• The August issue can be downloaded at the Food & Drink Business website.
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The latest issue of Food & Drink Business is now out – and it promises to be a very meaty read. The August issue is chock-full of great stories and features - and it's available now to read online or download. Here's a small taste of what's inside:

Smart Business
Should you buy your rival?

Blue Sky
Sunny Queen CEO John O’Hara discusses the company’s move into pre-prepared egg-based meal solutions.

Huon's new plant
Huon Aquaculture’s world-class salmon processing facility in Tasmania is part of a $160 million growth strategy to create salmon products of the future.

Rising Star
Slimming brand shares its secret recipe

Shooting for the Moon
Australia’s beer sales may be flat, but microbreweries like Melbourne’s Moon Dog are bucking the trend and spawning new opportunities for suppliers.

Thought Leader
Omron Electronics’ Harry Mulder explains why a new breed of worker will be needed in the facility of the future.

Robots reach out
Robots are becoming more collaborative, and so are the companies that make them. Here’s a wrap of some of the latest alliances.


This is just a sample of this month's stories. Download the August issue here to read all of the latest hot topics, trends, and analysis.

Packaging News

More than 700 Woolworths supermarkets across five states are now accepting soft plastics again, marking a major expansion of Australia’s growing soft plastics recovery network.

The 2026 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards finalists have been announced, with this year’s shortlist spotlighting the innovations, materials and talent shaping the future of packaging across Australia and New Zealand – and setting the stage for a competitive run into the global WorldStar awards.

PulPac has signed Australian packaging company Zipform Packaging as a licensee of its Dry Molded Fiber technology, to accelerate the development of fibre-based solutions for food packaging applications.