Limited-service restaurants have reduced the number of beverage items on their menus compared to last year to ensure maximum profitability, reports foodservice consultants Technomic in the new Beverage...

The UK’s leading retailer, Tesco, has unveiled a “£5 a day” meal plan, which will highlight to consumers the potential to feed a family of four for such a low cost as consumers begin...

The UK’s new transparent food safety grading system is making a splash, but there have been concerns that it may be too wide-reaching in its application. The Food Standards Agency is consulting on...

The National Research Council Canada (NRC) and the Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences have signed an agreement to collaborate on genetic research to improve the...

The Council of Better Business Bureaus has released its first report on the progress that participants in BBB’s groundbreaking self-regulation program – the ‘Children’s Food &...

Consumers are feeling increasingly worse off on a month-by-month basis as their disposable income dwindles, according to new research by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The study found that consumers would...

Good corporate citizenship reflected by ethical labour, environmental and social practices cannot be ignored by companies looking to differentiate themselves in a competitive market, according to a new...

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has appointed a former journalist to the position of London “food champion”. Rosie Boycott, former editor of the Independent on Sunday and the owner of a...

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), which represents the world’s leading food, beverage and consumer products companies, has announced that it has awarded The Clorox Company and Kettle Foods,...

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a US-based advocacy group, has claimed that nearly every single possible combination of the childrens meals offered by America’s leading* fast-food...