Fonterra is making farmers more sophisticated and is attacking the food services markets.

Kiwis spend more than $9b eating out each year. That's igniting a cut-throat battle.

How a partially blind man turned a family secret into a thriving business with 35 workers.

If the people won't go to McDonald's, then the Big Macs must go to them. At least that's the plan in the US.

The City has given its blessing to a dramatic break-up of consumer goods goliath Unilever.

In Australia , rapidly growing Mexican chain Guzman y Gomez has teamed up with Google to develop a "virtual drive-through" in a bid to take on McDonald's.

Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer giant has rebuffed a NZ$198bn plus takeover approach from US rival Kraft Heinz.

New Zealand retail sales gained in the fourth quarter, led again by motor vehicle and parts retailing.

Experts reveal their incredibly simple money saving tips to help keep your shopping bill down.

First quarter sales volumes rose at the slowest pace for three quarters.

A range of new food products are hitting the supermarket shelves and a food chain boss says much more is to come.

Highly stylised burgers look little like the real thing from the counter.

Eli talks with Jak Jakicevich about family history that links with his business Glengarry.

It's a simple formula: buy a delicious lunch, and a hungry child will get one too.

Not only do you get handsomely paid for doing your job, even if you don't do it particularly well, very often you also get paid for leaving your job.

A prominent commercial property development specialist has been appointed to head one of Auckland's wealthiest land owners.

Kiwis are guilty of putting too many extras and treats into their trolleys, writes Diana Clement. One tip: nothing in the drinks aisle is an essential.

Rugby World Cup fever is creeping into stores and supermarkets as a number of All Blacks-related products are rolled out.

There's nowhere to hide in a duopoly, as Ralph Waters has discovered to his cost.

Manuka Health, the functional food and dietary supplement company, is reviewing capital-raising options to help fund a global rollout of new products said to boost the antibacterial qualities of....

McDonald's unlikely defender, James Franco, forgot to tell you a few things about the corporation, writes Lydia DePillis.

They have just overhauled the company to try to save its future, but McDonald's has a past that is far from savoury either.

It was the first night I arrived in New Zealand on my working holiday visa. He was one of my brother's close friends.

Fresh food company Mad Group has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to raise $1.5 million for expansion of its Habitual Fix and Mad Mex brands locally and overseas.

More than half of the packaged food in our supermarkets is unhealthy.

Expansion by the two dominant supermarket chains has moved into a new phase, with more than $300 million of work under way.

A hunger for burritos and an eye for convenience led Ben Polkinghorne to develop the Bangerritos - burrito filling in a sausage casing.

Grocery delivery service My Food Bag isn't ruling out a sharemarket listing after announcing its new chairman, adman Kevin Roberts.

Stevia-sweetened fizzy drink Pepsi Next will hit our shelves next week, a month ahead of rival Coke Life - but will the new products do any good?