Smallgoods manufacturer Primo is to establish a $70m plant at Wacol as the area’s emergence as an industrial and employment hub gather pace, according to Invest Brisbane, the city’s official...

Penfolds has won the prestigious George Mackey Memorial Trophy for Australia’s export wine of the year with the 2005 Penfolds Yattarna Chardonnay. This is the third consecutive year Penfolds has...

Choice, Australia’s largest consumer group, has officially been announced to take over control of the oft-criticised GROCERYchoice website, according to ABC Online. The change will enable more weekly...

The Winemakers’ Federation of Australia (WFA) has labelled the latest action by the Distilled Spirits Industry Council of Australia (DSICA) in delivering look-alike alcopop products to Government...

A Senate inquiry has knocked back a Bill proposing a ban on junk food advertising to children. The Australian Food and Grocery Council has welcomed the release of a Senate Inquiry into the ‘Protecting...

Tech-savvy pizza lovers will soon be able to order through their television with a touch of a button, with Dominos’ Pizza partnering with Hybrid TV, the exclusive licensee for TiVo in Australia,...

Retail sales jumped in the month of October, increasing by 0.7 per cent – which was well above expectations. The ABS data came out hours before the Reserve Bank of Australia decided to cut rates...

The latest survey on the GROCERYchoice website has indicated that, on a total grocery basket, Woolworths supermarkets are the cheapest in 45 of the 61 regions surveyed. This compares with 30 of 61 regions...

Grocery and liquor wholesaler Metcash Limited has seen profit fall 7.1 per cent in the six months to October 31, 2008 due to a one-off interest hedging termination cost, but profit after tax and pre non-recurring...

Golden Circle shareholders have revealed their overwhelming support for the takeover proposed by food manufacturer Heinz. The H.J. Heinz Company Australia Limited (Heinz) made a $288m bid for Golden Circle...