As the second major food recall in the US within a year continues to expand, food industry bodies and consumer groups are calling for change. The current peanut butter Salmonella scandal in America has...

The CEO of the UK’s largest retailer has told of the need for food retailers to adapt and update to ensure they can relate to the ever-changing consumer. Sir Terry Leahy, the boss of Tesco, noted...

Norwegian chef, Geir Skeie, has claimed the top prize at the biennial Bocuse d’Or – commonly referred to as the Olympics of cooking. For more than twenty years the Bocuse d’Or has been...

The biggest things on 2008 menus were small, with mini food, low prices and lighter options. Looking back at menus in the US from 2008, Mintel Menu Insights reveals that three of the year’s top trends...

Coca-Cola will provide US$400,000 to MSU’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources to help establish a new Center for Packaging Innovation and Sustainability, designed to allow for food and...

The global energy drink market countered fears over the economic conditions to register an approximate 15% increase in 2008. Leading beverage agency, Canadean, reports that growth has come from across...

The UK’s top grocery retailers, brands and manufacturers have committed to an industry-wide food waste reduction objective for the first time. This will be delivered under WRAP’s (Waste &...

Falling oil and raw material prices in combination with the discounter threat will lead to a significant easing in grocery prices in Europe in 2009, while six main areas of grocery retailing will be adversely...

McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food chain, announced overnight that, despite sales showing signs of slowing in the fourth quarter, they continue to be able to perform above market expectations...

Sixteen brands have been chosen by consumers as the most innovative for 2009. In the largest consumer-voted program in North America to reward innovation among the consumer packaged goods industry, over...