Metcash has hired a former Woolworths and Coles senior executive, Peter Pokorny, to improve its fresh food offer as part of a five-year transformation plan.
Kroger Co., the largest U.S. supermarket chain, rose the most in two years after saying profit this year will be more than previously forecast, helped by increased sales from the purchase of Harris Teeter.
The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Chinese authorities have entered into a new agreement to begin negotiations on opening export routes for British beef and lamb suppliers to China.
“Customer-first” has been a key driver of sustainable growth at The Kroger Co., and in the first quarter the strategy helped spur gains in earnings and sales.
Milk production in the 23 largest producing states totaled 16,897 million lbs in May, up 3.7% from April and up 1.5% from May 2013, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Milk Production report.
British grocer J Sainsbury has teamed up with Denmark's Dansk Supermarked to bring the Netto brand back to the UK and take on fast-growing German discount chains Aldi and Lidl at their own game.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Canadian business named Dirk Van den Berghe as its chief executive, effective Aug. 1, as it looks to strengthen its food business in the country.
Food retailer Smart & Final Stores Inc, backed by private equity firm Ares Management LP, filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of its common stock.
Morrisons, Britain's No. 4 grocer, has fired the latest salvo in a growing price battle with rivals, launching another round of cuts on 135 basic products.
Fresh & Easy on Thursday unveiled a new marketing campaign positioning the chain as “a new kind of market” built around convenient and affordable healthy food for modern consumers.
ConAgra Foods Inc., the packaged- food company that owns Chef Boyardee and Healthy Choice, said earnings missed its forecast amid slow sales of consumer foods and shrinking profit at its private-label business.
Doug Herrington, Vice President Consumables at Amazon, gave a fascinating presentation on how the company is targeting the grocery business at the Consumer Goods Forum in Paris this week.
Waitrose's CEO Mark Price gave the delegates at the Consumer Goods Forum an insight into why Waitrose is so successful in the ultra-competitive UK market yesterday.
The first day of the 2014 Consumer Goods Forum, which is taking place in the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, saw Walmart's Philip Behn give a talk on the success of Walmart's savings-catcher programme.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the United States and Hong Kong have agreed on new terms and conditions that pave the way for expanded exports of U.S. beef and beef products to Hong Kong.
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has launched its Red Meat Industry Profile for last year, which shows that despite the sector generating over £2 billion, 2013 was a tough year.
