Global new product launches featuring quinoa grew nearly 50% in the year ended Sept. 30, 2013, and have risen more than five-fold over a five-year period, according to Innova Market Insights.
has teamed up with online supermarket systems provider Myfoodlink to launch the first metropolitan FoodWorks online grocery store in the Melbourne suburb of East Ivanhoe.
Spanish discount grocer Dia is in preliminary talks to buy debt-burdened supermarket chain El Arbol, in a deal that would consolidate its position as Spain's third-largest retailer behind Mercadona and France-based Carrefour.
Carrefour is teaming up with investors to buy 127 shopping malls in which it runs stores, in a $2.8 billion deal that marks the French retailer's latest attempt to revive its struggling European hypermarkets.
Ministries of Agriculture from Morocco and Paraguay began to pave the way to seal a cooperation commitment, through which the governments of both nations seek to improve the quality of their livestock and crop production.
The latest data failed to match the strength of export numbers released this week, muddying the outlook for the world’s second-biggest economy just as Chinese leaders meet to discuss targets including next year’s growth goal.
Empire Co Ltd, owner of Canada's No. 2 grocer, reported an 84 percent jump in second-quarter earnings as cost controls helped to offset weaker margins.
Costco has revealed plans to scale down its new-store openings for the year, and said it continues to evaluate its fledgling online shopping offer, but has no major plans to expand the same.
Earlier forecasts were revised upward and aggregate 2013 rice production, including the main and secondary season which was harvested in July, is estimated to reach 650 000 tonnes slightly up from last year’s bumper crop.
The US market took its lead from the bearish USDA report, which showed a gain in global stocks, according to David Sheppard, Gleadell’s Managing Director.
The dairy food market in Mexico is expected to grow at a higher CAGR of 4.3% during 2012-2017 owing to slower per-capita consumption of dairy products, especially milk says a report by Canadean Food.
The food industry’s commitment to investing in the latest food quality and safety equipment was underlined by the success of a special series of events held by Ishida Europe to demonstrate its latest quality control solutions.
Supermarket giant Coles has launched a new healthy eating campaign in conjunction with one of Australia’s best known marketers for fresh fruit and vegetables, Perfection Fresh.
Mexico will re-impose tariffs on white corn imports eliminated in 2008 in the midst of a world food crisis, as well as well as on sorghum, the Secretary of Agriculture said on Friday.
Syria tendered to import food on Friday using a credit line from Iran's export bank in what could be a test of last month's landmark deal to ease Western financial sanctions on Tehran.
After more than 46 years of dedicated service, Publix Super Markets Miami Division Vice President Bill Fauerbach has announced his decision to retire at the end of March 2014.
Russia's biggest food retailer Magnit said on Tuesday its sales rose by 28.7 percent in November, year-on-year, to 50.2 billion roubles ($1.5 billion) after a rise of 27 percent in the previous month.
