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DB Breweries cuts dividend to owner Heineken

DB Breweries owner Heineken cut the dividend it took, despite a rise in profits.

Burger King NZ's losses piling up

Burger King describes itself as the country's "second-largest burger quick service restaurant chain".

Low-fat diets and exercise 'pointless for losing weight'

Low-fat diets and exercise are pointless for those wanting to lose weight and obese people should simply eat less, a leading surgeon has said.

What your coffee says about you

Flat white or double espresso? Richard Godwin knows your character.

What it's really like at a craft beer festival

The art of ale appreciation takes on new meaning for Greg Bruce at a Melbourne festival dedicated to the amber liquid.

Call for Government to remove health star food rating

A lawyer turned passionate foodie is calling on the Government to remove a health star rating system for food -- saying it only encourages people to eat products packed with sugar.

A history of advertisers missing the mark with women

A backlash against High Heel beer shows the evolution of gendered marketing.

Where's Jamie Oliver's Auckland restaurant?

Jamie Oliver won't be opening a Wellington restaurant - and now cold water is being poured on reports of an Auckland expansion.

Australian KFC pushes Restaurant Brand sales up

Restaurant Brands NZ lifted first-quarter sales 8.5 percent as the acquisition of New South Wales' biggest KFC franchise bolstered revenue in the period.

Noodle packet's mystery mould, or mouse?

A woman has been left bewildered by a strange grey clump found in a packet of hokkien noodles.

Workers abused at understaffed KFC

Frustrated customers are becoming increasingly angry and taking it out on staff, who have reported having things thrown at them.

Cold coffee is booming

The coffee industry is getting ready for its very own big chill.

No more sugar-coating labels

The FDA has announced changes to nutrition information on food labels in the US.

The strange effects of alcohol explained

Why alcohol makes you feel warm - and other strange effects it has on the brain.

Disgraced blogger may be forced to publicly apologise

Disgraced blogger Belle Gibson could be forced to publicly apologise for claiming to have cured her terminal cancer with healthy food and natural therapies.

Baker allowed to pay child support in pizza

A court in Italy has ruled that child support can be paid in the form of pizza after a divorced baker supplied his ex-wife with 400 euros worth every month.