Australian supermarket group Woolworths Limited has announced its full year sales from continuing operations of $58.5 billion, an increase of 6.8 per cent on the previous year, or 4.8 per cent after adjusting...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has expressed “significant and further” concern about the escalating shopper docket petrol discounts, which it says have reached 45 cents per...

Debate over whether there is a need for a code of conduct to regulate dealings between grocery retailers and suppliers will be the focus of a public symposium to be held at the University of Melbourne...

The Australian Greens party have announced their election manifesto for an $85 million food plan, which the Greens say will help farmers bypass supermarkets and “sell direct to consumers”. The plan,...

Australian macadamia confectionary manufacturers Paton’s Macadamia Plantations Pty Ltd (Paton’s) have launched a new range of chocolate coated Australian macadamias, called ‘MiniMacs’. Paton’s...

Two food product brands, Cadbury and Weet-Bix, have ranked among the top ten Most Trusted Brands in an annual survey conducted by Reader’s Digest, and released late last week. The survey, which Reader’s...

Supermarket group Coles has announced it will stock a range of products from social enterprise Thankyou, after a two-week social media campaign that asked consumers to show the major supermarkets their...

Consumer group CHOICE has conducted a review of ‘diet’ foods, which it says shows that “hundreds of products on our supermarket shelves” that claim to help consumers lose weight might actually...

More people in the US are exercising, but obesity levels are still rising, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Two studies...

Australian social enterprise Thankyou has launched a social media campaign in a push to get supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths to stock its products, including its new range of body care and food...