The Fairtrade movement has received another push today with the announcement of Cadbury’s plans to achieve Fairtrade certification on their Dairy Milk chocolate by Easter 2010. The UK confectioner,...

Goodman Fielder, Australia’s largest publicly listed food manufacturer, has reported a 6.5 per cent surge in sales despite headwinds from “depressed consumer confidence” and increased...

Food lovers around the nation are confident that Australian grown food is best, according to new research by craft beer specialist James Squire. The consumer study discovered that around 84% of Australian...

Usage of the food descriptors ‘natural’, ‘superfood’ and ‘antioxidants’ has been debated by six leading food experts at the recent FoodLegal symposium, with calls made for...

Sydney restaurant Quay has again received the highest honour in Gourmet Traveller’s Restaurant Awards. Led by Executive Chef Peter Doyle, the harbourside restaurant beat out the challenge of over...

Foster’s Group, Australia’s largest brewer, has announced a 4 per cent rise in profit for the full year on the back of a strong result in their beer division. The company, which continued to...

China’s fledgling and buoyant dairy industry was brought to its knees after last year’s melamine scandal but, slowly, there are signs growth is returning to the sector. Beijing has ordered...

Aldi Australia has become the first grocery retailer to commit to the Australian Olive Association’s (AOA) Industry Code of Practice.The Code of Practice has been introduced to guarantee the authenticity...

A Greens plan to introduce a national beverage deposit scheme – similar to that seen in South Australia – is currently under review by a Senate committee. The inquiry today heard from food...

The maker of the Four n’ Twenty pie has today announced a 21.3 per cent decline in profit despite seeing sales up by 9.3 per cent in the 2008/09 Financial Year. Patties Foods advised that the main...