As the credit crunch hits the hip pocket of Australian consumers brand loyalty is being tested. Current research suggests that consumers are already turning to private label in some categories in order...

Crust Gourmet Pizza Bars is set to reduce waiting time and improve energy efficiency with the help of a new oven – the first of its kind to be released in Australia. Crust’s flagship Annandale...

In the wake of an Australian survey by Deloitte finding Australians were yet to embrace online grocery shopping, new UK research has established that baby boomers hold the key to growth of online grocery...

Australians are yet to embrace the internet when it comes to shopping for food and groceries, according to a survey released today by Deloitte. The survey discovered that food and groceries were the least...

Tech-savvy pizza lovers will soon be able to order through their television with a touch of a button, with Dominos’ Pizza partnering with Hybrid TV, the exclusive licensee for TiVo in Australia,...

The Kellogg Company is attempting to utilise consumer insights collected from virtual shopping to enhance the packaging of its breakfast cereals. Consumers are now more demanding than ever, private label...

PepsiCo and their UK bottler, Britvic, have announced they will use one of the hottest trends in Japan, QR (quick response) codes, to strengthen ties with their consumers. The codes will appear on around...

PakSense, Inc., an innovator in sensory solutions for packaging, announced at the recent Produce Marketing Association’s annual Fresh Summit convention that it will release a wireless version of...

The CSIRO Food Futures Flagship has developed an automated instrument for accurately predicting glycemic index (GI) and resistant starch (RS) in food products. The prototype device is an in vitro (bench...

Modern supermarkets and retailers are constantly looking at new ways to utilise every bit of available space to promote and advertise. Retailers often hang signs from the ceiling, glue banners to the floor,...