By beefing up COFCO's agricultural product origination capabilities, the Chinese government will be able to cut other third-party traders out of the lucrative purchasing and logistics portion of the supply chain.
Japanese supermarkets raised prices on top of a new sales tax this week, data showed, in the first sign that retailers feel they have the pricing power to withstand the levy.
Marks & Spencer has unveiled plans for further international expansion with a focus on opening 250 new stores, growing its Food business and increasing its franchise operations.
UK soft drinks value sales grew steadily in 2013, rising by 2% to take the category over the £10bn mark for the first time, according to the Britvic Soft Drinks Review 2014.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said the F.A.O. Food Price Index was 212.8 in March, up 4.6 points, or 2.3%, from February, its highest level since May 2013.
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will work hard to get permit to export milk to the European Union (EU) this year, said Ljubomir Kalaba, Director of BiH Veterinary Office, on Thursday.
Global food prices rose to their highest in almost a year in March, led by unfavorable weather for crops and political tensions over Ukraine, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.
Dr Jos Houdijk, a researcher with Scotland’s Rural College, is leading a research consortium re-examining the nutritional value of Oil Seed Rape meal fed to pigs and poultry.
Tops Holding II Corporation ("Tops"), a leading supermarket retailer serving Upstate New York, Northern Pennsylvania and Vermont, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 28, 2013.
New Frontiers Natural Marketplace and Whole Foods Market, Inc. announced yesterday that Whole Foods Market will purchase four stores from New Frontiers
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) is selling bonds in euros for the first time since 2009 as the cost of borrowing in the currency relative to U.S. dollars approaches the lowest in more than five years.
According to recent analysis carried out by AB Vista, the global market for non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) and protease enzymes is considerably larger than previously recognised - at around US$550 million, even larger than the $450-million phytase market
