Consumer-oriented restaurant websites often grab the bulk of media attention, leaving business-to-business interaction as often the forgotten link. As a result, US-based foodservice consultants Technomic...

Sara Lee has announced a further step toward their plan to focus on food and beverage products with the sale of the air care business to consumer products giant Procter & Gamble. The binding offer...

Fonterra last week announced that it has reached a final agreement to purchase the remaining 51% stake in Saudi New Zealand Milk products, a joint-venture dairy manufacturing facility with SADAFCO in Saudi...

British research has discovered that food and grocery shoppers are not yet confident they can make a sustained difference through their shopping choices. When asked what they feel they can positively...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is looking into the prospect of a global ban on duty-free alcohol – a move that has taken many by surprise. A strategy paper released earlier this month by...

Food manufacturer General Mills has reported sales growth of two per cent in the second quarter despite volumes remaining flat. “Demand for our leading brands remains strong,” Chairman and...

The EU is investigating an alleged banana cartel in southern Europe – a year after finding companies including Dole Food Co. and Chiquita Brands International guilty of price-fixing in the north...

The list of food manufacturers making sweeping commitments to reduce salt in their range of food products continues to grow, with Sara Lee this week announcing plans to reduce salt by an average of 20...

Jean-Marc Huet has been announced as the new Chief Financial Officer of consumer products giant Unilever. He will replace James Lawrence, who resigned last week after spending just over two years with...

US consumer groups have again put the marketing of unhealthy foods to children in the spotlight and raised questions over the rigour of industry self-regulation. A new study by Children Now has claimed...