Food manufacturing giant Sanitarium risks tarnishing its brand image through its dispute with a South Island shopkeeper.

If you've booked a table but can't make it let the venue know, writes Don Kavanagh.

Soft drink makers have been compared to drug dealers by an expert in addictions.

Scenes from the 2012 Wildfoods Festival in Hokitika. There was rare and exciting tastings of pukeko, paradise duck and mmoked trout, as well as huhu grubs and all kinds of other grub up for grabs at the festival today.