Australia is slowly developing a love affair for bottled water, with sales figures indicating it is Australia’s fastest growing beverage. Over the past six years consumption has increased, on average,...

Australia’s largest privately-owned confectionery manufacturer and retailer – Darrell Lea – has been fined $120,000 in the Federal Magistrate’s Court in Melbourne for breaches of...

The effects of high fuel costs and cheap imports are amongst the challenges to Queensland’s fisheries that will be investigated in a new seafood study.Primary Industries and Fisheries Minister Tim...

Costco’s imminent arrival to Australia is set to shake-up the retail sector but just how quickly will they expand? Costco is anticipated to open their first store in Australia in the Docklands precinct...

The House of Representatives inquiry into obesity is underway with the Australian Food and Grocery Council highlighting the potential for manufacturers to leave Australian shores if new legislation is...

As higher commodity prices become ‘the new normal’ rather than a temporary peak, we may see a greater impact on consumer behaviour and retailer and supplier strategies than has been apparent so...

Consolidation in the beer industry has been a noticeable trend over the past decade but the potential takeover of Anheuser-Busch by InBev would certainly shake the sector up. If the deal goes ahead it...

Australian chefs are in demand and, with suitable chefs becoming harder to find, their wages could keep on rising. Over 200 advertisements for chefs have been added to job website Seek in the past three...

Woolworths has announced that they are to extend their HomeShop service to areas in the south of Queensland. Woolworths set-up their HomeShop business, which provides home delivery of groceries, in February...

The Rudd Government is to consider two new measures to simplify small business taxation and reduce small business compliance costs. The potential changes, relating to income tax and GST, are designed to...