Fast-food chain’s chief says customers are more ‘discriminating’ after years of price rises
World’s second-largest brewer pushed into net loss following writedown of stake in Chinese group
A focus on ‘power brands’ is the new mantra for conglomerates once known for their heft
In spite of a glut, potato demand should make a comeback
A pandemic story
Report says issue will still affect 600mn people by the end of the decade
Senior toxicologist warns about toxic metals leaking from disused mines, calls for urgent monitoring
Global consumption has been in decline since it peaked in 2007
Jean-Marc Gallot’s efforts to broaden occasions when people drink bubbly butts up against tradition
Jacob’s Creek and other names sold to owner of Accolade Wines
Cell-cultivated meat has prompted opposition in countries such as Italy, France, Austria and the US
Migration Advisory Committee urges government to do more to stamp out abuses in seasonal worker scheme
Nongfu Spring criticises territory’s Consumer Council after it said company’s bottled water hit EU limit for bromate content
UK’s biggest supermarket aiming for extra £1bn in sales as spending on upmarket own-brand labels rises
Natural food and drink emporia are growing in the affluent parts of Los Angeles and London
The activist investor’s 10 per cent stake makes it the UK company’s biggest shareholder
Latest food safety scandal erupts over allegations of mixing toxic and edible liquids
Fears that price rises will spread across the rest of the world are misplaced
Further further adventures in VAT case law
Roasters’ profit margins squeezed as robusta futures soar 70% over past year
Stock hit after online food delivery group reveals potential €400mn penalty and plans to increase an earlier provision
Danish brewer’s two earlier bids have been rejected by UK soft-drinks maker
Diageo’s Irish stout loses laddish image and finds new consumers to become UK’s favourite beer
Small retailers try to keep trading in bombed-out wastelands
Shifting weather patterns are reducing crop yields and squeezing supplies, creating what could become a permanent source of inflation