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Amazon launches Pharmacy subscription offer in US
Customers can pay as low as $1 per month for select medications, including drugs to treat diabetes and blood pressure, a...
Brands defend Malaysia’s Brightway over slavery allegations
Even so, the executive summary of each report concluded: "There is no forced, bonded or involuntary prison labour hired ...
Australia wine exports to China almost wiped out
Australian winemakers shipped just A$12 million ($9 million) of wines to China in the four months from December to March...
Coca-Cola the latest global brand to ‘Adopt a Park’ in Brazil rainforest
Coca-Cola Co on Wednesday agreed to sponsor a protected reserve in the Amazon rainforest, joining beer maker Heineken an...
Coffee and dairy help Nestle beat expectations in Q1
Food giant Nestle confirmed organic sales should grow more than 3.6 per cent this year after strong demand for coffee, d...
Amazon to let Whole Foods customers pay by palm print
Amazon.com Inc said it is rolling out biometric technology at its Whole Foods stores around Seattle starting on Wednesda...
Reliance Retail’s private labels revolution spooks global FMCG makers
Products like Snac tac noodles and Yeah! colas are Reliance's private label brands - and billionaire Ambani's not-so-sec...
LVMH’s Moet Hennessy buys in to Jay-Z’s Champagne brand
"I'm proud to welcome the Arnault family into ours through this partnership," says musician and entrepreneur.
DTC market to hit US$20bn this year as FMCG giants test consumer tastes
"People are more prepared to order directly from manufacturers than they were before. The time is now," says Kraft Heinz...
Botched Facebook ‘news’ ban catches Foodbank, retailers, charities
Facebook blames 'broad definition of news' for axing charity, business and government accounts in anti-government protes...
Coca-Cola switches to 100-per-cent recycled plastic bottles in US
Coca-Cola Co will sell its popular sodas in bottles made from 100-per-cent recycled plastic material in the US, in a maj...
PepsiCo renames Aunt Jemima pancakes, syrup as Pearl Milling Company
New brand will start to arrive in market in June.
Unilever eyes sales growth again as Asian demand grows
CFO Graeme Pitkethly said business in China had normalised in many categories, including in food service, since Covid-19...
Beyond Meat, PepsiCo to collaborate on plant-based snacks
The deal was the latest in a run of marketing successes for Beyond which include a distribution deal with Walmart
Couche-Tard CEO would love second shot at Carrefour deal
Alimentation Couche-Tard would revive its $20 billion bid for France’s Carrefour if the Canadian convenience store...
Palm oil planters say protest campaigns hinder sustainability shift
Sime Darby tries to defend its environmental record over palm oil plantations.
Couche-Tard drops $20bn Carrefour takeover plan
Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has dropped its US$19.6 billion bid to acquire European retailer Carrefour SA after th...
Staples makes US$2.1 billion bid for rival Office Depot
Nearly five years after the FTC scuttled a merger plan, US giants try again.
How much plastic are you eating?
In a month, we ingest the weight of a 4x2 Lego brick in plastic, and in a year, the amount of plastic in a fireman's hel...
Nestle takes Plant Harvest brand to China after successful ANZ launch
Nestle has launched Harvest Gourmet brand in China.