Award for Excellence in Food Safety
The Produce Marketing Association Australia-New Zealand’s (PMA A-NZ) Technology Manager Richard Bennett has received an award for Excellence in Food Safety.
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Vegetarian Awareness Month begins
Between looking for a more ethical way of eating, following the advice of health professionals to reduce cholesterol and celebrity endorsements of the lifestyle, vegetarianism is now very much mainstream.
Recall: Macro Brazil, Almond and Cashew Spread
Progressive Enterprises Ltd is initiating a recall of all batches of Woolworths Macro Brazil, Almond and Cashew spread as the product may contain peanuts.
From the editor’s library
Once they couldn’t give it away, now it’s liquid gold. Local legend has it that manuka honey was once so hard to sell that a Great Barrier Island man might have dropped his entire harvest into the sea, so low was the price he was offered for it.
A match made in heaven
A perfect marriage of New Zealand’s best milk and New Zealand’s best chocolate is about to hit local stores.
Celebrate NZ cheese!
New Zealand Cheese Month kicks off this week, with the country’s top specialist cheese makers, major supermarkets and cheesemongers all supporting the month long celebration of Kiwi cheese.
Shiraz/Syrah shines at the New World Wine Awards 2014
The highest number of medals ever was awarded at the New World Wine Awards 2014, following a record number of entries.
Supreme award for Sealord smoked salmon
Sealord Group’s Hot Manuka Smoked Salmon received a resounding thumbs up from both the professional panel of judges and the consumer judging panel at this year’s New Zealand Food Awards.
Foodtech Packtech 2014 bigger and better
The premiere event for the food manufacturing, packaging and processing technology sectors is on track to be bigger and better than ever this year, says Sales Manager Vanessa White.
Intermedia takes a stake in new product delivery model
The Intermedia Group has entered into a partnership with STOCK BOX to launch Australia’s first product sampling service for independent retailers.
New World Orewa to be refurbished
Foodstuffs North Island Limited has lodged an application for resource consent to refurbish New World Orewa, located at Moana Ave, Orewa.
UK retailers remove sweets from checkouts
Discount retailer Aldi has announced it will remove sweets from its checkout areas as it looks to operate “healthier tills” in the UK. The company said that all confectionery, sweets and chocolate will be replaced by items such as dried fruit, nuts, juice and water from January 2015.