New food safety standards that will give added protection to people in hospitals and aged care facilities came into effect on 18 August, 2008.The Vulnerable Persons Food Safety Scheme will mean NSW’s...

Woolworths has decided to banish the Safeway brand name 23 years after purchasing Safeway supermarkets in Australia, according to a report in Melbourne newspaper The Age. US retailer Safeway entered the...

Victoria’s Regional and Rural Development Minister, Jacinta Allan, announced a $67,200 grant last week to help the Victorian Wine Industry Association to conduct research that will help the industry...

Genetically Modified (GM) crops continue to polarise opinion, with the WA Opposition indicating they will allow trials of GM canola and permit the planting of GM cotton if they triumph in September’s...

Australian pizza maker Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited (DMP) today announced a $11.8 million full year Net Profit After Tax, up 29.6% on the previous year. DMP, Australia’s only publicly-listed...

Coca-Cola Amatil, Australia’s largest soft drink bottler, has reported their first half profit after tax has risen 22% to $171.9 million. The distributor of Coca-Cola in Australia advised that stronger...

Sydney harbourside restaurant Quay has taken out the top prize at the 2009 Australian Gourmet Traveller awards held in Sydney last night. Led by Executive Chef Peter Gilmore, Quay has climbed into the...

The ACCI Small Business Survey highlights that small business conditions have continued to deteriorate over the June 2008 quarter with this index falling to 43.4 – its lowest level since this Survey...

Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed the decision by the Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs to consolidate nine consumer protection laws into one national...

Australian-based SunRice (Ricegrowers Limited), one of the world’s largest rice food companies, has announced that they have invested in a newly formed US joint venture rice milling and marketing...