Reports from Belgium have suggested that a dozen managers at an Anheuser-Busch InBev brewery in Belgium have been taken hostage after the company announced plans to slash their Belgian workforce by ten...

Kraft has received conditional approval from European Union competition authorities for their planned takeover of Cadbury, and can now turn their attention to satisfying Cadbury shareholders – with...

Retail sales rose a further 1.4 per cent in November, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported today, with ‘food retail’ (+1.6%) and ‘cafes, restaurants & takeaway food services’...

ASX-listed retail food brand manager and franchisor Retail Food Group (RFG) is set to reacquire the Brumby’s Bakeries master franchise territories for Western Australia and the Northern Territory...

The work of two health coalitions, one focused on promoting a safer community drinking culture and the other dedicated to reducing obesity in Australia, were recognised at the annual Victorian Health Promotion...

Western Australia could become the third Australian region to ban the plastic bag if the State Opposition has their way. The WA Labor Party is set to introduce a Private Members Bill to Parliament next...

The Consumer Goods Forum has advised that Jean‐Marc Saubade will take on the role of Managing Director, effective January 4, 2010. Saubade comes to The Consumer Goods Forum* – a leading consumer...

The general manager of supermarket operations at Woolworths, Marty Hamnett, is set to retire at the end of the financial year, according to reports. Mr Hamnett (54) has steadily worked his way through...

ASX-listed pizza maker Domino’s Pizza Enterprises has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to purchase Pizza Company, a pizza chain which operates 15 stores in Belgium, doubling the size of...

Federal Trade Minister Simon Crean has welcomed a breakthrough deal on banana imports into the European Union ending a dispute that has been running for 16 years.Mr Crean also welcomed a related agreement...