URBAN Alley Brewery, located in Melbourne’s inner-city Docklands District, launches this week with a purpose. Sure. There’s a dedication to making great beer, served with super food in its brewpub...

BEGA Cheese is understood to have bought a large parcel of shares in Capilano Honey on Friday night, fuelling suggestions the company could now be subject to a bidding war (see our story for the rival). Bega...

THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission overreached in its prosecution of Heinz over its Shredz “healthy” snacks, failing to characterise the food giant as “egregious”. The court’s...

SIMPLOT Australia is exiting its frozen meals category, making Nestle’s Lean Cuisine, to concentrate on its core capabilities in potatoes, vegetable, seafood, pasta and sauces. Lean Cuisine is a range...

IT’S peak strawberry season at the moment, with the fruit being sold for as low as $1 a punnet in some supermarkets. Although this is great for consumers, it has been terrible for farmers. Queensland...

THE a2 Milk Company continues its onward march into China, the fastest growing segment of its market, as it posts a 116 per cent surge in full year 2018 profit to $NZ195.7 million. The New Zealand-based...

SAINSBURY’S in the UK is trialling new scan, pay and go technology that will enable customers in one of its London convenience stores to pay for products in-store using their smartphone. The new technology...

AUSTRALIA’s recent population growth has been the key driver of a near doubling of domestic food consumption over the past 20 years, according to new ABARES research. ABARES executive director, Dr Steve...

PROSEAL has launched its first tray sealer since winning a Queen’s Award for International Trade 2018. The Proseal TTe is a small, compact and robust tray sealer ideal for low-volume production and...

RECENT studies show Australia’s out-of-home breakfast market is currently worth $7.7 billion, with a significant number of people looking for a quick fix to save time in the morning, prompting a need...