Canadian c-store retailer Couche-Tard has hit out at the “outrageous” tactics of US takeover target Casey’s General Stores, which has secured financing for a share buyback in a bid to...

McCain Foods has announced plans to invest NZ$19m (US$13.5m) to upgrade a plant in New Zealand.The frozen food giant said it would add “enhanced processing equipment”, freezers, packaging and...

* Australia’s beef industry has consistently reduced emissions intensity for producing beef since 1990 * Continued R&D aims to find ways to further reduce emissions while increasing productivity Meat...

According the recently released 2010 Wider Beverages Report by leading market information company Nielsen; the latest trends in the Australian beverage market reflects a world where people are spending...

The UK Food Standards Agency is reminding people of its advice not to eat a type of seaweed called hijiki because it contains high levels of inorganic arsenic. Inorganic arsenic is known to increase people’s...

The UK Food Standards Agency last week traced animals born in the UK from eight embryos produced by a cloned cow in the US. Four of these embryos were male calves and four were female. All were Holstein...

Production of rice – the world’s most important crop for ensuring food security and addressing poverty – will be thwarted as temperatures increase in rice-growing areas with continued...

Whole Foods Market, the leading natural and organic foods supermarket in the U.S., its shoppers and Chef Ann Cooper, the nation’s “Renegade Lunch Lady,” have joined forces for a second...

Dairy giant Fonterra has appointed Alex Stevens as managing director of its Australian brands division.Stevens was previously managing director of Carlton and United Breweries at drinks giant Fosters Group....

Danone has refuted claims from Russian grocery retailer Seventh Continent that it has increased its wholesale prices in the country by up to 31%.The French food giant confirmed there had been an increase...