The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has succeeded in a prosecution against a company and its director in relation to a company  whose name was found to have misleadingly referred...

The competition between supermarket house brands and supplier brands continues with Woolworths just releasing its Official Range Profile of brands for its Australian supermarkets. The Australian supermarket...

Private-label products in Australia will increase strongly in the coming five years. Business information research firm IBISWorld forecasts the share of private-label products will account for over 30%...

Frozen foods continue to grow in popularity in the UK and Australia. The British Frozen Food Federation values the industry at just under 5.4 billion pounds, with a growth of 6.1% year on year. The British...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has reported that grocery prices have fallen over the past year as household staples such as fruit, vegetables and bread have all gotten cheaper. The Bureau of Statistics...

McDonald’s newly appointed global chief executive Don Thompson includes ‘fragile consumer confidence’ in Australia as one of the factors that slowed growth in the Asia Pacific region for the company....

Australian retail trade saw a moderate improvement in the June 2012 quarter, with an increase of 3.3 per cent in overall activity as measured by the AFGC CHEP Retail Index. However, the Index predicts...

A newly released report from BIS Shrapnel, one of Australia’s leading providers of industry research, has shown 2011 again proved to be a difficult year for the foodservice industry, but the industry...

New research predicts that by 2017 Australians will be spending $31.8 billion dollars per year on home-brand (also known as “private label” products or “supermarket brands”) products, which will...

The National Food Plan green paper released by Australian agriculture minister Senator Joe Ludwig earlier this week foreshadows a major role for Australia in meeting global food shortfalls. Australia’s...