“Natural highs”, one-step convenience and “foraged flavours” are set to become key trends in 2014 for the global food and drink industry, according to new findings from market research organisation...

Energy drink brand Mother has expanded its Australian range with a new flavour called Mother Green Storm. “With Mother Green Storm we’ve expanded the Mother range to add a variety that is perfect for...

The third quarter sales results of Wesfarmers Limited (Wesfarmers) showed its subsidiary Coles put in a strong sales performance for the three months to 31 march 2013. Coles’ headline food and liquor...

The total value of food and liquor retailing in Australia grew by 4.2 per cent in 2011-12, to $135.8 billion. The figures come from ‘Australian Food Statistics’, a report produced by the Australian...

Convenience stores globally are likely to move more towards stocking more ‘fresh food’, according to Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert. In Australia, independent grocery and convenience store supplier...

Australia’s McDonald’s franchises are being given more liberty to innovate, with the latest offering being drive-thru 2 litre bottles of milk on the Gold Coast. All fourteen McDonald’s drive-thru...

Some say the typical Australian “milk bar” or “corner store” has all but disappeared. Yet, new formats for convenience food shopping in Australia are doing well. There is a boom in “defined convenience...

Wesfarmers Limited today announced its retail sales results for the first quarter of the 2013 financial year, with Coles’ comparable food and liquor sales up 3.7 per cent for the quarter. Coles overall...

Moves by one of the world’s leading grocery retailers, the Dutch-listed international Ahold group, demonstrate strategic thinking in the convenience supermarket and online grocery sectors that, according...

An Australian delivery service has established a way for online consumers to receive their parcels at the local convenience store, rather than having to collect them from an Australia Post outlet. ParcelPoint...