Woolworths Chief Executive through the mid-nineties, Reg Clairs, has outlined concerns about the future of food production in Australia due to the trend toward retailers taking greater control within the...

The Reserve Bank of Australia today reduced the cash rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 7.00 per cent, providing some welcome relief to retailers. Leading retail industry bodies the Australian...

Following the announcement of the National Foods proposal to acquire Dairy Farmers last week, the Australian dairy co-operative has posted strong double digit earnings growth at the higher end of earnings...

Manufacturers are continuing to embrace the health trend, with healthy ingredients such as omega-3 and probiotics featuring in an array of foodstuffs. This month, Productscan, the world’s largest...

In only eight weeks the NSW ‘name and shame’ website for food law breaches has reached the 100 mark, Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald reported on Sunday. There are now 101 food outlets...

Mainland is conducting a voluntary recall of their Feta Crumble product due to the detection of Listeria monocytogenes in a limited number of samples. Their 200G Feta Cheese is to be recalled from Coles...

A new Rabobank ‘Food Retail’ report finds consumer preferences for healthy, gourmet or convenient foods are being driven to extremes. Increased food prices could, however, heighten consumers’...

Creeping acquisitions are under the spotlight again as the Government promises reform to honour their election commitment. The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs,...

Groupe Danone, in response to speculation that a sale of their Australasian beverage group Frucor in on the horizon, has reported that a review of the company has been initiated. “Over the last six...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has obtained orders by consent in the Federal Court in Melbourne against Australian Co-operative Foods Limited (ACF) in relation to engaging in misleading...