The US National Restaurant Association (NRA) research has published a list of trends it predicts will emerge in the US quick service restaraunt industry during 2012. As diners become more sophisticated...

One of Australia’s largest food retail companies, Retail Food Group, has acquired Pizza Capers, marking its entry into the Quick Service Restaurant sector. Retail Food Group announced on Tuesday that...

Food manufacturers including Nestlé, Hershey and Kraft Foods have published their own uniform guidelines on the nutritional content of products advertised to US children. The criteria, published yesterday,...

Australia’s largest cafe group, The Coffee Club, will enter the emerging Chinese coffee drinking market this month, opening a cafe in the Yuexiu District in Guangzhou, with a major franchise license...

The Australasian Sandwich Association continues its search for Australia’s best sandwich maker, with Matt Wilkinson of Pope Joan in Brunswick East, Melbourne, crowned the winner of the Southern Final...

Children’s exposure to television advertising for unhealthy fast food has not changed since the introduction of industry self-regulation, and fast food ads are significantly more frequent overall,...

Australian noodle franchise Noodle Box has announced plans for four new gourmet dishes, designed for the group by Masterchef 2010 winner Adam Liaw. The dishes, to be launched in July, are Aromatic Black...

Australian pizza group Pizza Capers, after opening its 100th store, has announced another 100 outlets in the pipeline, with further expansion into South-East Asia, and plans to start stores in the US and...

Australian burrito chain Mad Mex has seen a successful uptake on its month-long Cinco de Mayo Big Burrito challenge, reporting over 2000 of the one-kilogram burritos sold at its nine outlets in NSW, Queensland...

A newly-formed industry body for the café and sandwich shop industry, the Australasian Sandwich Association, has kicked off in style with two major industry partners, GWF Foodservice (a subsidiary of...