The first edition of the oft-criticised GROCERYchoice website under the consumer group Choice’s banner appears today, with major alterations to the site due in the second half of 2009. The interim...

The most expensive total basket of groceries in Australia ($177.83) is to be found at independent stores in Sydney’s outer north west, and the cheapest ($156.24) at Woolworths/Safeway in the city’s...

Low-paid trolley collectors at supermarket sites throughout Adelaide have reportedly been deliberately exploited, an investigation by the Federal Workplace Ombudsman has discovered. Workplace inspectors...

Fonterra, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, has temporarily shelved plans to spend $10 million upgrading its Wynyard cheese factory in northern Tasmania. The decision has come in response to concerns...

Warren Truss, the Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Trade Minister, has called on Trade Minister Simon Crean to step in amid claims the threat of a full-blown trade war between the European Union and...

New Zealand’s competition watchdog has granted approval for Coca-Cola Amatil to purchase Baker Halls, New Zealand’s leading fruit juice syrup producer, from Old Fashioned Foods. Commerce Commission...

The Australian dairy industry has been shaken by the global financial downturn, according to Dairy Australia’s latest Situation and Outlook report. Dairy Australia’s Manager of Strategy and...

Despite a quarterly deflation figure and disinflation for the year to December, food price inflation gathered pace in the closing months of 2008, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics...

Consumers, worried about the current economic environment, are increasingly opting to entertain friends and family at home rather than dining out, which has seen the share of food spend in Australia channelled...

After a number of changes between 2006 and 2007, the Nielsen Grocery Report Top 100 Suppliers list in 2008 saw few alterations to last year’s rankings. The leading five suppliers in Australia accounted...