Despite a significant storm that hit parts of South Australia and Victoria on 11 November 2016, Select Harvest says its almond orchards in the Riverland (SA) and Mallee (VIC) only sustained minor damage. The...

Woolworths has confirmed that it is reviewing its purchasing of canned fruits for its house brand from Australia’s major processor, SPC Ardmona (SPC). Woolworths has already announced that it will not...

Well-known Australian entrepreneur, Dick Smith, does not blame Woolworths for its decision to abandon its contract with SPC Ardmona (SPC) to seek another source for its own brand of canned tomatoes. He...

The chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Rod Sims, has warned Australia’s major supermarket groups this week of a tougher enforcement approach against their breaches...

An application from Illinois-based PureCircle Limited has been made to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to amend the definition of steviol glycosides in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards...

Australia’s largest family-owned beer group, Coopers Brewery, has completed another year with record sales of 81.5 million litres, a rise of 3.3 per cent. Packaged beer sales rose by 3.8 per cent and...

The recent annual results of Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited have delighted its investors. At the Annual General Meeting this week the company announced that pre-tax earnings for 2017 are expected...

After 98 years as a private company Australia’s big poultry processor, Ingham’s Group, floated this week on the ASX to a muted response. The shares were offered at $3.15 each to raise AUD $600million...

British consumers of Toblerone are blaming Brexit for an 11.7 per cent reduction in the weight of their chocolate of choice and are outraged that they have received no reduction in price. The weight reduction...

Brought to you by Trent Munro, Product Manager for Coding Technologies at Matthews Australasia The little black-and-white squares that are 2D codes have been around for a while. When they were first introduced,...