The hotly-anticipated spawning season for Southern Bluefin Tuna researchers Clean Seas Tuna has begun, with the company’s broodstock beginning spawning late last week. The company have come closer...

Premier Foods plc, the UK’s largest food maker, has sold its meat-free business to Exponent Private Equity for GBP205m (US$328m). The move, announced this morning (24 January), follows months of...

US spice giant McCormick & Co. has booked an increase in full-year profits, driven by product innovation and expanded distribution during the year. For the 12 months to the end of November, profits...

Shares in Woolworths Ltd dropped yesterday as the supermarket chain lowered its earnings forecast for the first half of fiscal 2011. Woolworths said its net profit for the six months to 2 January would...

Australia’s first smart supermarket trolley, VIP Trolley, will roll out at supermarket chain Ritchie’s head office store in Carrum Downs on February 1, adding to the two stores already equipped...

Unilever has unveiled the latest addition to its Streets Heart Brand portfolio, the Streets Splice Real Fruit icy pole. The new icy poles have a fruit juice content of around 40%, and are available in...

Australian retail food brand manager and franchisor Retail Food Group announced it will collect donations for the Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal and for flood-affected franchisees at its 1,100 stores...

Cocoa prices have shot up as the president-elect of major cocoa-exporting nation Cote D’Ivoire announced an export ban amid political struggles in the country. Alassane Ouattara, the internationally...

Master patissier Adriano Zumbo, maestro of the macaron and guest star on Ten’s Masterchef, has landed his own SBS series, Zumbo, beginning 10th February 2011 at 7.30pm. The mouth-watering observational...

Politicians and growers are urging consumers to support Australia’s fruit and vegetable growers by buying local flood-affected produce, rather than unblemished imported fruit and veg. Chief Executive...