Earlier in December 2014, Australian Food News reported that food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index ...
Tags: Food, Beverage, Agriculture
Around 48% of all the pizzas surveyed across the UK were found to exceed the recommended limit for an entire day (6g/day), according to a report by the Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) and World Action on Salt and Health (WASH). ...
Tags: Half of Pizzas, Food
Supperstudio is a branding agency in Spain whose major client is Supermarket chain, Eroski. So while the agency touts its multi-disciplinary capabilities - “We develop product and service branding projects, packaging, creative ...
Tags: Supperstudio, Home Brand, Packaging
New EU food labelling laws have been introduced in the UK, requiring restaurants and takeaway outlets to tell customers if any of the main 14 food allergen ingredients are in the food served by the food outlet. The EU Food Information for ...
Tags: Labelling Rules, Restaurants, Agriculture
Australian supermarket Coles is set to refund payments made by certain suppliers, after the supermarket group admitted it engaged in unconscionable conduct when dealing with certain suppliers in 2011. The Australian Competition and ...
Tags: supermarket group, Agriculture
Australia’s growing appetite for healthy, convenient, pre-packaged salads is seeing the construction of the largest fresh cut salad facility of its kind in New South Wales, thanks to a new deal between producer of value-added ...
Tags: deli salads, baby beetroot, avocadoes, Agriculture
New categories in the organic sector in Australia have driven record growth in the $1.72 billion industry, according to a biennial industry report from organic certifying group Australian Organic. The Australian Organic Market Report is a ...
Tags: Organic Foods, Food
Premium water brand Fiji Water has launched its iconic square bottle designed products to Coles stores nationally. The water brand is available now in Coles supermarkets nationally in the 1 litre size. “We’re excited to ...
Tags: Fiji Water, Bottled water
The plastic pots for Simpson’s of Manchester’s Christmas Puddings that are being sold exclusively through Spar supermarkets for the 2014 season have been supplied by RPC Bebo UK. Simpson's which is a family-run business ...
Tags: Packages, Christmas Puddings
Chicago-based Kronos Foods has signed a licensing agreement with Meyer Family Farms in Adams County, Illinois, to market, sell and distribute frozen pomegranate arils. With this agreement, Kronos Foods will be able to offer pomegranate ...
Tags: Kronos Foods, pomegranate arils, Agriculture
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the cumulative results from the first two quarters of its year-long survey of campylobacter on fresh chickens, which showed that 70 per cent of chicken sold in UK supermarkets were ...
Tags: Chicken, Campylobacter Bacteria
UK-based Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury has developed a high quality polyester lidding solution for the new The Lake District Dairy range of quark based stir-in cooking sauces. These 50 micron polyester co-extruded lids cover a ...
In action: female forklift champion Jayde Graham. The National Forklift Championships has come to an end as the final event was held in Brisbane on Friday 28 November. The course design for the final round saw a very challenging layout ...
Tags: female, forklift champion, Service
Melbourne-based Mediterranean dips company Chris’ Dips has launched a new range of premium ‘heritage’ dips packaged in European terracotta pots. Chris’ Dips said the new Heritage Range is a premium dips range that ...
Tags: Blue Cheese, Almond, Smoked Gouda, Agriculture
Global beverage giant Coca-Cola has launched a limited edition range of 250ml cans of different colours to celebrate the arrival of the new slimline small Coca-Cola can. The coloured cans will be the first packaging change for Coca-Cola ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Colour, Agriculture