Home-delivery produce business Aussie Farmers Direct has annoucned plans to invest $5.45 million in a private milk factory, in an attempt to break the foreign-owned control of Australian milk. The company...

Jindi Cheese, Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses, Kraft Foods (for the Vegemite Port Melbourne operations) and the Murray Goulburn Co-operative have been inducted into the 2010 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of...

Dairy giant Murray Goulburn has abandoned its attempt to acquire Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, after several months of rejected offers. A letter to suppliers yesterday said that Murray Goulburn “does...

Peak horticulture organisation Growcom today suggested that the best use for the proposed ‘green wedges’ program, creating green barriers to limit urban sprawl, is not parkland but food production. Premier...

Domino’s has launched the first of its new-layout redesigned stores, placing the pizza-making area directly in view of customers at the front of the store. The flagship store, at Applecross in Western...

New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that retail sales rose by 0.6% in April, including a 1.3% increase in food retailing and a 0.7% drop in the Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food...

Grocery wholesaler Metcash Ltd has released their annual results, including a 12.4% rise in annual net profit and an expected earnings growth next financial year. Revenue was up to $11.61 billion, a 4.9%...

7-Eleven Australia has agreed to acquire the retail fuels business of Mobil Oil Australia, comprising 295 company owned or leased service stations. The addition of the outlets will substantially strengthen...

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke has announced a $429,00 0 grant from the government’s Promoting Australian Produce program for Australia’s First Families of Wine...

Queensland’s iconic nut is losing ground in its home state, with new research by the WWF revealing that only around 3000 wild nut trees are still alive in their native habitat. The research, by WWF...