Crust Gourmet Pizza Bars yesterday denied rumours and speculation that Dominos Pizza Enterprises has plans to purchase the business. “We’ve had a very successful year, with over 100% growth...

The Deputy Director of the National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia (NIRRA) has welcomed the package for rural and regional Australia announced by the government, but says more needs to be done...

Shares in US c-store retailer Casey’s General Stores rose yesterday (7 September) after the company, which is a target of Canada’s Couche-Tard, said it had received a rival takeover bid. Casey’s,...

Campbell Soup Co. yesterday (7 September) outlined the details of its first-ever umbrella soup campaign for all its brands on sale in the US.The marketing push, which comes under the tagline “It’s...

Australia’s food and grocery manufacturing industry has welcomed the new Gillard Government, with announcements from the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) and Australian Retailers Association,...

Food Standards Australian New Zealand has invited comment on a plan to approve Japanese-made sweetener Advantame. The sweetener, made by the world’s largest aspartame supplier Ajinomoto, was also...

The Coles supermarket chain has confirmed that it will phase out beef from animals treated with hormone growth promotants, or HGPs. The hormone implants are used by graziers and feedlots to boost cattle...

South Australian Agriculture and Food Minister Michael O’Brien said last night that moves towards vitamin D fortified mushrooms would bolster the South Australian mushroom industry, an important...

Fonterra has announced a $1 million donation towards recovery efforts in earthquake-affected Christchurch and the surrounding regions. Chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden said this morning the donation would...

Cleanseas faces another blow, after announcing today that up to 80 tonnes of kingfish died at the company’s Arno Bay facility on Thursday last week, as a result of human error – a mistake that...