New Australian beer label first hit the shelves 18 months ago, but has already won two international beer awards. The beer label’s newest offering, Kwencher Pale Ale, released in April 2013, was judged...

Australian merchandisers are “nervous” about the decision by the Coles supermarket group to push ahead with plans to restructure how field agents work in its supermarkets, according to the merchandisers’...

Supermarket giant Woolworths has signed a $7 million deal with troubled Australian food manufacturer SPC Ardmona. The deal will see apricots, peaches, apples and pears from Victoria’s Goulburn Valley...

Australian retail turnover generally was relatively unchanged in June 2013, but turnover for food retail and foodservice sectors rose, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Retail...

Researchers have developed a fluorescent caffeine detector and detection kit that lights up like a traffic light when caffeine is present in various drinks and solutions so consumers can keep track of...

The quest to develop a one-size-fits-all therapy to combat obesity is “highly unlikely” to be effective due to the sheer number of rare genetic variants involved, according to the results of a 25-year...

After decades of rising obesity rates, obesity among low-income preschoolers declined slightly in 19 States and US territories from 2008 through to 2011, according to the latest Vital Signs report from...

Food manufacturer SPC Ardmona has announced that its SPC brand canned baked beans are now “100 per cent Australian grown”. SPC Ardmona said it has partnered with growers in the Queensland, New South...

Australian coffee house Hudsons Coffee have launched a new “bold” blend, called ‘Barista’s Choice’, which is available on shelf in its coffee shops. Hudsons Coffee said the new darker roast “boasts...

Nearly half (49 per cent) of Australians aged 14 and over ate chocolate bars in an average four week period in the year to March 2013, down from 53 per cent in the year to March 2009, according to market...