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A b'day toast to sliced bread
Eighty-five years of the best thing since... This week marks the anniversary of sliced bread.

KFC eyeing up Queen St location
Fried chicken giant KFC is the latest fast-food franchise eyeing up prime real estate on Queen St

Wendyl wants to know: Fresh beef for thrift but convenience is canned
Buying meat in a can is something we used to do more when it was harder to get fresh meat every day.

Fruit and vege prices remain high
Health-conscious kiwis feeling the pinch this winter are unlikely to find any respite with fruit and vegetable prices expected to remain high.

Biggest jump in food prices in three years
Fruit and vegetable prices have spearheaded a 2.1 per cent rise in food prices for June 2013, the biggest monthly gain since GST was lifted to 15 percent in October 2010.

Sealord unit woes hit Aotearoa profits
Aotearoa Fisheries said its first-half earnings fell sharply after its 50 per cent-owned seafood business, Sealord, wrote down the value of its loss-making Argentinian fishing business.

New labels due to sugar blip
Cereal maker Hubbards has ordered a relabelling overhaul after internal testing found four mueslis had much higher sugar content than stated.

Gareth Morgan & Geoff Simmons: Takeaways tax will force sensible eating
Given most of this food is high in sugar, fat and salt, it is another milestone on the march to our collective doom, writes Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons.

Mr Whippy parks up in store
Mr Whippy has opened the first of what may become a network of retail sites around New Zealand.

Local fish - from China
Squid are making a round trip of more than 18,000km on their way to your dinner plate - after they are caught.

Chef's media empire crumbles
Paula Deen's merchandise and media empire is fast unravelling as fallout builds from revelations that she used racial slurs in the past.

French flag their daily bread
The French are increasingly shunning the traditional baguette, opting instead for cereal at breakfast, biscuits at tea time and pasta and rice dinners.

NZ awaits Oz results on food labels
The decision on whether packaged food in New Zealand will have a rating system of ticks, stars or colours will depend on how successful the scheme is in Australia.

Founding father after slice of pie
One of Georgie Pie's founding fathers says his contribution to the reheated fast-food favourite has been left in the back of a pie-warmer.

Wendyl wants to know: Jar of Fluff sets off sugar alarms
I am using this jar of Strawberry Marshmallow Fluff to christen a new food category for my column called "Loud and Proud".

Avocado shortage pushes prices up
An avocado shortage is driving up prices to almost $5 at some outlets and is worrying a sushi chain that depends on the fruit.

Statute shift saves sausage sizzles
The humble sausage sizzle has been saved by changes to the Food Bill that will allow communities to continue fundraising through the sale of food.

Is bottled water a sham?
New Zealanders spent a staggering $60.4 million on bottled water at petrol stations and supermarkets last year.

Muesli sugar way over the top
Hubbards cereals can contain more than double the sugar listed on the label, independent tests have found.

Brunch: Ironique Cafe, Mt Eden
We came here because I was bored of going to the usual jam-packed suspects (Circus, Frasers) on Mt Eden Rd.

The vouch for the pouch
Sales of canned food are dropping because there's a perception that products in pouches are more modern, and therefore better.