Saputo welcomes ACCC decision

The $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) is open for business, and can begin investing across seven key areas outlined in the newly published NRF Corporation Investment Mandate. 

The Australian Food & Grocery Council has released a position paper, highlighting the limitations of the term ‘ultra-processed foods’ in research focused on public health and environmental outcomes, and offering an alternative perspective.

Following an investigation by the ACCC, yoghurt manufacturer Moo Premium Foods (Moo) will remove the ‘100 per cent ocean plastic’ claims from its packaging, social media and website.

Suntory Oceania has appointed Gordon Treanor as licensed sales director for Australia. Treanor will establish and lead the new Alcohol Route to Market team, a unit dedicated to executing sales, channel, and customer growth strategies in the Australian market.

Woolworths’ partnership with OzHarvest will see the supermarket match every dollar donated by customers to the charity's Christmas appeal in store and online until 26 December.

Beston Global Food Company’s Lactoferrin capacity expansion has progressed forward as the company anticipates Lactoferrin sales to surpass 10MT in the first half of FY24.

Food Innovation Australia Limited (FIAL) will soon deliver its Middle East Trade Readiness Forum, the first of a series of region-specific forums designed for Australian food businesses wanting to fast-track export and import developments.

Melanie Cooper has been appointed as the first female chair of Coopers Brewery in its 161-year history, taking over from Glenn Cooper who will step down in December after 22 years.

Global food and beverage group Retail Food Group (RFG) has entered into a conditional SPA to acquire Queensland pie maker Beefy’s Pies for $10 million. Family-owned, Beefy’s opened its first store in 1997.