The NSW Government has announced its support for a national requirement for fast-food chains to publish detailed nutritional information on their products as part of their menus. Under the proposed plan,...

Simon Best of Augello’s in Mooloolaba, Queensland is the inaugural winner and Grand Champion of the Fonterra Foodservices Global Pizza Challenge. Competing against chefs from South Africa, USA, Italy,...

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) plans to discuss ways of using price to reduce the consumption of fatty foods and sugary soft drinks. The issue has been pencilled in for an FSA board meeting in autumn...

The fifth annual Millward Brown Optimor BrandZ Top 100 was released today, ranking the world’s most valuable brands by dollar value. Food and beverage companies featured strongly in the top 100,...

KFC has announced that its iconic red KFC bucket will turn pink at US outlets, in support of breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The Colonel’s suit and the KFC headquarters will also...

Yum! Brands announced the opening of its first Indian Taco Bell outlet yesterday in Bangalore. Yum! is focused on developing Taco Bell into its third global brand after KFC and Pizza Hut, currently the...

As part of the health care legislation passed by the US House of Representatives on Sunday, chain restaurants with 20 or more locations will be required to provide nutritional information to diners at...

February results for McDonalds showed a 4.8% increase in sales worldwide.  The results included a 10.5% rise in the Asia/Pacific, Middle East and African region, on the back of strong sales in Australia,...

McDonald’s New Zealand yesterday became the first McDonald’s market in the world to offer customers Weight Watchers Approved Meals. Weight Watchers’ business development director Chris...

Gourmet pizza franchise Pizza Capers has announced a new range of four low-fat pizzas, containing less than 3% fat and less than 400mg of sodium per 100g. Pizza Capers co-founder Scott Geiszler said he...