Shares in the UK's fourth largest supermarket chain, WM Morrisons, spiked this morning amid reports that the company's founding family has contacted private-equity funds to gauge interest in a buyout deal.
Whole Foods Market Inc lowered its 2014 sales and profit forecast on Wednesday for the second time after first quarter revenue missed Wall Street expectations because of growing competition in the fresh and organic foods market.
Kroger Co, the biggest U.S. supermarket operator, faces a lawsuit claiming it deceived consumers by marketing a store brand as humanely raised chicken products when the animals were raised under standard commercial farming.
France's Danone is spending 486 million euros ($665 million) to lift its stake in China's top dairy firm, aiming to tap into booming local demand and secure greater control over supply quality in a region often hit by food safety scares.
According to data provided by Bonn's Agricultural Information Service Market (AMI), the world's fruits and vegetables production during 2013 amounted to 1.74 billion tons, 9.4% more than in 2012 when the production amounted to 1.59 billion tons.
According to FEPEX, demonstrates that the EU is still the main market for the Spanish agricultural sector and continues to bring better results than non-EU destinations.
E. Leclerc, France's second-largest retailer by market share, warned on Monday that a difficult economic climate would slow its sales growth and domestic market share gains this year.
Independent discount retail is undergoing a boom to rival that of large chains such as Aldi and Lidl, according to a new survey by specialist wholesaler Rowan.
Carrefour is in advanced talks with K. Raheja Group-promoted HyperCity Retail (India) Ltd chain of supermarkets for a possible alliance, people close to the development said, requesting anonymity.
Indian guar futures hit their highest level in more than a week on Tuesday and are expected to extend gains in the next trading session on lower arrivals in the spot market.
Soyabean export premiums at the US Gulf Coast were mixed on Monday, underpinned by tight nearby loading capacity but capped by seasonally slowing demand for US supplies, traders said.
Van Diemen's Land (VDL), a Tasmanian dairy firm, has received an approval from the deputy premier Bryan Green for a dairy expansion at Woolnorth in the far North West.
Vietnam sold 307,000 tons of rice to overseas markets in the first month of 2014, pocketing 127.5 million U.S. dollars, down 24.11 percent in volume and 30.5 percent in value, said a report by Vietnam Food Association (VFA).
China's top economic planner said Tuesday it would raise the minimum state purchasing prices for rice in major farming areas by up to 3.3 percent this year.
Top Croatian food group Podravka said its profitability improved even as 2013 sales were flat, showing the company's cost cutting programme was paying off.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its Feb. 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates projected U.S. sugar carryover on Oct. 1, 2014, at 1,825,000 short tons, raw value, down 56,000 tons
