A number of Michelin-starred restaurants in London are slashing the prices of set course menus at lunch and dinner to as low as £12 (A$26.50) in order to entice consumers confronted with a recession and...

A Melbourne restaurant allegedly underpaid a kitchen hand more than $47,000 over five years because it considered him to be “handicapped”, an investigation by the Federal Workplace Ombudsman...

UK restaurants have been more greatly impacted by the recession than any other Hospitality & Leisure (H&L) sector, accounting for 45% of all H&L insolvencies in the quarter before Christmas,...

A new survey has put the spotlight on fast food meals, with many reportedly containing more salt than the government’s recommended daily maximum. Published today by the Australian Division of World...

The latest ABS retail data has shown food retailers had their best ever festive season, with this year’s December sales 7.7 per cent higher than corresponding figures last year. Cafés, restaurants...

An American survey has discovered the items consumers are most likely to cutback on, with fast-food one of the most “untouchable” categories. The survey, conducted by BIGresearch, found that...

Independent restaurant operators in the US are leading an emerging “kid-adult” fusion trend by promoting adult-style offerings to kids in greater numbers. Their menus target kids with smaller...

Drivers of flavours and ingredients in foodservice and retail are to include the downturn, health and wellness, and heightened consumer interest in environmentally friendly consumption decisions, according...

News Limited’s national newspaper, The Australian, has reported a coup in gaining the services of John Lethlean and Necia Wilden, formerly of The Age. John Lethlean – Melbourne’s most...

Norwegian chef, Geir Skeie, has claimed the top prize at the biennial Bocuse d’Or – commonly referred to as the Olympics of cooking. For more than twenty years the Bocuse d’Or has been...