Foreign retailers operating in China saw their sales and their store-opening programmes outpace their domestic rivals in 2009, according to the latest industry data in the country.Sales from the 20 “foreign-funded”...

French cheese-maker Bongrain has snapped up the German spreads brand Brunch from Unilever.Bongrain, which owns the German soft cheese business Edelweiss, manufactured Brunch for Unilever and opted to buy...

The new EU Agriculture Commissioner gave the first clear indication on Friday (26 March) that he supports scrapping restrictive EU dairy production quotas in 2015. The recent appointment of Romanian Dacian...

Waitrose has announced that it will open its first smaller format convenience store this summer as part of its plans to increase its presence in the UK’s convenience sector.The first of the new format...

Chinese holding firm Natural Dairy Holdings has entered into an agreement to acquire two dairy farms from failed New Zealand dairy group Crafar Farms. The acquisition will be completed through local subsidiary...

Following a public consultation in the summer of 2009, the Food Standards Agency has today recommended that food manufacturers reduce saturated fat in foods such as biscuits, cakes, buns, chocolates and...

According to Mintel’s latest report on green living, the environment remains a concern for the majority of Americans. More than one-third (35%) of survey respondents say they would pay more for ‘environmentally...

The AJCC Research Foundation, managed by the American Jersey Cattle Association, and National All-Jersey Inc. have committed a total of $50,250 to fund six scientific investigations related to Jersey dairy...

Chinese meat and food processor Zhongpin has announced plans to expand and improve production at its pork facility in Anyang in Henan province.The company is investing around US$6.3m to further improve...

French retail giant Casino yesterday (25 March) pledged to reduce the amount of palm oil in its products for environmental – and health – reasons.The company, which runs the Geant, Franprix...