Category : Food News

Woolworths develops in-store education for kids

Brick and mortar supermarkets are developing new strategies to woo shoppers to engage in the physical experience of shopping in person. At the same time, shopping is a learning opportunity for giving children knowledge as part of the family expe...

ACCC penalises Jenny Craig for its “10kg for $10” TV ads

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has taken action to reiterate the importance of transparency between businesses and consumers by requiring adequate disclosure. The ACCC action has also emphasised the importance of consu...

Winemakers sign MoU with Alibaba, in industry-wide approach

Australia’s wine producers stand to make significant inroads into the Chinese market from a deal with Alibaba. Wine Australia and Chinese multinational e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to better sho...

Nespresso’s new coffee pod typifies lots of innovation

Nespresso has released its new compatible Baileys Premium Coffee Pod in Australia and New Zealand, across a variety of retail stores including Coles and Woolworths, and online at www.expresspods.com.au. Brand synergies combine with innovator to...

Retail Food Group fights back tough time

One of Australia’s leading café and pizza franchising groups, Retail Food Group es expecting further poor results. The group expects FY18 underlying NPAT (Net Profit After Tax) to be approximately $34.5 million and the statutory NPAT to be a los...

CSIRO develops Broccoli powder, for coffee and other things

Broccoli growing in popularity for Australians Bunches of broccoli deemed too imperfect looking to be stocked on shop shelves have been ground up and turned into a powder by science agency CSIRO and agriculture group Hort Innovation. Every two t...

Arnott’s launches #whatacracker campaign

Based on national research, Australia’s iconic biscuit brand Arnott’s calculates that in its history Arnott’s has sold savoury biscuits that weight more than one thousand Sydney Harbour Bridges combined – or 59 million tonnes to be exact. “When...

Linkage between nutrition and flu immunity

The cold and flu season has begun and the importance of good nutrition when it comes to your immune system can’t be underestimated. No one food will magically fend off the flu, but certain nutrients take the lead in helping protect your body fro...

Woolworths moves on product packaging will impact suppliers

Supermarket giant Woolworths has pledged its commitment to phase out selling plastic straws, and plastic packaging in fruit and vegetables in its latest announcement on the stores sustainability initiative. Anyone providing the supermarket with...

Coles says no to packaged bananas

Coles will remove plastic wrapping from its bananas and other fresh produce as part of a wide-ranging series of commitments to reduce food waste, landfill and plastic packaging over the next four years. Announcing a what it called an “unpreceden...

Food delivery apps used by more than two million Australians aged 14+ according to Roy Morgan

New research from Roy Morgan shows nearly 2 million Australians aged 14+ (9.8%) now use Uber Eats, Menulog/Eatnow.com.au, Deliveroo or one of the many other meal delivery services in an average three months. The research into Australians and the...

Australian Manuka adopts Mark of Authenticity to meet international standards

The Australian Manuka Honey Association (AMHA), in partnership with leading scientists, has established a set of standards for authentic Australian Manuka honey. Honey that carries the AMHA’s Mark of Authenticity must be pure, natural Manuka hon...

Borrowdale ‘Free Range Pork’ wins top award

Gooralie Farm at Goondiwindi supplies leading organic meat company Arcadian’s free-range pork brand Borrowdale, which has just taken out the Australian Pork Limited’s prestigious Steak Your Claim competition. Run by Mark and Charisse Ladner, Goora...

Boost Juice teams with Bega on Vegemite smoothie marketing campaign

Australian Juice bar business Boost Juice has entered into a new marketing campaign with Bega to bring the country a Vegemite flavoured drink. The Vegemite Boost is a smoothie that combines chocolate, vanilla yoghurt, banana and a hint of Vegemi...

Subway appoints CEO as expert for changes

Geoff Cockerill has become Chief Executive of Subway as Country Director for Australia and New Zealand on Monday 4 June 2018. Ian Martin, Vice President of International at Subway said that Geoff’s successful track record in organisational chang...