The makers of one of NZ's best-known brands of pie were justified in sacking a worker who stored cockroaches in his locker, the ERA says.

Virgil Evetts and Diana Clement discover the public can benefit from student chefs learning on the job, with great food at bargain prices.

It's music to the ears of shoppers - competition is forcing the two big supermarket chains to keep a lid on prices.

Russia last week banned grain exports for the rest of the year after a severe drought and wildfires destroyed 20 per cent of its wheat crop.

Links with an established food company help an Indian cuisine specialist take on the Australian market.

A mother says she's choking on a supermarket's response after her son spat out a rusty pin in a bite of chicken.

Sheep and beef farming could all but disappear in New Zealand if "structural issues" causing profits to drop are allowed to continue, says Federated Farmers.

Pesticide residue in NZ fruit and veg are at worst ever levels, say pro-organic food lobbyists, with one saying new figures "are the worst I have ever seen".

Food prices dropped by 2 per cent in the past year - the largest annual fall since records began more than 50 years ago.

Food prices have fallen by 2pc in the past year, says Statistics NZ, the biggest annual fall since 1957.

A survey found that supermarkets applied mark-ups of up to 500 per cent on fresh produce.

McDonald's has come out in support of a new law freeing up the rules around staff work breaks.