With food, poorer is often richer. Onion soup wasn’t created by any celebrity chef. Nor was apple pie.But now comes the news that remote tribes in dense tropical forests or frozen polar wastes are...

The chocolate industry needs to provide more financial support to cocoa growers in Ghana to guarantee future supplies from the west African state, leading academics and conservationists have claimed. The...

The global recession has driven more to the frozen sector, according to a new report from Britain, which discovered that one in ten are buying frozen food more often. Research carried out for the Food...

Nestlé is planning to continue increasing marketing spend in anticipation of a faster than expected upturn in the global economy, CEO Paul Bulcke has said at the opening of the company’s new luxury...

British confectioner Cadbury has given no indication that they are looking for a tie-up in the wake of Kraft’s surprising A$19.5 billion bid. The maker of Dairy Milk and Trident responded to Kraft’s...

Malaysia’s highest court has ended an eight-year battle between McDonald’s and a Malaysian curry restaurant over the use of the prefix ‘Mc’.Malaysia’s Federal Court agreed...

UK confectioner Cadbury has informed Kraft of their decision to knock back a surprise takeover offer from the US-based manufacturer. The world’s second largest manufacturer and owner of the Vegemite...

Fonterra has advised that a public share listing will not be part of the capital structure consultation to begin shortly with farmer shareholders. The news comes after great speculation regarding a possible...

7-Eleven will present food manufacturer Kraft Foods with the company’s 2008 Retailer Initiative Award at its Business Partners Dinner next week in the US. 7-Eleven bestow the annual honour to its...

Global bottled water consumption advanced 4.5 per cent to 218 billion litres in 2008, according to a new report from drinks consultancy Zenith International. Growth of relatively low per person consumption...