Published: Oct 11, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Fears of soaring food prices are mounting after the National Farmers Union (NFU) warned that wheat yields in England were down by almost 15% on the five-year average, while poor harvests around the world and the global thirst for biofuels continued to dri

Published: Oct 10, 2012 By: Karen Weise

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) and American Express (AXP) are taking a big plunge into the prepaid debit-card market with a new card called Bluebird.

Published: Oct 10, 2012 By: Jeff Caldwell

Iowa farmland is now, on average, worth $10,000/acre.

Published: Oct 09, 2012

The French Trade Commission in India has announced its plans for holding the first Indo-French Cold Chain Summit at New Delhi on November 6 at the French Embassy and in Mumbai on November 7 at Novotel Hotel Juhu Beach.

Published: Oct 08, 2012 By: Supunnabul Suwannakij

Global food prices will probably stay high in the next six months after drought in the U.S. and Russia cut grain supplies, said the United Nations.

Published: Oct 08, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Britain’s third-largest supermarket Sainsbury reported total sales for second quarter up 4.3% and like-for-like sales up 1.9 %.

Published: Oct 08, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Deliveries to Tesco’s northern stores face disruption next week after more than 180 drivers at the retailer's distribution centre in Doncaster voted for a 48-hour strike.

Published: Oct 05, 2012 By: Hank Schultz

Global consumer spending on omega-3 products will jump from $25.4 billion in 2011 to $34.7 billion in 2016, according to a new report from market research firm Packaged Facts.

Published: Oct 05, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

The CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets are poised to reverse their downward trend and trade higher Thursday.

Published: Oct 04, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

A Yorkshire firm that supplies local food and drink made by small manufacturers to the major supermarkets is expanding to cover the whole of northern England.

Published: Oct 03, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Adams Foods is planning to expand its cheese manufacturing centre in the UK and create 50 jobs.

Published: Oct 03, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg+

Kraft’s global snacks spin-off Mondelez will face fierce competition from the likes of Mars and Nestlé in the emerging confectionery markets of China and Russia, according to an analyst from Euromonitor International.

Published: Oct 02, 2012 By: Rod Addy

Duo Plast’s new freight security testing laboratory has opened its doors to German manufacturers and distributors seeking to safeguard lorry loads against the rigours of transportation.

Published: Oct 02, 2012 By: RJ Whitehead

The experimental business unit that is dedicated to rolling out new Danone products for the masses in India has been deemed a success and will be expanded to other cities across the country.

Published: Oct 01, 2012 By: Whitney McFerron

Corn extended a slide to an 11-week low before a U.S. government report today that may show larger domestic stockpiles. Wheat fell.

Published: Oct 01, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

As part of the Munich-based WACKER’s realignment of its sales structures in Asia, the company says that it will entrust the DKSH Group with marketing and distribution of WACKER biotech products in the regions of Southeast Asia, India – including Banglades

Published: Sep 29, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is considering Nakano’s offer to sell its production plant in Staffordshire, to allay competition concerns following its acquisition of Premier Foods’ vinegar and pickles businesses.

Published: Sep 29, 2012 By: Mike Stones

UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports have continued to grow this year, rising to £5.9bn in the first six months of the year – an increase of 2.2% compared with the same period of 2011, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).

Published: Sep 29, 2012 By: RJ Whitehead

The author of a report suggesting that China’s corn imports are in line to explode by 2017, today cautioned that the government will have to walk a tightrope in balancing pork prices with domestic corn productivity.

Published: Sep 29, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg+

Australian confectioner Darrel Lea’s new owners have wasted little time in getting a foothold in the national commercial channels having secured a deal for 1,400 Independent Grocers of Australia (IGA) supermarkets to stock its confections.