Creeping acquisitions, the notion of large companies purchasing small businesses to beat competition law, are under the spotlight following the release of the Federal Government’s latest discussion...

Lion Nathan shares have entered a trading halt this afternoon after the company raised concerns over a possible breach in the confidentiality of talks with major shareholder Kirin Holdings. Australia’s...

Australian food group Goodman Fielder has today announced an extension on their private label bread supply contract with Australia’s second largest supermarket chain – Coles. The news comes...

Fair Trade Fortnight, Australia’s biggest annual celebration of all things fair trade, has begun, with a search for Australia’s Most Fairtrade Friendly Supermarket. Fair Trade Association of...

Australia’s largest food group has announced that it will be shifting their strategic direction to increase focus on consumer brands. The changes will see Goodman Fielder look for suitable buyers...

Food retail sales rose again in March, according to the latest ABS data, but the rate of growth has fallen as restaurants and take-away outlets received a more substantial boost. The Australian Retailers...

A coalition of parent, health and consumer groups have renewed calls for tougher advertising regulations, after releasing figures suggesting Australian children encounter about 2200 junk food advertisements...

Retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) believes the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has demonstrated good fiscal policy by leaving the official cash rate unchanged at three per...

A Ballina bakery that sold a cockroach in a loaf of bread is the one of 23 premises to appear on the NSW Government’s name and shame list this week, Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said...

Patrick Noone, the Managing Director of Costco’s Australian operations, has reported his American-based firm is struggling to find suitable places for new properties in Australia – where the...