UK retailer Asda has extended its “price guarantee” to refund the difference to consumers if it is not 10% cheaper than its main rivals.Around 15,000 products listed by independent price checker...

The rising cost of raw sugar ate into the bottom line at US sugar refiner Imperial Sugar during its fourth quarter, the company has reported.Imperial posted a net loss of US$2.3m for the three months to...

Effective immediately, Solae will increase prices of its high quality soy ingredients by 7-9 percent across the globe. Solae state that like many food companies, they have been affected by general inflationary...

The Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation is extremely concerned for the future viability of dairy farmers following the release of details of current negotiations between collective groups of dairy...

It really is too early to call either way. No, not the UK General Election, but whether consumer confidence is finally returning.Have British consumers shaken off the recession? After 18 months of belt-tightening,...

Fonterra has announced a price increase of 20 cents per kilogram (c/kg) of milk solids (i.e. 12c/kg butterfat and 30c/kg of protein) for dairy farmers who supply its manufacturing sites in Victoria and...

Australian sugar prices have recently reached levels not seen for 30 years, driven by high demand from India and poor harvest progress in Brazil. According to a prediction in the latest NAB Rural Communities...

Fonterra announced yesterday a price increase of 17 cents per kilogram (c/kg) of milk solids for Victorian and Tasmanian dairy farmers. The price increase will will be backdated to 1 July 2009 and predicts...

Retail researchers British Retail Consortium and Nielsen in the UK have reported the lowest food inflation rate of the year, falling from 1.4 per cent in April, to 1.3 per cent in May. This is the second...

In a bid to tackle Australia’s obesity crisis, Mars has responded by reducing the size of its popular Mars bar, but without reducing the price. Among a whole line of products also facing reduction...