The loyal single-supermarket shopper is officially a dying breed, with 70% of Australians now splitting their weekly grocery run across two or three stores.

Whether you're a lights-on-the-roof Bill or a never-seen-Love-Actually Barbara, here are five feel-good reasons to shop local this Christmas.

The app helping Aussies dodge additives and eat clean has hit 80k downloads - but what does the clean-eating craze mean for independent retailers?

With 250+ stores and a footprint three times the size of a typical Aussie supermarket, LuLu Group's arrival could seriously shake up the local grocery landscape.

As shoppers scrutinise every dollar, here's how independent retailers can sharpen their strategy to win - and keep - cost-conscious customers.

ALDI and DoorDash are now firmly coupled up, delivering budget groceries to every Australian state — and it's hard to look away.

When a handcrafted product goes mainstream, can it stay true to its roots - or does scaling up mean selling out?

With 7.6 million tonnes of food wasted in Australia each year, reforming the confusing "best before" label could be one of our simplest wins against waste.

South Australia has banned junk food ads from public transport as of July 2025 - here's everything you need to know about what's in, what's out, and why it matters.

Australia has joined a tiny global club approving lab-grown meat for human consumption - but is the world ready for a steak that's never seen a paddock?

Non-alcoholic drinks have come a long way from sad lemonade, but in a nation built on cold ones, can the sober trend hold its ground?

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That gleaming medal on the label might be doing more heavy lifting than you think when it comes to swaying shoppers in the aisle.

Health-forward foods are having a serious moment - but with budgets stretched thin, are consumers willing to pay a premium for products that promise to do more?

Drone food delivery has finally landed in Australia, and we're only just catching up to what the rest of the world has been tinkering with for years.

Nearshoring offers food producers a smarter middle ground between the cost savings of offshoring and the security of keeping production closer to home.

The humble coconut had its heyday - so what happened to the ingredient that once had us all wielding meat cleavers at the supermarket checkout?

With 23% of Australians now ordering groceries online each month, the rise of food apps and store-free shopping is changing what "going to the shops" even means.

From wine labels that talk to packaging that detects salmonella, AI is quietly - and not so quietly -reshaping food, packaging, and what it means to compete in the industry.

Freeze-dried lemon lollies with "as seen on TikTok" on the pack say it all - social media virality is now a legitimate path to the supermarket shelf.

Two in three Australian households now own an air fryer - and understanding why people love them so much is the key to feeding the obsession.