Former WA Premier Alan Carpenter has taken on a senior position with Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers just over a year after losing the state election and raising the ire of the firm for his stance against...

Kraft Foods has said that its premium Cote d’Or chocolate brand will convert to the use of sustainable cocoa beans. Beginning in France and Belgium, Cote d’Or dark chocolate will contain cocoa...

An executive at brewer Foster’s has conceded that the decision to introduce the ‘Boonie Doll’ promotion may have been an error despite it resonating with many of their VB customers. The...

Consumer products giant, the Procter & Gamble Company, last night announced organic sales growth of two per cent “on better than expected results across most business segments”. The maker...

The world’s largest cereal maker, Kellogg Company, has reported a year-on-year 6% surge in earnings for the third quarter but sales were down slightly due to the impact of foreign currency translation. “The...

The Federal Government’s Food and Health Dialogue, which will provide a ‘framework for government, health groups and industry to work collaboratively across the food supply chain to improve...

Speaking at the Australian Food and Grocery Council Industry Leaders Conference on Wednesday, Parliamentary Secretary for Trade, Anthony Byrne, highlighted tremendous opportunity for Australian food exports...

West Australian Agriculture and Food Minister, Terry Redman, this week opened a new state-of-the-art fresh food production facility in Bibra Lake. Mr Redman said fresh produce would be sourced from Western...

Coles has initiated a voluntary consumer level recall of their ‘Coles Smart Buy Frozen 20 Hamburger Patties’ due to the possible presence of metal fragments in some product. Only the product...

Simplot Australia has purchased the licence to manufacture the Lean Cuisine, Maggi and Papa Giuseppe brands from food giant Nestlé. The move will see Simplot takeover the operation of the Pakenham factory...