Foodbank, Australia’s largest hunger-relief charity, last night honoured a number of leading Australian food and grocery companies at its awards ceremony held during the Australian Food and Grocery...

Media Cart, a computer screen fixed on the nose of supermarket trolleys to provide targeted communications, is launching into the Australian market as part of a global rollout, with trials likely to begin...

A probiotic, or “good bacteria”, isolated by Fonterra, has been found to be effective in reducing the occurrence of eczema in young children by almost 50 per cent.A two-year trial of probiotic...

A new kind of supermarket is gaining notoriety in Europe. The products remain the same, the staff are still there, but there are some clear distinguishing features. The ‘pensioner-friendly’...

The ARA Retail Institute is offering free training to industry newcomers and canvassing host employers to provide on-the-job training under the Federal Government’s Productivity Places scheme in...

Dairy marketers could soon have another basis for milk promotion, with Flinders University researchers expecting to have clear evidence by the end of this year on the role that the humble cow could play...

Manufacturers typically use checkweighing to reject over or under weight products, although it has usually been of little use in identifying irregularly formed or out of specification products before material,...

The Bligh Government is considering a blanket ban of junk food advertising on children’s television as part of a strategy to help reverse the alarming rate of childhood obesity in Queensland. Premier...

Huon Aquaculture Group, a premium Atlantic salmon grower based in Tasmania, marked the re-launch of its brand and subsequent name change on 1 August, as it continues with growth plans. The business has...

Russian grain processor PAVA plans to manufacture a new line of high-added value products with the launch of an advanced wheat-based production plant. The plant will provide products such as all-in-one...