More and more consumers and corporations are touting the benefits of "local" foods, often described as "sustainable," "healthy," or "natural." According to the trade publication, Sustainable Food News, "local" as a marketing claim, has ...
Tags: local food, organic food, farming
No water for agriculture is slow-moving disaster At least $68 million has been poured down a rat hole thanks a bunch of brainless anarchists who don't seem to understand that the public is not fearful of genetically modified food and sees ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye today announced research has been commissioned to assess New Zealand consumer understanding and the impact of nutrition labelling on food. "I have asked the Ministry for Primary Industries to commission ...
Tags: Food Labeling
Premier Foods has confirmed press reports that it is seeking a partner to raise funding for its troubled bread business. Sliced and diced: Premier Foods is looking for a partner for its troubled breads business The debt-laden food ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
We supply to our clients the essential ingredients for our industry. Processing, packaging and material handling machinery.The vast range of specialised machinery covering these 3 areas is huge and it can be bewildering choice when deciding ...
Private label is growing globally and its market share is already 25% or more in the top 36 supermarket categories in 80 countries. Private label products or services are typically those manufactured or provided by one company for ...
Tags: Sourcing in China, Sourcing Events, Private label products, OEM
Safeway, an American supermarket chain, has initiated a voluntarily recall of several products supplied by or containing ingredients supplied by Reser's Fine Foods or Taylor Farms. The move is in cooperation with the Reser's Fine Foods ...
Tags: Deli Products, Fine Foods
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims has given the regulator's perspective on the debate surrounding the market share held by the two major supermarket chains. Mr Sims was speaking at the Australian Food and ...
The aim is to make the supermarket a "true wine destination" and every wine brand has been revamped to suit "every occasion and price point". Accessibility was another key requirement. Elmwood's solution was to create a distinctive ...
Tags: Wine packaging, Packaging, Printing
After you wash and chop your fresh vegetables to prepare a delicious and healthy salad, would you pour a bottle of corn syrup over your dish or sprinkle the greens with sugar? You probably think that this sounds like a disgusting idea. Yet ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The forthcoming Citroen C4 Cactus production car will retain the protective exterior ‘Air Bump’ system and front bench-style seating of the creative concept on which it’s based. Two key members of the Citroen C4 Cactus ...
Tags: Bench-Style Front Seat, Citroen C4
Simplot has been awarded a three-year contract worth A$16.5m by Australian retailer Woolworths to supply private label Select frozen vegetables. The supermarket chain said that the deal will lead to production of an additional 5,100 tons ...
Deals with Tesco and Sainsbury have helped build Leeds Brewery's sales, co-founder Sam Moss claimed, as it announced planned expansion of production and pub operations after securing £395,000 from Santander Corporate & Commercial. ...
Tags: Brewery Growth
Alvanon, the world’s leading apparel sizing and fit specialist, has announced that the new childrenswear brand launched by Morrisons , NUTMEG, has committed to a long term fashion fit strategy based on the AlvaForm range of technical ...
The supermarket giant has taken out 1g on the 500ml and 5.5g on the 2 litre bottles of Highland Spring and Eden Falls brands. Asda is also set to carry out further work to lightweight the 5 litre bottle. According to Asda, the lightweighted ...