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The Bega Cheese takeover offer for WCB is not fair or reasonable according to an independent review by KPMG Corporate Finance.

New products have been critical in driving up spend levels and overall dollar growth for the wider beverage sector in Australia, according to a new report from Nielsen.

An eight-part reality TV show backed by Kellogg's Nutri-Grain and Sydney-based marketing specialist Brand Faction, kicked off yesterday afternoon on Channel Nine.

A new charitable agriculture project in the New England region of NSW will become a sustainable source of protein products for hunger relief organisation Foodbank.

The power of the mega-retailers is the single biggest constraint on business growth for food and beverage manufacturers around the world according to a new report.

IGA has launched a new "Gigantic Sale" campaign which will feature a massive shopping trolley that was specially built for the campaign.

The directors of WCB have recommended that its shareholders accept a takeover over from Canada's largest dairy processor Saputo instead of a lower offer from Bega.

Just days after Coles announced a partnership with TV chef Heston Blumenthal, celebrity chef and fresh food campaigner Jamie Oliver has been named as the new face of Woolworths.

Danone is said to be seeking at least $289 million in compensation from Fonterra after recalling its milk formula in August as a result of the recent Botulism scare.

Creditors will be asked to vote on a number of proposals relating to the future of struggling yoghurt company Tamar Valley Dairy before the end of the month.

WCB says it expects its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation in the current financial year to be double that of the 2013 financial year.

The Rethink Sugary Drink group has released an advertisement of a man drinking a glass of fat in its latest campaign against sugary drinks.

A TV advertisement that implies the passengers of the Titanic could have survived the 1912 shipwreck if they had been drinking Red Bull is not going down well in the UK.

Coca-Cola is no longer the world's number one brand according to an annual report by Interbrand.

Japanese beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings is rebranding the Australian liquor business it bought 18 months ago, and is boosting its sales capacity to include Schweppes soft-drinks.

Choice has asked NSW Fair Trading to investigate potentially misleading free-range claims in a "Super Complaint" about the premium prices consumers are paying for eggs.