KFC has added a new medium to the advertising for its controversial Double Down burger, with an announcement that the company will recruit female university students to wear sweatpants with advertising...

Diet and exercise have long been the top two elements of effective weight loss. Now add a third: reading the labels on packaged foods. Washington State University Economist Bidisha Mandal has found that...

Fonterra has signed an agreement with the Government of Yutian County in China, which formalises the final stage of due diligence on two potential Fonterra dairy farm sites. “This agreement is a positive...

Procter & Gamble (P&G) has reportedly turned down a proposal to merge its Pringles snacks business with US snack maker Diamond Foods. According to a report from Bloomberg on Friday evening (17...

The president and CEO of Wal-Mart US Bill Simon has detailed the retail giant’s shifting strategy, which was hinted at in its second-quarter results last month.Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Retail...

Carrefour has revealed an EUR1.5bn (US$1.97bn) plan to convert or remodel some 500 hypermarkets to its new Carrefour Planet concept by 2013 in France, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Greece.The Carrefour Planet...

Canadian c-store group Couche-Tard has released an open letter to the shareholders of takeover target Casey’s General Stores that urges investors to vote against the US retailer at next week’s...

Kellogg’s is the top packaged food brand in the U.S. according to Interbrand’s latest annual ranking of the 100 “Best Global Brands”. The cereal company was ranked number 35 –...

US food giant Kraft Foods expects the acquisition of UK confectioner Cadbury to raise its revenue by US$1 billion by 2013. Ahead of a meeting with analysts yesterday, Kraft said that the acquisition of...

A collaboration between the US Department of Agriculture and chocolate giant Mars, Inc has announced the preliminary release of the sequenced genome of the cacao tree. The data is expected to help sustain...