Australian Pizza Hut franchise owners have initiated class action against parent company Yum! Restaurants over alleged business losses and failures. Pizza Hut franchise owners are claiming that Yum! breached...

Image by Maurice Chédel via Wikicommons A three year national trial of the health food quinoa has commenced across five Australian states. The grain has gained popularity over the past decade, prompting...

Australia’s pork industry researchers, Pork CRC, and the industry body Australian Pork Limited (APL) have found Australian consumers significantly increase their purchase of pork steaks once they have...

Regular consumption of sugar sweetened drinks is positively associated with type 2 diabetes independent of obesity status, but surprisingly other non-sugary drinks are linked with type two diabetes also. The...

Woolworths has joined with celebrity chef, Kylie Kwong, to introduce a new ready-to-cook meal range. The meals are all Chinese-cuisine inspired and include dishes such as stir fried beef with black bean...

Australian retailers can expect a slight improvement in year-on-year sales growth in the coming months according to the eighteenth edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail Index, just released by the Australian...

Baby rats whose mothers were fed a high-fat diet had larger than normal hearts with fewer taste receptors for bitter flavours, according to new UNSW research. The study, led by the UNSW Head of Pharmacology...

Mars has launched a new Maltesers-inspired chocolate bar in Australia. The Maltesers ‘Teasers’ bar consists of milk chocolate mixed in with small pieces of the biscuit found in regular Maltesers. The...

Australian consumer advocacy group CHOICE has analysed the country of origin claims for more than 320 packaged supermarket products in Australia. The range of products analysed for Country of Origin statements...

The GST exemption threshold for online sales of goods and services from Australian Goods and Service Tax (GST) is likely to drop soon from $1000 to $20 per item. Currently, Australians who make purchases...