Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, has consolidated ten core operations into a single strategic business unit and reorganised its senior management team, but their Australian consumer...

Nielsen announced today that image-based online ad spending by Consumer Goods companies increased in the US by 57 per cent over the last two years, despite the concerns over the economic environment. “While...

The global recession has taken a toll on brand loyalty in the grocery sector, according to new research from the United States. A study by Catalina Marketing’s Pointer Media Network and the Chief...

The latest TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures in the UK show the defensive sector continuing to ride out the recession and growing strongly at 6.5%. There are several signs that shoppers have...

Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has contended that Seven-Eleven Japan, the convenience business of Seven & I, illegally pressured franchisees to avoid discounting the price of food products. In...

Despite the buzz about healthy dining and restaurant nutrition labelling, healthy menu items still face a tough battle for acceptance, according to Mintel Menu Insights. In a survey in America, the market...

Pizza Hut, one of the world’s largest pizza chains, has rejected suggestions that they were contemplating a name change to “The Hut”. The company did introduce a brief name change in...

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has rid their private label cereal of cardboard boxes, a move which could be followed by some of the sector’s heavyweights. The decision will help to cut packaging...

As retailers expand the offerings of their own brands, the world’s largest cereal manufacturer has contended that the threat of private label can be quelled by continued product innovation and a...

Food and household goods manufacturer Sara Lee is mulling the potential of food and beverage acquisitions as the company fields offers for its households business. Chairman and CEO, Brenda Barnes, told...