According to bartenders, if you want to persuade patrons to try new drinks the most effective strategy is to offer special price promotions. Over 70 per cent of bartenders in a recent Technomic survey...

The Bligh Government is considering a blanket ban of junk food advertising on children’s television as part of a strategy to help reverse the alarming rate of childhood obesity in Queensland. Premier...

Claims by Coopers Australia that they sell “Australia’s greenest beer” have been questioned by consumer advocates CHOICE, with The Age reporting that a complaint about ‘greenwashing’...

Woolworths has today announced that rumours of a change to their logo and a banishing of the Safeway name are accurate, but the “Fresh Food People” slogan is set to remain a key focus of their...

An array of food and beverage manufacturers are now looking to consumers to provide ideas for new products and flavours as the internet opens up greater opportunities to connect with consumers. And it...

Woolworths has decided to banish the Safeway brand name 23 years after purchasing Safeway supermarkets in Australia, according to a report in Melbourne newspaper The Age. US retailer Safeway entered the...

New Zealand can no longer rely on being the lowest cost producer, with its food industry needing to raise its game to adapt to the changing economic climate of the global industry, according to Professor...

New legal controls, including cross-border laws, are needed to halt all marketing of junk food and soft drinks to children up to 16 years, according to new proposals from the International Association...

The US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service has discovered that the use of nutritional labels by American consumers has fallen since the mid nineties. The only increase in interest...

The UK’s leading retailer, Tesco, has unveiled a “£5 a day” meal plan, which will highlight to consumers the potential to feed a family of four for such a low cost as consumers begin...