Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) will provide up to 4000 cartons of Great Northern beer to hard working State Emergency Service (SES) and Rural Fire Service volunteers to say thank you for their continuing...

* Freeze, then thaw, in UK could hit UK sugar crop * ABF says UK sugar problems may “moderate” profit growth this year * UK grocery sales up 9%; weaker performance in Australia Concerns over...

Wal-Mart Stores has announced plans to reformulate thousands of its packaged food products including slashing sodium by 25% and cutting sugars by 10% by 2015. The world’s largest retailer unveiled...

Advertisements for high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) foods aimed at children now only make up a very small portion of all food and beverage advertisements on children’s television in Australia, according...

2011 can be a profitable year for consumer packaged goods brands but they must learn from 2010’s successes and failures. Research by Datamonitor identifies these successes and failures and the key...

Germany-based discount grocery chain Aldi’s has opened its new outlet in Ambarvale, a suburb of south-western Sydney, Australia.The new store is situated in the Campbelltown area, which is already...

Goodman Fielder, Australia’s largest food group, has announced yesterday (18 January) that CEO Peter Margin has resigned from the company.Shares in the breads and spreads producer fell almost 3%...

Kraft Foods has insisted it has “no current plans” to sell Green & Black’s amid rumours that bosses at the former Cadbury-owned organic chocolate maker are mulling a management buy-out. A...

Queensland beverage manufacturer Wimmers Soft Drink has unveiled Wimmers Crave, a blue creaming soda with a secret twist.Aimed at Generation X and Y Crave signals a strategic move away from the brand’s...

Australians have always been supportive of their local communities, but Datamonitor research has found that this desire has intensified over the past 12 months. Local products are shaping up to be a key...