Perth's booming high-end chocolate market has lured WA and eastern states-based players hoping for a piece of the action, which is traditionally topped up at Easter.
A bid to halve Sunday penalty rates for workers in the retail, fast food and hospitality industries has been rejected by the national workplace relations tribunal.
The decline in Australian wine production is tipped to continue over the next five years but the industry could eventually be more sustainable and profitable as a result.
Four years on from a period of scathing reviews and business upheaval, C Restaurant is gearing up for one of its busiest days of the year. Shanna Crispin asks director David Preston what's changed.
The Terrace Hotel Restaurant is steadily making a name for itself as a dining destination among Perth's business community, despite a number of setbacks. Shanna Crispin reports.
A $30,000 fine imposed on Kentucky Fried Chicken for illegally employing children to work later than 10pm at three of its Perth outlets is not enough, an affiliation of 40 unions says.
Coca-Cola Amatil says trading conditions in Australia have picked up in the lead-up to Christmas as the beverage group forecasts a lift in profit and revenue for 2012.
Former Freehills managing partner John Atkins has agreed to head up a review of Western Australia's current liquor licensing system and Sunday trading regulations for hospitality operators, as part
Local wine makers must stop whining about the high Australian dollar and back themselves to win their share of global sales, says producer Australian Vintage.
The Western Australian Farmers Federation says dairy farmers need to receive at least 42.5 cents per litre for milk for the industry to be sustainable in WA.
The receiver of the ailing food manufacturer behind the iconic Rosella brand says he's confident the business will be able to continue trading as the hunt for a buyer continues.
More support is needed for the struggling Australian food production sector after iconic food brand Rosella was placed in receivership, a national vegetable growers' group says.
The group behind iconic food brand Rosella has been placed into receivership in another worrying development for Australia's ailing manufacturing sector.
Horticulture is proving the latest attraction for Chinese investors, with a major Donnybrook vineyard that was at the heart of one of the state's most expensive tax-driven financial disasters becom
Superstar chef Heston Blumenthal has pulled out of a scheduled headline appearance at a gourmet food festival in Margaret River after two of his chefs died in a Hong Kong car crash.
A "gold rush" type obsession with abalone could cost more lives, according to a fishing expert, as the search continues for a Malaysian national washed away while searching for the marine delicacy.
