Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), commonly known as a drones, are usually deployed (and are certainly best known for) military and special operations, sometimes in a surveillance role but often in a combat capacity.
The growing popularity of cider in NZ shows no sign of slowing down and demand is certain to increase as summer arrives. Recognising the need for a lower alcohol cider, Monteith’s has launched Monteith’s Lightly Crushed Cider.
Judges have awarded a record 112 gold medals to wines from around the country at this year’s Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
Foodstuffs has just announced the results of testing carried out by independent laboratory AsureQuality. Results have confirmed that Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was not detected in any of the samples taken from the Living Foods property and processing plant.
The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by French food giant Danone to overturn a stay of proceedings in its law suit against Fonterra Cooperative Group pending arbitration in Singapore. The judges ordered Danone meet Fonterra’s costs for the appeal.
Veritas Investments Limited (“Veritas”) has entered into a conditional agreement to purchase the business and assets of The Better Bar Group of companies (“BBC”) as a going concern for $31.2m. This acquisition is expected to increase Veritas’ annual revenue to over $90m on a full-year basis.
Vogel’s fans can rejoice with the addition of a Sunflower and Barley variant to the exceedingly popular Vogel’s Very Thin range. Loved by Kiwis for its super crunchy-when-toasted quality, Vogel’s Very Thin range has less calories per slice, and nine more slices per loaf than Vogel’s Original Mixed Grain Toast.
Food giant Nestle is planning to hire 1000 robots as sales clerks at stores across Japan. The first batch of the chatty humanoid called Pepper will report to work by the end of the year at outlets that sell coffee capsules and home espresso machines.
More than 240,000 New Zealanders have type 1 or type 2 diabetes and every day 50 more people are diagnosed with the disorder.
New Zealand consumer confidence edged up three index points in the third quarter to a score of 102. The increase of three points from the previous quarter and five points from a year ago (Q3 2013) shows slow and steady progress for the country.
Waitrose in the UK has launched a click and collect service for its online wine website waitrosecellar.com. The new service will enable customers to pick up their purchases from over 300 Waitrose branches.
Faced with falling beer sales in key markets, iconic Australian beer brand Foster’s is looking to lose its blokey image and appeal more to female drinkers.
