Cadbury has confirmed that it will “significantly” expand the production capacity for its confectionery portfolio in India. Officials for Cadbury India confirmed comments made yesterday (18...

In a world first, the Australian pork industry voted today to voluntarily phase out the use of gestation or sow stalls by 2017. The vote, held yesterday at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Australian...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission yesterday announced that it will oppose the sale of supermarket chain Franklins to wholesale giant Metcash, on the grounds that it would create a monopoly...

Regulations in New Zealand, requiring Fonterra to supply up to 600 million litres of milk annually to independent processors, are costing the NZ economy up to $450 million by driving down farmgate prices,...

Consumer group CHOICE has recommended gift cards for both of Australia’s big two supermarkets over more specialised cards this Christmas, and gave top honours to Wesfarmers’ hardware chain,...

Parmalat today approved its third 2010 Interim Report on Operations, reporting a net increase in revenues of 9.5%, to 3117 million euros, citing strong performance in Australia and Canada, thanks in part...

Women are much more likely to be persuaded to either eat healthily or undertake dangerous dieting by other women, rather than men, according to new research from The Australian National University. The...

Food and personal care giant Unilever said it will increase prices on some of its products in a bid to recoup higher commodity costs. A spokesperson for the firm told just-food that globally, its prices...

French dairy group Lactalis has submitted an offer for the entire share capital of Yoplait. The yoghurt and milk dessert maker is jointly owned by private-equity firm, PAI Partners and French co-operative...

DuPont and the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG) announced that they have extended their long-standing research collaboration and commitment to increasing productivity in leading...