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The Fourteenth New Zealand Ice Cream Awards are to be judged in AUCKLAND from Monday, 26th APRIL 2010.
The Ice Cream Awards which were instituted in 1997 are being held again this year. The specific objective of the Awards is the raising of standards and promoting the quality of New Zealand Ice Cream. The results will be [...]

McDonald’s will reach a milestone today when it opens its 150th restaurant in New Zealand, the first of 10 new restaurants to be opened in 2010.
Richmond, Nelson, will get the 150th restaurant as part of McDonald’s three-year $100 million capital investment programme into the New Zealand market, announced in 2009.
It will take the total to [...]

Malaysia - Anlene’s launch of its Concentrate Chocolate product yesterday is being supported by TV commercials and in-store sampling.
The TV campaign runs for a year while in-store sampling is being conducted at all supermarkets, hypermarkets and convenient stores, and bone health checks are also ongoing.BBDO is the creative force behind the campaign with Datuk Michelle [...]

Five winegrowers specialising in five separate grape varieties have joined forces to market their brands to the world’s fussiest wine drinkers.
It is the latest effort in a series of initiatives to develop New Zealand’s reputation as a producer of top wines other than sauvignon blanc.
The Specialist Winegrowers of New Zealand has been established by five [...]

Wellington’s queen of entertaining has five cookbooks to her name but her favourite dish is fresh vegetables from her garden.
Ruth Pretty has catered for the Queen, Hollywood stars at the Lord of the Rings and King Kong premieres, and travelled the world showcasing New Zealand food and wine. Today she becomes a member of the [...]

The New Zealand Honey Company was this year named New Zealand’s fastest growing company with a 995% increase in sales between August 2006 and August 2009. Agribusiness Editor Neal Wallace reports the little Dunedin company has grand plans for the future, which it says will keep its feet firmly on the ground. It took Chris [...]

Heinz Wattie’s Managing Director Nigel Comer has congratulated Mike Pretty on his promotion as Vice President, Global Ketchup, Health & Wellness, and Marketing Development for the HJ Heinz Company.
Mr Comer says this is a major role within the parent Company, and reflects significantly on Mike’s personal attributes and professional successes over many years at Wattie’s, [...]

A kiwifruit industry behemoth has the all clear to expand adding a further 5 million trays to its production schedule.
Seeka Kiwifruit Industries plans to buy Mt Maunganui-based kiwifruit and avocado packing and coolstore company Te Awanui Huka Pak in a $24 million shares and cash deal.
Te Awanui Huka Pak is set to amalgamate with Seeka-owned [...]

The All Blacks have been involved in filming a cooking segment for an episode of Italy’s Next Top Model at the Grani and Braci restaurant in Milan on Wednesday night (local time).
Five lucky All Blacks including Ma’a Nonu, Andy Ellis, Andrew Hore, Anthony Boric and Mils Muliaina got to cook with beautiful Italian women including [...]

All Black Andrew Hore summed it up best in his laconic, deadpan way.
“I wish I’d taken up modelling earlier,” he said, grabbing a beer to cool off.
This was as he trailed two of Italy’s most beautiful women, six Italian model wannabes and a few bemused but beaming All Blacks as the cameras went berserk.
For halfback [...]