exhibitors are set to attend Asia’s biggest food industry event, Food and Hotel Asia 2010, this month. The Austrade-organised National Pavilion will showcase the finest Australian...

Wal-Mart chairman Lee Scott announced at Fortune’s Brainstorm Green conference on Monday that the company is dedicated to greening its business practices, and emphasised the congruity between sustainability...

KFC has announced that its iconic red KFC bucket will turn pink at US outlets, in support of breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The Colonel’s suit and the KFC headquarters will also...

Federal Minster for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith yesterday announced a $20 million dollar program to assist African farmers in improving food security by developing drought and disease resistant crops...

Israeli packaging company Hefestus will bring its patented Shelf Life Booster technology to Australia, having entered an agreement with Gold-Tech Australia to market its packaging-system solutions here. “The...

US natural and organic retailer Whole Foods Market has reportedly confirmed its ambition to expand further into the UK market. Whole Foods co-president Walter Robb told the Financial Times that the company...