Freedom Foods has won a contract to supply ultra-heat treated milk (UHT milk) for Woolworths private label products. Freedom Foods already supplies Woolworths non-dairy UHT products for its private label...

Australian avocado industry’s marketing body The Avolution has blamed poor weather and increasing demand for recent price hikes.   With many of the avocados sold in Australia over summer coming...

In the interests of securing an assured supply, it seems big food businesses globally could be moving towards vertical supply chain ownership models, with the US-based Coca-Cola Company recently announcing...

The usage of digital technologies such as mobile apps, data mining, group sharing networks and techno grocery shopping are opening the door to new food supply formats and distributorships and supply chain...

Australian ASX-listed company Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WBC) today announced the signing of a five year deal to supply dairy products to Coles Supermarkets under a new consumer brand. The new brand,...

Coles supermarket chain has responded to reports that its new ‘Active Retail Collaboration’ supply chain scheme constitutes uncompetitive behaviour. Coles’ Active Retail Collaboration technology...

Fonterra announced yesterday a price increase of 17 cents per kilogram (c/kg) of milk solids for Victorian and Tasmanian dairy farmers. The price increase will will be backdated to 1 July 2009 and predicts...

Nestle has remained silent on reports that the Zimbabwe government has launched an investigation into the Swiss food giant’s financial dealings in the country. According to a report in the Dominion...

The operations of the world’s biggest food manufacturer in Zimbabwe may be threatened, according to reports emerging from the African nation. Swiss-based Nestlé lost half of their Zimbabwean suppliers...

Nestlé Zimbabwe has announced that they will no longer be receiving milk from the Gushungo Dairy Estate owned by the wife of President Robert Mugabe from Sunday 4 October. Up to 15 per cent of their Zimbabwean...