Published: Dec 04, 2014 By: Food Stuff

French retailers today issued a caveat to the nation's socialist government that its planned 50-per-cent elevation of the tax paid by retailers operating commercial surfaces of over 2,500 square metres could lead to enormous job cuts in the sector.

Published: Nov 26, 2014 By: Food Stuff

Thailand’s PACE Development Corp. plc has entered into an agreement for the purchase of the iconic gourmet food brands, Dean & DeLuca, as well as its global business and assets for $140 million from Dean & DeLuca Holdings Inc.

Published: Nov 21, 2014 By: Food Stuff

Belgian brewing major Anheuser-Busch InBev is reducing its workforce and consolidating its sales division in the US, citing slump in sales volume.

Published: Nov 20, 2014 By: Food Stuff

Ukraine has imposed a ban on all live birds and bird product imports from the UK, the Netherlands and Germany over bird flu outbreak.

Published: Oct 31, 2014

The Irish Dairy Board (IDB) plans to double its presence in the Chinese mass market by 2015 in line with its strategy to tap milk deficit regions.

Published: Oct 28, 2014 By: Food Stuff

Premium cake brand, Kate’s Cakes, has launched its new ‘Cake Squares’ product range at Tesco stores in the UK.

Published: Sep 30, 2014

Tesco continues to lead the Irish grocery sector with a market share of 25.2%, despite a drop in sales year-on-year, according to the latest market share data from Kantar Worldpanel (12 weeks ending September 14).

Published: Sep 30, 2014

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a new peanut revenue policy that will be available for eligible peanut producers. The policy, approved by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors, paves the way for USDA's

Published: Sep 09, 2014

Lidl has invested more than €420 million in the Slovak Republic, the retailer said in a statement marking the 10th anniversary of its presence in Slovakia.

Published: Sep 07, 2014

At the Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. discussed its plan to strengthen its position in Canada. The move comes as Target Corp., a key competitor, ramps up its presence north of the border after entering Canada in 2013.

Published: Aug 29, 2014

Morrisons has been operating a new strategy as of late, part of which involves reducing prices in order to try boost sales and win back market share from discounters.

Published: Aug 29, 2014

Aldi has said it is to introduce healthier tills at all of its stores in the UK from January 2015.

Published: Aug 29, 2014

Arthur T. Demoulas, the ousted Market Basket chief executive officer who inspired an employee revolt to get him back, won his bid to buy the supermarket chain.

Published: Aug 29, 2014

Grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 17 August 2014, show Aldi and Lidl have maintained their record shares of 4.8% and 3.6% respectively

Published: Aug 28, 2014

The discount grocer Aldi has become the latest supermarket to introduce "healthier tills" at all of its stores across the UK, though the change will not happen until January 2015.

Published: Aug 28, 2014

Yesterday, the European Union (EU) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) met in the Belarusian capital Minsk to address the crisis sparked by the situation in Ukraine

Published: Aug 28, 2014

It is a hot winter afternoon and vehicles are moving slowly and uninterruptedly through the streets and alleys of the huge city of Sao Paulo, South America's most important business hub and one of the cities with the worst road traffic in the world.

Published: Aug 28, 2014

New Zealand's Fonterra on Wednesday said it will take a stake in Chinese baby food and formula maker Beingmate Baby and Child Food Co. Ltd in the dairy giant's first tie-up with a Chinese processor

Published: Aug 28, 2014

Tackling persistently high food price inflation is the top priority and challenge for India's government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told reporters on Wednesday.

Published: Aug 27, 2014

The European farming sector has called on the European Commisssion for more support from the Common Agricultural Policy in response to Russia’s import ban.