Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, yesterday insisted it was seeing “stability” in dairy markets after low commodity prices weighed on half-year revenues. The company booked...

Campbell’s® Select Harvest® soups were ranked the top new food and beverage product of 2009, according to a report released by Information Resources Inc. (IRI). IRI’s annual New Product PacesettersTM...

In New York on Friday (19 February) Deloitte released the results of a benchmarking study designed to quantify store operations and general and administrative (SGA) cost-improvement opportunities in retail. The...

Wesfarmers yesterday (18 February) posted a sluggish profits gain, boosted by the performance of its Coles supermarket business.The coal-to-groceries conglomerate said that profits in the first six months...

Australian dairy firm Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory today (16 February) reported a jump in half-year profits on the back of rising commodity prices.WCB, which has attracted takeover bids from two...

US food and drink giant PepsiCo plans to build on its “global leadership” in “macro” snacks in 2010 through acquisitions and the development of healthier products. The firm today...

Kellogg has played down the significance of declining fourth-quarter sales volumes, which came in spite of the cereal giant’s increased investment in advertising during the period.The world’s...

Dutch-based consumer products giant Unilever has reported strong volume growth in the fourth quarter, albeit at lower prices, with sales for the quarter rising 1.8% on an underlying basis and 3.5% for...

Chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli saw sales fall 1.9 per cent in 2009 during “an extremely difficult market environment for premium products”.Organic growth of 2.3% was realised in local...

UK-based confectioner Cadbury, the subject of a hostile takeover bid from Kraft, has reported their 2009 financial figures overnight, saying revenue growth and margin expansion came in “well ahead...