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Australians are visiting liquor stores more often, but spending less

Australians are visiting liquor stores more often, but spending less

Australian liquor retailers are facing stiff competition for a share of consumer spending, according to consumer intelligence company NIQ (Nielsen IQ). The company's Omnishopper liquor data shows that while...
Meat, produce prices ease food price inflation
How music can influence the flavour of cheese (We’re serious!)
Food trends that will shape the snacking industry in 2024
Australian beef production on the rise amid global decline

Research Archives

Australian wine sales up despite lowest production in 15 years

This is the first time in five years that the total sales volume remained steady year-on-year. 

Five US consumer food trends that could be headed our way

Customers seek highly nutritious products and have also expressed a desire for beverage products that go beyond nutritio...
IFMCG Images more effective than colours to show product variety, a study finds

Study finds images more effective than colours to show product variety

The findings suggest that marketers should consider using images to identify line extensions and protect the master bran...

Australia faces sheep meat oversupply, high volumes of cattle meat

Australia is estimated to witness its largest sheep inventory in almost 20 years in FY23.
Global dairy product packaging market set to reach US$43.6 Billion by 2030

Global dairy product packaging market to reach US$43.6 billion by 2030

The report highlighted that one of the key driving forces behind the global dairy packaging industries is the increased ...
Canned alcoholic beverages market to reach US$76.5 billion in 2033

Canned alcoholic beverages market to reach US$76.5 billion in 2033

The rising popularity of alcoholic canned beverages - including wine, beer, and spirits - can be attributed to their con...
Chaotic cooking and content creators Global food trends for 2023

Content creators and chaotic cooking: Global food trends for 2023

The agency said these trends show what people seek and explain why beyond what ingredients are "in" or "out"

Food fraud is costing Australia $3 billion annually, says AgriFutures

Food fraud is the act of purposely altering, misrepresenting, mislabelling, substituting or tampering with any food prod...

Australian wine industry braces for inventory oversupply

The Rabobank report said that Chinese anti-dumping tariffs on Australian wine have disrupted the wine industry, with exp...
Mood and cognitive benefits poised as the next trend in F&B

Mood and cognitive benefits poised as the next trend in F&B

Mintel's research shows that 40 per cent of customers would like their diet to boost brain function, and 26 per cent to ...

Coffee research group progresses on naturally decaffeinated varieties

Companies selling decaffeinated coffee as well could benefit with reduced costs, since they could skip the industrial pr...

How Australia is in unique place to eliminate the bee-killing varroa mite

Australia is different from other Varroa infected regions of the world. Our incursion was smaller, it was identified ear...

Non-alcoholic drink sales double at BWS, Dan Murphy’s

To meet the demand, BWS and Dan Murphy’s have been expanding their non-alcoholic range.

Vodka-based drinks lead 40 per cent surge in RTD sales: LMG

The strong performance of RTDs sales were recorded in WA with more than 50 per cent growth, followed by NSW with 44.7 pe...

Māori-owned beverage firm Kaitahi harnesses benefits of native ingredients

Through the funding from HVN, Kaitahi will be able to research its product line’s nutrient composition, validate bioacti...