In July 2015, Australia’s home-grown dairy processor Murray Goulburn was publicly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in a very success partial float. Despite global milk solid prices plummeting...

Uncle Tobys Oats is now selling an ‘ancient grains’ oats option in Australian supermarkets. Ancient Grains is a blend of oats, rye, quinoa and puffed millet creating a nutty taste. The product has...

A tinned tomato product produced by SPC Ardmona is being recalled over concerns it may explode when opened. The recall relates to one batch of Ardmona Whole Peeled Vine Ripened Tomatoes which may have...

In 2013 Ian Morrice assumed office as Chief Executive Officer of Metcash.  Morrice was formerly the Group CEO and Managing Director of New Zealand retail chain The Warehouse. In 2012 he was appointed...

A UK study of over 1, 000 pairs of twins has found organisms that influence diet preferences, metabolism and health can be inherited through genes. Reporting in Volume 19, Issue 5 of Cell Host and Microbe...

Last week Budweiser beer announced it would be temporarily called and labelled ‘America’ for the upcoming US summer. The temporary name change will see America appear on cans and bottles where the...

US scientists have discovered middle-aged adults with high-levels of a particular body chemical are twice as likely to develop obesity later in life. The chemical in question, peptide neurotensin (NT),...

Woolworths has delivered in spades to shareholders in the last 20 years, but the rot had set in a decade ago.  The seeds of the rot were assisted in my view by a lack of credible competition, and management...

The reputation ranking of Australia’s biggest food companies were yesterday revealed in AMR’s 2016 Corporate Reputation Index. AMR is an Australian based research consultancy. Its annual Corporate...

George Weston Foods has appointed its new Chief Executive Officer from a promotion within. The company is a division of Associated British Foods and owns Tip-Top bread, Don meats, KR Castlemaine meats,...