Earlier this week, US First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled a Task Force action plan calling on food manufacturers to curb the marketing of unhealthy foods to children. Here we take a closer look at the report...

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...

Mars Inc is planning to “double” its innovation programme in UK chocolate in 2010, the company has revealed.Fiona Dawson, MD of the company’s Mars Chocolate unit in the UK, said the company...

• Product of the Year surveys Australians to choose the best new products • Independent consumer study to be conducted by leading research firm TNS • Globally, winners boost sales by 10% to 15% Product...

You may think otherwise but there is optimism in organic at the moment.After the recession whacked organic sales of the UK (down almost 13% last year), you would have thought there would have been a downbeat...

Various public health experts have called for the government to take drastic steps in limiting the advertising of junk food in an attempt to combat obesity. At the same time, calls have been made to remove...

Gone are the days when children were reprimanded by parents for snacking in between meals.  Today snacks are seen as an important tool for managing hunger, for children and adults alike. While experts...

Forget TV and billboards, the hottest place to advertise is online! Joining the ranks of dancing babies, sneezing pandas and dance-crazed bridal parties, Procter & Gamble’s Bounty “Bring...

Restrictions on food television commercials aimed at children may have reduced the number of kids’ TV food ads, but children are still being targeted with cross-promotional tactics and product placement. According...

Bakers Delight has been recognised in the Oracle World Retail Awards 2010, taking out finalist honours for in-store merchandising designed and executed by sales acceleration agency, MediaTag. The Oracle...