Supermarket giant ALDI opened its latest store in Queensland yesterday at the newly renovated Redbank Plaza, Brisbane. The new Redbank plaza store joins 280 ALDI stores operating across the Australian...

 7-Eleven, Australia’s leading convenience retailer, has won 3  awards at the Australian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) gala dinner in Melbourne last night: – Winner – AACS Major...

Australian major supermarket group Woolworths is expanding its insurance range of products for marketing to its customers. Woolworths is expanding into the Car and Travel Insurance market backed by the...

With the opening of another Melbourne store set for late 2013, the retailing giant Costco’s commitment to using local Australian produce will see a demand for additional new suppliers. This is a welcome...

Leading UK grocery retailer Tesco is facing some tough decisions after ratings agency Standard & Poor changed its outlook from “stable” to “negative” due to concerns about “weakening”...

Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Christine Milne has foreshadowed a new Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) Bill to be introduced into Federal Parliament by the Greens. The proposed Accurate Country...

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...

Three varieties of Kamfen brand noodles  that have been found to have microbial contamination. The brand-owner EKO Australia Pty Ltd has voluntarily issued a consumer-level recall today. The three recalled...

New research has outlined the likely growth industries within the Australian food and beverage sector for the next few years, with water, coffee and ice cream forecast to be among the leading lights. Private...