The strides made forward in attempts to combat obesity may be undermined by the recession, according to the findings of a survey by the leading UK consumer group. The survey found 24% of Brits are making...

European consumers are keen to see food and beverage manufacturers enhance the environmental credentials of their packaging, according to a new survey released this week. Consumer survey results published...

The Managing Director of upmarket UK grocer Waitrose, Mark Price, has told a business conference that companies long-term goals must not be forgotten in the current climate – as short-term gains...

A conflict between one of the world’s biggest grocery suppliers and Belgium’s second-largest supermarket operator, which saw 300 products stripped from the shelves of the retailer, has been...

The Coca-Cola Company is planning to spend an additional US$2 billion (A$3.1 b) in new plant and distribution infrastructure in the next three years in China, adding to their extensive investment in the...

Global sales for the world’s largest burger chain, McDonald’s, declined 4.6% in February, but increased 3.2% in constant currencies, as they continued to show resilience to the global downturn. Global...

Parmalat, one of the world’s largest dairy companies, reported a 9.8 per cent drop in core profit this week, as supermarket private label expansion combined with the impacts of the global economic...

The latest research from Mintel finds ready salted potato chips have fallen from the number one slot in chip hungry Britain as cheese & onion appeals more to consumers increasingly keen to branch out...

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Scientific Committee has concluded that current international approaches to risk assessment can also be applied to engineered nano materials (ENM) in food,...

Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer, has won an appeal against a ‘competition test’ in the planning system, which would have seen permission of new supermarkets subject to an analysis of market...