Charlie’s of New Zealand is seeking new finance, but in the meantime is fighting on. Read more
After decades of warnings about salt, the white, grainy mineral seems poised to become the grocery's next bogeyman. Health and consumer advocates who see a rising epidemic of high blood pressure and related disease are making the latest push, an... Read more
For the first time in its history, Coca-Cola Israel is to launch a new flavour of the Sprite brand, which was developed in Israel and doesn't exist in any other country. Read more
US-based Jones Soda Co has launched a mystery drink to be deciphered by consumers who know past drinks in the range. Read more
They say a picture paints a thousand words. Sometimes charts do, too. Read more
According to Mintel's Global New Products Database, the number of new product launches in the US food and drink categories dropped 51% in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the first quarter of 2008. Read more
Hundreds of tractors driven by farmers angry about low food and milk prices caused traffic disturbances around central Luxembourg on 22 June, as European Union ministers met to discuss reforming farm policy. Read more
Australia's main opposition Liberal-National coalition has suddenly abandoned its opposition to a federal government tax hike on certain premixed alcoholic beverages popular with young drinkers, which should ensure the bill's passage through par... Read more
Sainsbury’s is the first supermarket chain to banish the cardboard cereal box, and has started selling milk in polythene bags. The step, which ends a 100-year tradition, will help to cut packaging on its entire range of products by a third. Read more
Pepsi, which was originally developed and marketed by a pharmacist as a digestive syrup, is revisiting its roots with an ultra-cheap soft drink designed to help the fight against anaemia in women in rural India. Read more
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