Consumers often fail to check their pantries for recalled products but when they find out about a recall they spread the word, according to new research from America. Rutgers Food Policy Institute (FPI)...

As people become more educated, they tend to choose foods that are lower in calories but higher in nutrients. They also pay more. In a study published in the May 2009 issue of the Journal of the American...

PepsiCo’s bid for their largest bottler, The Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG), has been rejected as “grossly inadequate”. PepsiCo announced their intention to purchase their two largest bottlers...

Tough economic times have certainly been a boon for private label foods and beverages, but according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, private label usage has been growing over the last...

More and more shoppers are demonstrating an active consideration of environmental sustainability characteristics in their buying decisions, according to a new study released by the Grocery Manufacturers...

Tesco has announced it will continue expanding their carbon labelling project, with the goal to eventually have a carbon label on all their private label products. The UK’s largest supermarket chain...

Eighty-five per cent of food packages sold in the EU have nutritional information, according to the first released findings of project FLABEL (Food Labelling to Advance Better Education for Life). An audit...

Health and wellness may be on the top-of-mind for consumers, but a new study finds that there has not been a significant migration away from fried foods. According to the new Future of Fried Foods Study...

Cadbury, one of the world’s leading confectioners, has reported revenue growth of 2% in the first quarter as consumers look for cheap indulgence amid a global recession. Revenue growth surged 11%...

Kellogg Company, the world’s largest cereal maker, reported higher first quarter profits overnight, as more consumers opt for low cost ‘at-home’ breakfast options. First quarter net sales...