After years of mediocre sales, the potato chip market came alive again during the global downturn, according to market research firm Mintel, with sales jumping 22%*. In addition, other salty snacks experienced...

UK retailer Sainsbury is pitting its own-brand products with branded equivalents as part of a major in-store sampling spree for its Switch and Save campaign. ‘Taste Test Challenge’ stalls will...

The world’s largest food manufacturer, Swiss-based Nestlé, has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons this week thanks to a link to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Nestle has admitted...

A number of pizza chain operators are finding success through a strategy of focused positioning, according to US-based foodservice industry consultant Technomic. In Australia, some of our most prominent...

The beginning of a global economic recovery is having a positive impact on international dairy prices, data from a leading industry banking group has suggested. A quarterly report into the dairy industry...

Confectioner Cadbury has said comments made by their CEO about the Kraft offer making strategic sense were “misconstrued” last week, with his discussion with investors not softening the view...

Sara Lee has reported a binding bid of almost A$2.2 billion (€1.275 billion) from consumer products giant Unilever to acquire its global body care and European detergents businesses. Sara Lee announced...

The October 2009 issue of the Journal of Food Science reviews the key concepts of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and suggests it has a key role to play in food safety. RFID technology...

Producing 70 per cent more food for an additional 2.3 billion people by 2050 while at the same time combating poverty and hunger, using scarce natural resources more efficiently and adapting to climate...

Finding consensus in the UK organic food movement can be like nailing jelly to a wall. Rapid growth in the last 15 years has meant organics has major brands with multinational backers (think Green &...