Food producers and food retailers are expecting heftier business costs arising from the Federal government’s recently implemented Carbon Price scheme, but the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating whether product price ris
Manufacturing activity continued to contract in June although the rate of contraction eased according to the latest Australian Industry Group – PwC Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI®).
Lion Foods says it is satisfying a demand for less processed food by altering its milk manufacturing process to remove permeate, a watery milk production by-product, from products launched this week.
A survey just released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals that Australian businesses are receiving record numbers of online orders. Currently, however, the majority of online sales orders are business-to-business rather than business-to-
A new partnership between the National Rugby League (NRL) and the Coles supermarket group will help reinforce the Coles brand identity of being engaged with local communities.
Australian wine sales in China and in the Republic of Korea could rise significantly if existing import tariffs on Australian wine by those two nations were phased out.
A leading Australian nutrition scientist, Professor Andrew Sinclair from Deakin University, has called for mandatory labelling in Australia of trans fat in food products.
The mandatory government imposition of a price for carbon emissions in Australia (which industry and consumers have dubbed the ‘carbon tax’) came into effect on Sunday 1 July, 2012.
The Woolworths-controlled Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group’s (ALH) proposed acquisition of five takeaway packaged liquor retailers in New South Wales has been opposed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Pacific Equity Partners, an Australian private equity firm, has acquired Swiss food giant Nestlé's Australian ice cream brand Peters and Mulgrave factory located at Victoria for an undisclosed amount.
The Victorian Coalition Government is seeking assurance that the valuable southwest Victorian southern bluefin tuna angling sector will be guaranteed long term access to the fishery.
Amcor has announced the completion of the purchase of packaging distributors Wayne Richardson Sales (WRS) as its quest to swell its already imposing portfolio continues unabated.
Exposure to food colourings among Australian children has dropped over the last four years, according to a new report by Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ).