Published: Feb 07, 2013

Beefeater Gin is to open London’s first ever gin distillery visitor center. The development at the historic Beefeater gin distillery in Kennington will open later in 2013.

Published: Feb 07, 2013

The new minimum wage for farmworkers for the next three years has been pegged at R105 per day, the Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant announced in Pretoria.

Published: Feb 07, 2013

Fred Boehler has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer at Americold, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, a global leader in temperature controlled warehousing and logistics for the food industry.

Published: Feb 06, 2013

Police on Long Island, New York, have arrested four alleged drug addicts, accusing them of stealing frozen shrimp from supermarkets over the last two months and selling it to a Chinese restaurant to pay for their habits.

Published: Feb 06, 2013 By: News Editor

Half of people with atrial fibrillation (AF), a condition characterised by irregular heartbeat, say that foods and drinks exacerbate their symptoms, and caffeine is among the most common.

Published: Feb 06, 2013

Nestlé India has entered into an agreement to acquire 26% stake in dairy company Indocon Agro and Allied Activities, which is engaged in milk collection business in Western India.

Published: Feb 06, 2013 By: Michelle Russell

Kesko FY food profits slide.Expansion into Russia and store openings hit profits from Finland-based retailer Kesko's food stores last year.

Published: Feb 06, 2013 By: News Editor

ANN ARBOR, Mich. and GUELPH, Ontario—The Guelph Food Technology Centre (GFTC) and NSF International have merged. Under its new name, NSF-GFTC offers expanded food-safety services and a wider global footprint.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) announced the appointment of Peter J. Bocian as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Budweiser has chosen a name for the young Clydesdale that appeared in the Super Bowl commercial.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Golden State Foods (GSF), one of the largest diversified food processors and distributors in the U.S., announced today that it acquired majority ownership of Groenz Group Limited, manufacturer of sauces, dressings, condiments and powders for the quick ser

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Russia will ban U.S. pork and beef imports starting this month over concerns about ractopamine, a veterinary drug commonly used in North America to boost growth and leanness that is increasingly controversial overseas, according to Russian media reports.

Published: Feb 05, 2013

Fast food restaurant chain Burger King is engaged in a fresh round of discussions with private equity firm Everstone Capital to explore the possibility of entering the Indian market.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Uncertainty hangs over the future of 112 Silvercrest workers, after Burger King, Tesco and the Co-operative Group severed contracts with the supplier, according to the union Unite.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Anyone who has visited a convenience store near a school lately knows that snacks on campus have grown a little thin lately. At a C-Store near a suburban Denver high school, the students line up in to be let into the retail business only in “controlled wa

Published: Feb 05, 2013

In 1993, 623 people in the western U.S. fell ill with a little-known bacteria called E. coli O157:H7. Ultimately, four children would die from their infections; many others suffered long-term medical complications.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: Michelle Russell

The chief operating officer of Premier Foods plc, Geoff Eaton, has left the company as incoming CEO Gavin Darby takes up his new role.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: Michelle Russell

Kraft Foods Group has filed a lawsuit against Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBOCS) over the US restaurant chain's plans to sell branded products in mainstream retail stores.

Published: Feb 05, 2013 By: News Editor

Consumers have a great confidence in regional products. Although regional sales have won in importance during the last few years, there are still a lot of possibilities in the market potential for further growth. The participants of a discussion forum, wh

Published: Feb 04, 2013 By: Sue Zeidler and Liana B. Baker

An Oreo ad asking viewers to vote cookie or crème, and a scantily clad male Calvin Klein model were among standout commercials during a Super Bowl that suffered a half-hour partial blackout delay on Sunday.