* New multi-million pound technology will help speed up shopping, saving customers nearly 500,000 hours each year * Self check-outs to be rolled out to all stores to increase customer choice of check-out *...

US baby food group Mead Johnson said today that “strong contributions” from emerging markets boosted its first-quarter profits.The company booked net earnings of US$127.5m for the three months...

Kellogg struck a cautious note yesterday (29 April) as it posted a bumper 30% jump in first quarter profits.The US cereal giant booked first-quarter net income of US$418m, or $1.09 a share, up from $321m,...

New research from the Center for Human Nutrition at UCLA suggests that chillis may help burn calories. The ingredient in chillis which gives the spicy taste – capsaicin – also causes an increase...

California’s Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has voted to prevent restaurants from supplying toys and other promotions with high-calorie children’s meals. The ordinance bans the inclusion...

The fifth annual Millward Brown Optimor BrandZ Top 100 was released today, ranking the world’s most valuable brands by dollar value. Food and beverage companies featured strongly in the top 100,...

The US is to review the use of two synthetic additives in organic baby food and infant formula after a fresh look at the nutrients allowed in organic processed food. The National Organic Program, which...

SABMiller announces that its Namibian subsidiary, SABMiller Namibia (Pty) Limited, is to build a US $34 million brewery on 7.2 hectares of land outside Okahandja city, 70km north of Windhoek.Construction...

Unilever Italy today announced its intention to explore the marketplace for a buyer of its Frozen Foods business, Findus, with turnover in excess of 450m euros and a dedicated factory in Cisterna, Italy.James...

The latest push to cut salt (or sodium, as our US cousins call the ingredient) from packaged foods has taken off across the Atlantic, much to the satisfaction of consumer advocates. However, for all the...