McDonald's New Zealand had a 5.8 percent gain in sales in 2013, the year it relaunched the Georgie Pie brand after a decade-long hiatus.

Cathay Pacific's catering operations at Chep Lap Kok in Hong Kong last year produced 31.7 million meals for 41 international airlines.

The parent company of a firm that sold controversial currency trading software racked up a $109,000 debt for food and drink at a flash Auckland restaurant.

Cooks Global Foods, the New Zealand franchisor of the Esquires cafe chain in markets outside Australasia, is poised for North American expansion.

American drinkers will soon be able to sprinkle their favourite beverage rather than pouring it - as powdered alcohol drinks have been given official approval.

If you want top quality hot cross buns at a good price, you may be best to make them yourself.

I do love it when I'm shopping for something to include in this column and a reader offers to help me out.

A disease damaging banana crops in Southeast Asia has spread to the Middle East and Africa, posing risks to world supply and trade totalling $8.9b.

An Auckland business is looking to brighten sad situations by delivering free cupcakes to people nominated through a new social media campaign.

Creditors are claiming around $1.7 million from the company that owns the master franchise for Nando's fast food chain, which is in a "messy" liquidation.

Who knew you could age rice? It's a silly question, really. The answer is probably about 3.5 billion people or half the world's population.

Each week, Wendyl Nissen takes a packaged food item and decodes what the label tells you about its contents.

Leading winemaker Hugh Crichton believes the 2014 chardonnay crop could produce the best vintage for the style yet seen in Hawke's Bay.

A central Auckland restaurant shut down this month by its landlord is likely to leave creditors at least $100,000 out-of-pocket, according to a receiver's report.

New Zealand's top barista will be named today as competitors from across the country put their espresso skills to the test.

A Hawke's Bay winegrower is picking this year's Chardonnay crop to be the region's best ever vintage.

A pinot noir drop produced from Wairarapa-grown grapes by Hawkes Bay vineyard Craggy Range has been awarded a gold medal.

The monthly decline in food prices was led by a 6.5pc drop in vegetable prices and a 5.1pc reduction in fruit, according to Statistics NZ.

A downtown Auckland eatery has shut down after being put into receivership only several months after it first opened.

New Zealand's oldest tea company, Bell Tea, is set to shut its Dunedin factory next month, ending more than 100 years of tea production in the city.

Supermarket giant Countdown is facing fresh questions after large bins of whole snapper found at a waste meat processing plant were traced to its supply chain.

Meat lover Brendan Manning visits one of the country's best butcher to witness the process of breaking down the beast.

A stag night booze request has landed a Dunedin duty bar manager in trouble with police - and may even cost him his licence.

Kiwis are drinking more alcohol and eating more bread, red meat and takeaways than a year ago, data from Southern Cross shows.

Spanish star chef Ferran Adria has unveiled plans to open a "cooking laboratory", museum and database of top recipes at his world-beating restaurant elBulli.