The supermarket price wars have had many victims, and the latest to be impacted by the ruthless competition that is squeezing food companies out of business is iconic Aussie pie maker Four ‘N’ Twenty.
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Mashed potato from a Slurpee machine…really?
The latest on the list of ‘Weird Slurpee flavours’ is not actually a version of the famous icy drink…it’s mashed potato.
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“Dictatorchip” over: Olympic committee overturns ban on non-Maccas chips
The Olympic Committee has overturned a ban on outlets at the games serving chips, which was deemed to be a breach of the sponsorship deal with McDonald’s.
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“Say no to crap” campaign encourages eating more fresh produce
A leading representative group for the produce industry has taken an interesting angle in its campaign to encourage people to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables.
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Duck supplier headed for court over misleading ‘free range’ claims
Australia’s largest duck producer is being sued for misleading advertising which claimed the birds were raised in ‘open range’ farms.
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Campbell’s Soup buys produce company for $1.55 billion
Campbell Soup has acquired US fruit and vegetable company Bolthouse Farms for $1.55 billion in cash.
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Industry-sponsored self-regulation: it’s just not cricket
The world keeps getting fatter and no country has yet successfully managed to reduce adult rates of overweight and obesity.
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Coles warehouse strike to impact supply
As a strike at a Coles warehouse enters its second day, experts have warned the impact will take less than a week to impact supply to supermarkets.
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Accessing the market with innovation
“If you combine the over-50’s with the number of people with arthritis or a disability, that means one in two are facing some kind of restriction with opening packages.”
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Fat of the land: how urban design can help curb obesity
Compared with our grandparents, feeding, clothing, and entertaining ourselves has never been easier: a one-stop weekly shopping centre trip in a car, facilitated by convenient parking and light-weight maneuverable shopping trolleys that allow us to whiz around the supermarket with ease.
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Nestlé working to educate Ivory Coast communities to end child labour
Nestlé has officially confirmed it is involving communities in the Ivory Coast in a new effort to reduce child labour, following a Fair Labor Association (FLA) report from November 2011.
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Victoria failing on alcohol policies: Auditor-General
The number of alcohol-related assaults in Victoria have risen rose by almost since 2001, while the number of ambulance attendances to deal with incidents related to alcohol more than tripled.
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Whispering sweet nothings: the evolution of the confectionary industry
The world of confectionary is filled with fun and excitement, shiny packaging and bright colours. But there'a also a lot of serious work going on in the industry.
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Packaging receives Halal certification
An Australian developer and manufacturer of sustainable plastics and packaging has received Halal certification for a new range of resins.
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Woollies denied liquor retail purchases
The consumer watchdog has ruled against Woolworths purchasing more liquor retailers, because it would lessen competition.
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Nuckin Futs approved for sale in Australia
It seems Australians do still have a sense of humour, after no official complaints were lodged against the “Nuckin Futs” brand name.
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Mapping Australia’s collective weight gain
In Australia today, around two-thirds of adults and a quarter of children are overweight or obese. This is a dramatic change from the landscape just 30 years ago when we first collected national data on weight and height.
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Subway’s chicken fillet is not a fillet at all: chain found in breach of advertising code
Fast-food chain Subway has been forced to rename its Chicken Fillet, after the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) found it to be misleading, because it is not in fact a chicken fillet, but rather processed meat.
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Major food companies targeting low income communities more likely to lead unhealthy lifestyles
A new report has found that major food processors are targeting low and middle income areas with their unhealthy products, armed with the knowledge that consumption of unhealthy foods is higher in amongst those societal groups.
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How does excess weight cause disease?
OBESE NATION: It’s time to admit it – Australia is becoming an obese nation. Today we launch a series looking at how this has happened and, more importantly, what we can do to stop the obesity epidemic.
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