Marks and Spencer this yesterday (8 April) posted lacklustre growth in its fourth-quarter food sales, as food deflation weighed on the results despite volumes rising.The UK retailer revealed that food...

Fonterra has unveiled plans to allow its farmer owners to trade shares amongst themselves in a bid to provide members of the dairy cooperative with increased financial flexibility while also strengthening...

Cadbury’s much-anticipated move towards Fairtrade sugar and cocoa has reached the consumer, with Cadbury’s flagship Dairy Milk brand now carrying the Fairtrade logo in Australia and New Zealand....

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has announced that it is considering approving two Monsanto genetically modified grains and a DSM Food Specialties protein engineered enzyme for Australian...

Streets debuts limited edition Gold Magnum?! Streets is set to release its latest addition to the Magnum icecream line, the limited edition Magnum Gold?!, a vanilla icecream with honeycomb sauce and a...

Woolworths has added 2000 new products to its online price check website, bringing the total to over 7000 of the company’s around 30000 products.  Consumers will now be able to check the price of...

Eating a high-fat breakfast may combat the symptoms of metabolic syndrome, according to researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The study, published in the International Journal of Obesity,...

Increased milk prices in online trading, combined with a move to open shares to flexible trading, and the announcement of a new milk processing plant in Canterbury, has buoyed expectations for New Zealand...

Foodco Group, owner of the Muffin Break, Dreamy Donut and Jamaica Blue chains, has purchased its New Zealand counterpart in a consolidation of local operations. The 36 New Zealand franchises will be added...

Unilever announced yesterday that it has secured enough GreenPalm certificates to supply its European, Australian and New Zealand businesses with sustainable palm oil. The move is part of Unilever’s...