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Patrick Hatch

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Patrick Hatch is transport reporter at The Age and a former business reporter.Connect via Twitter or email.

Maggie Beer has built a culinary empire over the past 40-odd years.

'Incredibly emotional': Maggie Beer to sell eponymous food business

After working up to 70 hours a week, the self-confessed 'control freak' says she finally feels ready to let go.

  • Patrick Hatch
Hot chocolate in a signature hug mug at Max Brenner.

Chocolate chain Max Brenner collapses

Upmarket chocolate and cafe chain Max Brenner's Australian business has gone into voluntary administration, citing rising costs and sluggish retail trade. 

  • Patrick Hatch
The ACCC has called for a code of conduct to increase farmers' share of profits.

Supermarkets' $1 milk not to blame for farmers' woes, ACCC finds

Supermarkets selling home brand milk for $1 a litre is not to blame for Australian dairy farmers being paid low farm-gate prices, the competition watchdog has found.

  • Patrick Hatch and Darren Gray
Aldi's new store format increases space dedicated to fresh food from 15 to 25 per cent.

Aldi's fresh food offer puts heat on Woolworths and Coles

Aldi's billion-dollar fresh food facelift for its supermarkets is giving it more pricing firepower.

  • Patrick Hatch
Red Rooster is looking to float on the ASX.

Chicken to your door the next front in fast food fight

KFC Australia will trial home delivery next month, as the chicken frying giant tries to keep pace with the rapidly changing fast food market.

  • Patrick Hatch
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Dean O'Callaghan has had to pull his kombucha from 700 stockists.

'Live' kombucha tea falls foul of Victoria's soft drink alcohol limit

It's adored by hipsters and health nuts, but now regulators are cracking down on kombucha.

  • Patrick Hatch
Carl's Jr advertisements, like this one featuring model Charlotte Mckinney, have been controversial in the United States.

Raunchy US burger chain Carl's Jr opens in Australia

American fast-food chain, Carl's Jr, noted for its raunchy ads will launch a front in Australia's burger wars on Tuesday.

  • Patrick Hatch
Nescafe's Cafe Menu range.

Nescafé Cafe Menu recipe change brews social media outrage

Nescafé blocks angry customers from its Facebook page after being inundated with complaints about the new taste of its popular coffee sachets.

  • Patrick Hatch
McDonald's is hoping all-day McMuffins will help boost sales.

New McDonald's menu makes customers wait for kilojoule information

Fast food giant McDonald's has introduced new menu displays that make it harder to see and compare the calories in its products, angering health advocates and potentially breaching food labeling laws.

  • Patrick Hatch
Cold comfort: Lorraine and Graham Browne eat one last Dairy Bell ice cream.

Iconic ice cream maker Dairy Bell to shut factory and stores

After 45 years of business the iconic ice cream maker is closing its factories and stores.

  • Patrick Hatch

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