The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is using its new powers to issue infringement notices to a number of restaurants and cafés which have menus that fail component pricing laws.Infringement...

Iconic Australian poultry brand Steggles has revealed that more than three quarters of Australians mistakenly believe chicken produced locally in Australia contains added hormones and steroids.This is...

Over $A127 million is spent each year buying and eating over 18,500 tonnes of pies each year. Most would even say pies are the most typically Australian food there is. CHOICE went out and tested 20 pies...

Getting packaging right can help convince a cynical consumer that a product’s ethical claims are real, according to new research from Datamonitor.A major study from the independent business analyst...

Boom: Aussie confidence, job prospects, personal finances and discretionary spending Gloom: Rising interest rates, escalating debt levels, increasing utility costs, and voter dissatisfaction The latest...

As the pressures of weak consumer spending continues and major UK retailers embark on a promotional war to win shoppers, the lowly loaf of bread is at the centre of a fierce price battle on grocery shelves.And...

It really is too early to call either way. No, not the UK General Election, but whether consumer confidence is finally returning.Have British consumers shaken off the recession? After 18 months of belt-tightening,...

With the Fairtrade Fortnight approaching this coming May, Australians have a real opportunity to boost the Fairtrade movement in Australia. However, Datamonitor research has determined that it will require...

The latest push to cut salt (or sodium, as our US cousins call the ingredient) from packaged foods has taken off across the Atlantic, much to the satisfaction of consumer advocates. However, for all the...

The European Consumers Association (BEUC) yesterday (27 April) insisted that a pledge to stop advertising junk food to children under the age of 12 throughout the EU needs to go further. Five European...