Home delivery is here to stay, suggests analysis by a global law firm, which notes that the food delivery sector is holding up in testing markets as businesses look to diversify.
Technological advances are changing grocery retailing as we know it – and this will have profound implications on the future of the food sector. FoodNavigator investigates.
Former PepsiCo executive Will Holsworth contends his clean-label food company's listing on Amazon - expected within a week - could skyrocket the company as Americans look for safe and fairly-priced foods.
General Mills, Kellogg, Unilever and Coca Cola Co. outline their plans to win in e-commerce, a channel tipped for growth in Europe where brands over-index.
With food-to-go taking a bigger bite of grocery markets around the world, Gavin Rothwell, senior retail insight manager at grocery research organization IGD, identifies the top five trends he believes will shape this sector in the future.
Britain's baking industry is set to come under further pressure following this week's announcement by Walmart subsidiary Asda that it is to invest a further £500m ($720m) in retail price cuts.
Grocery suppliers are being asked for their feedback on how the regulated retailers are complying with the Groceries Supply Code of Practice and on the impact of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA).
As Australian grocery duopoly Coles and Woolworths escalate their cut-priced bread battle, one analyst warns that they risk eroding consumer loyalty in an unprofitable ‘race to the bottom’.
Part of retailer’s plan to boost quality, attract organic food shoppers
In line with its focus on improving product quality and category performance in fresh meat and produce, Walmart is making a number of high-level personnel changes.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking public input concerning a proposal to provide more information to the public about the amount of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits used by participants at individual grocery stores...
PMMI reports the market for shelf-ready food and beverage packaging is growing, thanks to retailers hungry for presentable products and simple stocking.
The food store of the future will be shaped by the consumer’s increasing hunger for convenience, freshness, and speciality, according to one industry expert.
Online retailer Amazon beat Wal-Mart to become number one global retail brand, according to data from Millward Brown Optimor, with Tesco in sixth place.
Big interview: Craig Lieberman, founder & CEO, 34 Degrees
When Craig Lieberman flew to Sydney to study for a Master’s Degree in International Relations in the mid-1990s, his goal was to be a diplomat. But not long after he arrived, the idea for another, very different, career started to take shape.
EnWave has partnered with Lucid Capital Management, a holding company of ex-Brookside Foods' chairman, Hugh Wiebe, to sell Moon Cheese, dried cheese snack.
Many successful food brands have a founding myth. In the case of Bear Naked Granola, it is the story of the co-founders offering “breakfast in bed” to the wrong person.
Supply chain efficiency and lean manufacturing will be integral to slashing UK food and drink refuse, according to Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the organisation spearheading the cause.
Burton's Biscuit Company has signed a deal with Canada's largest supermarket firm Loblaw in a move that will boost its total exports by £70M over the next two years.
Phasing out the use of bisphenol A in the can linings of its private label brands has become a priority for Kroger as the consumer backlash against the chemical continues.
A host of big names in UK food and drink including Associated British Foods, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Kraft Foods have added their signatures to the second phase of the Courtauld Commitment.
Calls by town hall chiefs to force UK supermarkets to publish packaging statistics have been dismissed as a publicity stunt by an industry body, which said retailers already use the minimum of packing material.
Greater clarity on which supply chains areas to prioritise for action on waste could help food and drink manufacturers as well as grocery retailers identify opportunities to make cost and environmental savings, claims a UK government funded agency.
UK packaging supplier, Paragon, is opening a new packaging facility in Kenya to change its current pratice of air-freighting empty packaging around the world.
A new anti-theft tag can be inserted into the packaging of moist, fresh products such as cheese and meat to reduce the percentage of stolen produce in retail outlets, according to developers Sealed Air Cryovac and Checkpoint Systems.
International poverty pressure group ActionAid has called for a
system that would dissuade UK retailers from transferring excessive
costs and risks to their suppliers.
Germany-based retailer Metro has taken Kellogg's products off
its shelves after the cereal company attempted to pass on
higher commodity costs through price hikes.
The battle of wills between the UK food watchdog and industry
heavyweights over nutrition labelling threatens to destabilise the
balance of power between industry and government.
Despite warning of a possible drop in sales, UK bakery and
ingredients manufacturer, the Real Good Food Company (RGFC), has
said it is on track to meet targets when it announces interim
results later in the year.
European bakery shopfitter Berner Ladenbau was at the Anuga food
fair in Cologne last week, where it exhibited a new line of
equipment it is to fit in the bakery-cafe of leading German
supermarket chain Edeka.
The use of polylactic acid (PLA), a natural, biodegradable food
packaging alternative, took another step forward this week, as
UK-based Stanelco said its application of the plastic has been
approved for use throughout the EU and the...
Royal Ahold's sale of Deli XL to South Africa-based Bidvest of
South Africa was cleared yesterday by the European Commission,
serving as a sign another investment company sees opportunity in
Europe's stagnant food marketplace.
UK-based Stanelco has teamed up with a tray lidding machine
manufacturer as part of the company's bid to crack the food
packaging market with its radio frequency technology.
There's more movement in the UK's supermarket battle for supremacy,
as Asda announced yesterday it is cutting 200 management jobs and
adding about 1,200 store positions as part of a reorganisation.
The UK government must introduce a compulsory new supermarket code
ofconduct if it is to make up for past mistakes and save the food
industryfrom a spiral into anti-competitive practices.
