America continues to debate the merits of a tax on soft drinks with regard to its impact on obesity. A recent study indicated that those who drink one or more high sugar beverages each day were 27 per...

Reports are circulating that Kraft could look to sell their global coffee brand Maxwell House in order to finance a higher offer to Cadbury. The US-based manufacturer has three weeks left to table a formal...

Tesco has launched a different kind of bogof promotion in its latest bid to help UK consumers lower their carbon footprint. The UK’s largest retailer said that shoppers would see “Buy One Get...

The world’s second largest brewer, SABMiller, has reported a lager volume decline of one per cent in the first half “reflecting difficult trading conditions across many of (their) markets”,...

Switching between supermarkets has not been as easy for consumers as they suggested, according to new research from the British branch of market research firm Mintel. Studies last year in the US, Australia...

New Zealand’s efforts to drastically reduce the effects of the dangerous bacteria found in chicken have seen it lead global efforts to improve the safety of poultry for human consumption, according...

In times of uncertainty the common perception is that consumers will gravitate toward familiar food favourites, but new research suggests that this may not be the case. A study in the Journal of Consumer...

Shoppers are likely to make a number of changes to their shopping habits in coming years with discount grocers and local food producers to be among the big winners, according to research from Britain. The...

Cadbury CEO Todd Stitzer again claimed the UK confectioner would thrive as an independent company yesterday (13 October), hailing the company’s “incredible momentum”.Stitzer used a grocery...

Financial constraints are restricting ‘green and ethical living’, according to the British-based division of market researchers Mintel. Indeed, one in five consumers are not in a financial...