A feast for the eyes and the taste buds, the hearty lamb cutlet and kumara mash pie from The Clareville Bakery in Carterton, Wairarapa has been judged the country’s best pie at the 2014 Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards.
Small and independent craft brewers enjoyed continued growth in the first half of 2014, according to new mid-year data released by the Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade association that represents the majority of US breweries.
Young Australian vintner Nick Glaetzer’s made history when his Glaetzer-Dixon Mon Pere Shiraz won a major national award. Glaetzer’s gamble embodies a major shift in Australia’s wine-growing industry as it responds to climate change.
Inghams Enterprises has been recognised at the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology’s Food Industry Excellence Awards, winning the award for Excellence in Eco-Efficiency.
Whittaker’s and Griffin’s, two iconic New Zealand treat specialists, have teamed-up to create the limited edition, quintessentially Kiwi, Whittaker’s Hundreds and Thousands 250g block.
Wal-Mart has named ex-pat New Zealander Greg Foran as Chief Executive Officer of its US division. Foran began his career packing supermarket shelves in Hamilton in the ’70s and was one of two men Warehouse founder Stephen Tindall hand-picked back in the ’90s to be his potential successor.
The I Love Pies brand, which is well established in the North Island, has now launched in the South Island. The handmade pies are baked in Christchurch and are now being stocked in selected South Island Pak’nSave, New World, Countdown, and Raeward Fresh (Christchurch) stores.
Countdown has received consent to build a new supermarket in Vogeltown with local developer Brooklands Development Ltd, which will create up to 80 new jobs for the city and engage dozens of local construction workers and building contractors.
The classic Cadbury chocolate bar is now available in a 210g block. A Picnic to share! Cadbury Picnic blocks are filled with peanuts, toffee and rice crisps covered in delicious Cadbury Dairy Milk milk chocolate.
The majority (56%) of New Zealanders feel optimistic about job opportunities and their personal finances, according to consumer confidence findings from Nielsen.
The Baby Show is coming to Auckland again and will be held at the ASB Showgrounds from 22 to 24 August 2014. Organised by North Port Events, the show features the latest baby products to support health and wellbeing.
In a statement issued this week, Griffin’s Foods Limited said it “is pleased to announce the sale of the company from funds advised by Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) to Universal Robina Corporation (URC) for NZ$700 million subject to Overseas Investment Office (OIO) approval.”
