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The retail trade may be in for a challenging trading period this Christmas, though food retailers will fare the best according to the latest AFGC CHEP Retail Index.

Murray Goulburn has said it will continue to battle on in its bid to take over WCB despite Canadian contender Saputo bettering its offer.

Negative public opinion and taxes relating to sugar usage are on the way and food and beverage companies should prepare now, according to a new study.

The administrators of Tasmanian yoghurt company, Tamar Valley Dairy, have been given more time to explore proposals that could save the company.

Simplot has announced its vegetable operations at Bathurst, NSW and Devonport, Tasmania will continue to operate for now, but there will be changes.

Patties Food's frozen desserts brand, Nanna's, is moving beyond fruit pies and into European-style doughnuts with the launch of a new 'special treats' range.

An exotic premium home-grown honey product sourced from beehives at The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney is now commercially available.

The latest findings on how to design food to make it more nutritious are being revealed at The Food Structures, Digestion and Health Conference which kicks off today.

Woolworths will source all of its Select private label range of frozen vegetables from Simplot in a move that will see it source all frozen vegetables from Australia by May next year.

Dairy co-operative Murray Goulburn has joined the takeover battle for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter with a higher bid than both Bega and Saputo.

Despite the price war currently underway in Australia's retail sector, only one per cent of shoppers believe they are getting better value, according to research by Nielsen.

Yellow Tail maker, Casella Wines, is launching a new range of packaged wine spritzers under the Bondi Rd brand.

A two-year $9 million packaging, handling and distribution upgrade at George Weston Foods' Tip Top Bakeries factory in Springwood is complete.

Foodbank is marking World Hunger Day with the launch of a public appeal to raise $2 million for a new warehouse in Sydney to meet heavy demand for supplies.

Frozen food processor McCain Foods will close its factory in Penola in South Australia's south east, resulting in 59 redundancies.

William Grant & Sons has this week launched a rare $1,250 Glenfiddich whisky to mark 125 years of whisky making at The Glenfiddich Distillery in Scotland.