Kraft Foods has announced a first quarter profit increase of 10 per cent as inventory reductions at grocers stagnate and consumers increase demand for cheap, convenient food. Organic net revenue growth...

A coalition of parent, health and consumer groups have renewed calls for tougher advertising regulations, after releasing figures suggesting Australian children encounter about 2200 junk food advertisements...

PepsiCo’s bid for their largest bottler, The Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG), has been rejected as “grossly inadequate”. PepsiCo announced their intention to purchase their two largest bottlers...

Tough economic times have certainly been a boon for private label foods and beverages, but according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, private label usage has been growing over the last...

More and more shoppers are demonstrating an active consideration of environmental sustainability characteristics in their buying decisions, according to a new study released by the Grocery Manufacturers...

Patrick Noone, the Managing Director of Costco’s Australian operations, has reported his American-based firm is struggling to find suitable places for new properties in Australia – where the...

Australian sales of Fairtrade Certified and Labelled products has grown strongly for the fifth consecutive year with 2008 retail figures up by 80 per cent, Fairtrade Labelling Australia & New Zealand...

Eighty-five per cent of food packages sold in the EU have nutritional information, according to the first released findings of project FLABEL (Food Labelling to Advance Better Education for Life). An audit...

The thirteenth meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council* was held in Sydney today, with alcohol health warning labels and food labelling on the agenda. The meeting was...

Queensland residents have been urged to stockpile food in their homes in case swine flu hits Australian shores, despite the Federal Government dismissing the need for such actions. There are yet to be...