US-grocery retailer Whole Foods market has launched an App to help users “eat and live better”. Called the Whole Foods Market Missions App, it revolves around more than 70 challenges known...

Changing socio-demographic structure and increasing western influence are providing impetus to new product launches in bakery and cereals in Japan. Although mature, with close to 600 new product launches...

US snack maker Lance and pretzel firm Snyder’s of Hanover have received clearance from the US Federal Trade Commission for their proposed merger.The firms announced the deal last month, in a transaction...

Kraft is seeking high-tech chocolate bar packaging that will prevent bars from melting. The owner of the Cadbury’s chocolate brand said it is seeking “novel materials or approaches to packaging...

A new report by consumer research company The Hartman Group investigates the myths of ‘shopper marketing’, a popular marketing strategy aimed at the people who purchase goods, particularly...

US food and drinks giant PepsiCo said its latest investment in Vietnam will take its planned expenditure in the country to US$400 million (A$445.8 million) between 2008 and 2013. PepsiCo yesterday (16...

US food and edible oils giant Cargill ended its fiscal year with a fourth quarter in which its profits more than doubled, the company announced this week. Cargill posted fourth-quarter net earnings of...

SABMiller announced yesterday that its Ghanaian subsidiary, Accra Brewery Limited (ABL), will table a resolution at its AGM to be held on September 8, 2010, to seek a de-listing from the Ghana Stock Exchange. ...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is trying to do for the environment what it has done for consumers. Wal-Mart is notorious for pushing suppliers to drive down prices if they want to display their products on the shelves...

To celebrate seven savory decades of KFC’s Original Recipe, the brand is serving up a world record-setting attempt highlighting the flavor of Colonel Sanders’ famed 11 herbs and spices. KFC...