In a statement responding to the Herald Sun on the 17 January 2019, Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) Chief Executive Tanya Barden has defended Australian packaged food manufactures, who faced...

RETAIL turnover continues to expand at a steady rate heading into the final quarter of 2018, despite difficult financial conditions for households, as consumers draw down on savings to support spending...

A SPIRALLING decline in beer drinking is leading Australia to a 55-year low in alcohol consumption, though figures show ours “guts” continue growing. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics report,...

AUSTRALIAN retail sales fizzled out in July while nationwide home prices fell again in August and a measure of job advertisement eased, suggesting a further dent in consumer confidence and spending. Last...

Australian Health Survey results reveal Australians' eating habits In 2011-12, Australians aged 2 years and over consumed an estimated 3.1 kilograms of foods and beverages (including water) per day,...

Australians are drinking less Australians are drinking less alcohol overall than any time in the previous 15 years, according to recent figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). “Across...

The Consumer Price Index for vegetables, which was updated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on 23 October 2013, has shown a fall in vegetable prices for the last quarter. This quarter’s fall...

A third of Australians have “unmanaged” high blood cholesterol, and one in five adults with diabetes do not know they have the condition, according to the results of a biomedical survey for chronic...

The rate of growth in retail trade in Australia decreased marginally in the first three months of 2013, and is expected to ease further as the year continues, according to a report from grocery retail...

Data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on the December 2012 Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows a price fall of 5.7% for vegetables during the latest quarter. The price fall coincides...