Adding new zest to longstanding food brand Wild Appetite has been an Auckland couple's recipe for success.

All eyes have been on Nadia Lim since winning the MasterChef NZ and now her My Food Bag home delivery service is launching in the Bay of Plenty.

Kiwis love good pizza - and now one of the keys to perfecting the popular fast-food meal has been revealed.

Burger King is buying Canada's Tim Hortons coffee-and-doughnuts chain in a deal which would create the world's third-largest fast-food company.

Craft beers are gaining in popularity here and around the world. As a result, some brewers are steering away from traditional ingredients, opting instead for unique (and wacky) flavours.

New Zealand's first crowdfunded capital raising has been completed with craft beer company Renaissance Brewing yesterday reaching its target of $700,000.

New-release wines continue to be of exceptional quality, which is good news for consumers who can select with confidence.

Russia widened investigations into McDonald's restaurants in what looks like a tit-for-tat retaliation against American interests after the West imposed sanctions over Ukraine.

A man is in a stable condition today after being impaled through his head by a hook on a piece of equipment at a Bay of Plenty meat works yesterday.

Export demand for New Zealand craft beer is expected to triple over the next decade as Asian consumers develop a taste for boutique brews.

Energy drink maker Monster Beverage has agreed to sell a 17pc stake to Coca-Cola, giving its founders a huge financial windfall.

Chocolate makers and fans of hazelnut-filled products including Nutella spread may need to brace themselves for price rises, after poor weather devastated hazelnut crops.

Top chefs are swinging into action to help educate kids who think potatoes are long yellow things from McDonald’s.

Sean Armstrong's baking business, Loaf, started in a fit of anger. As a chef, Armstrong outsourced the bread baking when he needed large volumes for functions at Prime Bistro.

Even after Chiquita banana shares jumped more than 30pc this week on news of a surprise takeover bid, investors are betting they will get more.

A $611 million unsolicited takeover proposal for Chiquita Brands could lead to the scrapping of its pending merger with Irish competitor Fyffes.

The rest of the world is now sending us some of their best wines, which enables us to see what all the fuss is about. These are worth checking out.

Supermarket giant Progressive Enterprises will snub its suppliers' annual industry conference because it has been stung by allegations it bullied them.

Russia's sweeping bans on imports of European, US and Australian food may prove a diplomatically embarrassing bonanza for New Zealand's cheese exporters.

Kids playing weekend games want heavily marketed sports or caffeinated drinks but a public health researcher says their choices are unhealthy and of little help on the field.

Danone is fighting to keep its New Zealand lawsuit against Fonterra alive and is appealing the High Court decision to put the case on hold.

A tiny rural Waikato town wants to establish itself as the "North Island's premier food technology hub".

A local board has had to go it alone in appealing against a proposed new liquor store opposite a Mangere school, after the Auckland Council refused to back the appeal.

An egg producer who made hundreds of thousands of dollars from more than 206,000 dozen falsely labelled eggs has been sentenced to home detention.

Pies have come a very long way from the flat, greasy petrol-station staple, finds Alexia Santamaria.

'Tis the season for hearty comfort food and wines to match. If you’re looking for cuddly, well-made and red wines that are a bit off beat … you’ve come to the right place.