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Fast food giant McDonald’s is one of Australia’s largest employers.

McDonald’s fights landmark union bargaining victory

Other fast food players including Domino’s Pizza and Pizza Hut could be drawn into the tussle between retail unions and McDonald’s.

Ryan d’Almeida, chief executive of the parent company of Capilano Honey and Barnes Naturals Manuka Honey at the group’s Brisbane plant.

Stokes-backed honey group buzzing from rising Asian demand

Consumer demand from Asia and for “wellness” products is boosting the sales of Australia’s largest honey producer.

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Paraway Pastoral’s vast portfolio of farms can support around 250,000 cows.

Macquarie puts its sprawling Paraway agricultural empire on the block

The business is spread over 4.4 million hectares, and is expected to be worth more than $2.5 billion, attracting interest from major institutional investors.

Fresh jujubes from China are now welcome on Australian shores

Asian ‘superfood’ that helps you sleep is set to go big in Australia

Jujubes can help with everything from insomnia to depression, according to Chinese medicine. Canberra has signed a deal to make them easier to import.

Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereal at a Pennsylvania supermarket. The company is selling itself to European rival Ferrero International.

Italy’s Ferrero agrees to buy cereal giant Kellogg in $4.7b deal

The deal combines the maker of Nutella with the company behind Froot Loops cereals, diversifying its chocolate-heavy portfolio at a time of high cocoa prices.

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More than 63 per cent of T&G’s revenue came from its apple division which sells Envy and Jazz branded apples.

Private equity suitors get ducks in a row for NZ fruit & veg biz

The agriculture investor is taking a good look at T&G Global and is likely to throw its hat into the ring for the potential sale or break-up.

Melbourne’s Procal Daries supplies its milk products to cafes and restaurants.

Private equity drinks in family-owned dairy processor Procal

Anacacia Capital will invest in the $100 million revenue business alongside the Thyssen family from its Fund 4.

Dealmakers have made a motza turning over ownership of Australia’s big petrol station groups, and they’re not done yet.

Petrol pass-the-parcel: Woolworths curse too much for EG

Fifteen years ago, the supermarkets and offshore oil giants dominated Australian fuel sales. A succession of $1 billion-plus deals has changed things dramatically.

This steak at Margaret is a Mishima rib-eye which sells for around $350.

Sydney may be the world’s steak capital, but farmers are going hungry

Sirloins and ribeyes retailing for up to $350 are a triumph of Australian produce. But it reveals how far removed producers are from the value they help create.

Shock exit at Domino’s delivers a new problem with the lot

Domino’s Pizza’s Jack Cowin is a long-term business accumulator, not seller. Investors should take the hint.

Why Sydney has been declared the steak capital of the world

Nowhere else in the world can boast as many officially lauded steak restaurants. Self-confessed beef boffin Neil Perry tells us what’s going on.

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Queensland farmer David Robb is cautious optimistic after a spike in the wheat price.

Farmers welcome wheat price spike after Iran conflict

Wheat farmers are hopeful about the year ahead after turmoil in the Middle East triggered a long-awaited upswing in the price of the key Australian export.

Xavier Simonet, CEO of Collins Foods, which operates 288 of the 750 KFC fast food outlets in Australia.

Gen Z spending gives KFC operator Collins Foods hope

The company, which operates 288 of the 800 KFC outlets in Australia, says spending ticked up in the past eight weeks, prompting a share price jump.

Maido is named World’s Best Restaurant for 2025.

The world’s 50 best restaurants for 2025 have been revealed

The year’s finest dining locations are no longer a secret. Here are the winners and why Australia missed out – but made the runners-up list.

Crumbl cookies have taken the internet by storm.

Wall St is going crazy for these oversized, sugary cookies

Biscuit business Crumbl is a viral dessert sensation with more than $1.8 billion in sales. Now private equity is looking for a bite.

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Load up a tray from the bain marie at Da Bao.

The must-book new restaurants to dine at this July

A new dining hotspot arrives in Sydney, a quirky newcomer for Francophiles opens in Brisbane and a Malaysian hawker hero sets up shop in Melbourne – we hope you’re hungry.

This meat just became legal in Australia (and we tried it first)

One local producer is ready to start filling restaurants and supermarket shelves with lab-grown meat, a product on the cutting edge of food technology. Would you eat it?

Yo-Chi has emerged as a notable bright spot in Australia’s otherwise struggling hospitality industry.

Frozen yoghurt sensation Yo-Chi opens private funding round; taps UBS

The popular chain was making the rounds with potential investors last week, pitched as a healthy dessert alternative with $77 million in earnings forecast.

But the star power of food writer and television presenter Maggie Beer, who is also a director of the company, has not translated into solid investment returns.

Cordial maker Bickfords lifts stake in struggling Maggie Beer Holdings

The Kotses family, which owns the cordials brand and the Beenleigh Rum and Beresford Estate liquor businesses, has been building its stake in the food producer.

Annie Cannon-Brookes is making a multimillion dollar investment to the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation.

Annie Cannon-Brookes steps out on her own

A dinner conversation with famous chef Stephanie Alexander prompted one of Australia’s richest women to make a multimillion-dollar donation.

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