Published: Aug 03, 2012

Leading UK grocery retailer Tesco is facing some tough decisions after ratings agency Standard & Poor changed its outlook from “stable” to “negative” due to concerns about “weakening” profits at the supermarket giant.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

UK-based supermarket chain Waitrose has launched new ‘oyster leaf’, a fleshy green leafed vegetable which can be used to replace the taste of oysters for those living a vegetarian lifestyle.

Published: Aug 02, 2012

McDonald's Corp. is offering Breakfast after Midnight, a limited menu featuring some of the fast-food chain's most popular breakfast items.

Published: Aug 02, 2012

Australian supermarket giants Coles, Woolworths, Cosco and Metcash have acclaimed the new GS1 Australia product retail technology, Recallnet.

Published: Aug 01, 2012

Peters Bakery, a UK-based baker with over 50 stores, has been sold to Coopland & Son, in a deal that will save more than 200 jobs.

Published: Aug 01, 2012

The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (R.P.I.) remained above 100 for the month of June, a sign of continued market expansion, but the outlook for the next six months indicates the market may soften.

Published: Jul 31, 2012 By: John Wood

Food manufacturers supplying the retail sector are being advised to adapt their offer to make the most of the growth potential of the convenience channel.

Published: Jul 31, 2012

McDonald’s has begun test marketing chicken wings on the menus of some locations in Australia and Spain.

Published: Jul 30, 2012

An unprecedented level of joint planning, innovation, and action between academia, governments, civil society and the food industry is required to battle the ‘double crisis’ that world hunger and high obesity rates are causing, warn researchers.

Published: Jul 28, 2012

Del Taco, a North American fast food restaurant chain specialized in Mexican & American style foods, has introduced four limited time meals.

Published: Jul 28, 2012

Hotel Express International has entered the corporate travelling industry in India through Varun Air Services with an objective to ensure that frequent Indian travellers receive some of the finest services with cost-effective value for the expenses across

Published: Jul 28, 2012

McDonald’s is celebrating the Ice Age Moments with its customers with the launch of the movie Ice Age 4.

Published: Jul 28, 2012

Bangalore's Hotel Royal Orchid will host the upcoming edition of the Retail Strategy and Resource Management Programme over two days (July 31 and August 1).

Published: Jul 28, 2012

Union Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles Anand Sharma said, “We are very clear that there is no revisiting on multi-brand retail. The government is trying to build a wider political consensus after which notification will be issued.”

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Meagan Carlaw

The Wesfarmers-owned Coles Supermarket group has seen a sales growth of 3 per cent over the last quarter of the financial year ended June 30 2012, beating rival Woolworths for a twelfth straight quarter on sales growth.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

Gathering knowledge about food products online is popular among Australian consumers, but a new survey suggests it is not a medium they trust.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Manufacturers must refocus efforts on Tier III and IV cities in China and delve into e-commerce to re-ignite consumer spending in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs) sector amid a slow, according to analysts.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Israeli supplier Lycored has paid an undisclosed sum for a Ukrainian firm specialising in fungal pathogen-derived carotenoids in a move that brings a natural beta carotene into its portfolio.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Poland's retail sales and unemployment data proved weaker than expected in June, pointing to a further deterioration of economic fundamentals and reinforcing market expectations that the central bank could soon consider cutting interest rates.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Agriculture, at the moment, is the bright spot in the economy in many US states, one of which is California.