Cherry production and cherry exports are booming in Australia and especially in Tasmania. In 2006-7 production in Tasmania was 2000 tonnes of which 300 tonnes were exported; in the 2015-6 season Tasmanian...

Such is the demand for barramundi in Australia that most of the fish described in Australia as ‘barramundi’ is imported. Questions could be asked whether the barramundi on your plate actually matches...

Aldi is still deciding whether it will join the Australian Voluntary Tax Transparency Code (TTC), despite the repeated urgings from the board of Wesfarmers, owner of Aldi’s competitor, Coles. The TTC...

In a “world-first”, researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne and Lancaster University in the UK have produced a table of the greenhouse gas emissions generated from production of a wide range...

Yesterday, China banned Viplus Dairy, a Victorian infant formula maker, from selling its products on the mainland. No reason has been given for the ban. The ban follows the suspension by China of Viplus’...

Woolworths reopened its Warringah Mall store on 10 November 2016, in a first-time display of its new supermarket format. Woolworths Format Development Director, Mr Rob McCartney, said that the redesign...

Woolworths has announced that SPC Ardmona (SPC) has signed a three-year contract to supply an increased volume of deciduous fruit to Woolworths for its private brand. The announcement came following an...

Aldi has announced that from second quarter 2017 it will begin on-line retail operations in China. The company plans to begin by selling wine and parts of its non-chilled grocery range, most of which will...

Australian farmers are worried that the overtly hostile rhetoric of American President-elect Trump toward imports might close their second most-important market. The US currently takes 11 per cent of Australia’s...

Australian regional food manufacturer, Byron Bay Chilli Co, has launched in Bangladesh under licence, six varieties of its best-known sauces. Demand for high-quality chilli sauces has boomed across Bangladesh...