UK retailer Marks and Spencer is set to review the sale of branded food in the company’s stores, according to reports. The Financial Times reported that M&S chief executive Marc Bolland is examining...

Consumer group CHOICE has conducted a review of supermarket own brand foods, comparing them to various popular branded equivalents in terms of nutrition and taste. “The rise in supermarket-own brands...

Woolworths has shaken up its milk supply, with a decision to award its own-label contracts to more than one supplier. The retailer today (8 June) confirmed that it had chosen to source milk from Parmalat...

Retailer brands have done very well during the recession in the US. But the growth and the concomitant weakening of affiliation between US shoppers and established household brands was an ongoing trend...

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...

Independent Liquor has refuted suggestions that they may be the subject of a takeover by retail giant Woolworths, advising that the private equity groups behind the company were keen to continue with expansion...

Rumours abound of interest from Australia’s largest supermarket operator in the nation’s market share leader in RTD (ready-to-drink) alcoholic beverages, as they look to give their private...

The battle for the supermarket floor between private label and branded goods is heating up with private label reaching a record share of the grocery market in Australia, according to new research by market...

The Chief Executive of packaging group Tetra Pak said overnight that he believes the recession has permanently changed consumer behaviour and that value for money will remain critical for shoppers. Tetra...

Metcash, the third largest player in the grocery retail sector in Australia, today reported a 12.3 per cent lift to normalised profit after tax in the first half of its financial year. The ASX-listed grocery...