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?

The China Southern Airlines partnership with chef and restaurateur Al Brown is aimed partly at getting more New Zealanders travelling on the airline, says its president and chief executive, Tan Wangeng.

Call it the happy-ever-after meal. About 28 weeks ago, St Dominic's Catholic Primary School principal Daniel Pepper put a McDonald's cheeseburger on display, and he says it hasn't changed since.

Irradiated fruit and vegetables from Australia are likely to go on sale here as early as next year.

Angry growers are doubtful authorities will be able to prove the origins of the painful food poisoning outbreak as a consumer backlash against carrots and lettuce hits home.

The MPI has released reports that show a high proportion of people suffering a painful food poisoning illness were exposed to lettuce and carrots.

Our official watchdogs on food safety in the Ministry for Primary Industries need a reminder of whose interests they serve.

You are just as likely to find Domino's New Zealand general manager Scott Bush in one of the 75 nationwide stores cutting pizza or delivering food.

For more than two years, Progressive Enterprises has wanted a new Countdown on its Devonport land.

The country's second-biggest supermarket chain has cut rubbish by thousands of tonnes after introducing an anti-waste strategy seven years ago.

A North Island New World has cut its waste from 11 tonnes to 3.6 tonnes a month in the biggest recycling initiative by the country's largest supermarket chain.

Gourmet burger operator BurgerFuel says regulatory hurdles in the United States mean it will be at least six months before its franchises can be offered there.

Not so long ago there was talk of a crisis in manufacturing. Recent figures, however, show the sector is generally in a more buoyant mood.

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.

Chris Mason had only modest ambitions for BurgerFuel when he opened the company's first store on Ponsonby Rd in 1995.

New Zealand fast-food operator BurgerFuel faces a major challenge as it takes "coals to Newcastle" by expanding into the US.

The Commerce Commission has confirmed it will formally investigate allegations of anti-competitive behavior towards suppliers by Countdown.

MP Shane Jones criticised for making allegations under parliamentary privilege.

The head of Countdown's parent company has strongly rejected claims from MP Shane Jones that he "leaned on'' local suppliers.

Labour MP Shane Jones renewed his attacks on Countdown supermarkets and their Australian owners, Woolworths, yesterday likening them to the Mongrel Mob.

It has taken three decades, but New Zealand food manufacturer Cookie Time has established its first overseas venture, opening a store in Japan.