Discount supermarket chain Franklins has been acquired by its former wholesale supplier, Metcash Trading Ltd, in an unsolicited $215 million offer to its current owner, South African chain Pick n Pay. The...

The Federal Government has given the green light to apple imports from China today, following a recommendation by Biosecurity Australia. Fears of infestation by the spotted-wing fruit fly, Drosophila suzukii,...

Nestlé announced yesterday that it will invest CHF 40 million (A$44.6 million) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the DRC, over the next three years. The Democratic Republic of the...

Toblerone has announced a limited-edition ‘Super Dad’ packaging for its 400g vareity for Father’s Day. The packaging and is designed to act as a ‘wrapped and ready’ Father’s...

The annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, nicknamed the ‘Superbowl of competitive eating’, will be sponsored by stomach remedy Pepto-Bismol this year. The contest, celebrated...

Faster growth in emerging chocolate markets has in a boost in revenues for Swiss chocolate giant Barry Callebaut in the first nine months of its fiscal year. For the period ended 31 May, sales in local...

Canadian food group Maple Leaf Foods has outlined plans to give the company time, should it receive an unsolicited takeover bid. Maple Leaf, which is set to see the end of a shareholder agreement that...

Parliamentary Secretary for Health Mark Butler today announced the phase out by major retailers of baby bottles containing Bisphenol A (BPA).The voluntary phase out by the Wesfarmers group (Coles, K Mart...

SABMiller, one of the world’s leading brewers, is providing an education for children of sugar cane workers in Honduras.Cerveceria Hondurena, SABMiller’s Honduran subsidiary, set up the ‘Azunosa’...

Kvass has been a Russian staple of refreshment for centuries, enjoyed by generations of Russians across the country. Russian poet and novelist Alexander Pushkin describes how Russians believed they needed...