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Treasury Wine Estates raises a toast for 2022 with bets outside China
The company "is positive on outlook across its key markets outside mainland China" for fiscal 2022.
Retail coffee prices to climb as frost and freight costs bite
"Roast and ground has only coffee and a bit of packaging. Your coffee at Starbucks might not go up as much cause you pay...
Coffee prices surge to seven-year high
Coffee trees are extremely sensitive to frost, which can cause severe damage and even kill trees completely.
Insight: How stranded and shattered seafarers threaten global supply lines
"I've seen grown men cry," says Captain Tejinder Singh, who hasn't set foot on dry land in more than seven months and is...
Unilever picks a battle with Israel over Ben & Jerry’s West Bank pledge
Israel has warned consumer goods giant Unilever of "severe consequences" from a decision by subsidiary Ben & Jerry's to ...
India’s Reliance Retail to buy Just Dial for $469 million
The deal will help Reliance get access to Just Dial's massive merchant database that spans across the country.
Beyond Meat opens JD store, as Chinese remain wary of meat substitutes
Expanding into the retail segment by selling on JD will help Beyond Meat reach a wider audience in China, which is incre...
Fonterra sells stakes in two Chinese farms
Fonterra, which owns 51 per cent of the two farms, said the sale is not subject to any regulatory approvals and is uncon...
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.