Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has warned it will take a significant non-cash impairment against its Americas business, with the company preparing to write off at least all US goodwill valued at $687.4 million as at June 2025.

Maggie Beer Holdings (MBH) chair Mark Lindh has used the company’s 2025 AGM to lay out a clearer path for stabilising and rebuilding the business, telling shareholders the group has “earned the right to grow” after a year of intense restructuring, cost-cutting and strategic refocus.

Winners of the 63rd annual Australian Export Awards were announced in Canberra on 26 November, featuring several food and beverage industry success stories – including Marquis Macadamias, Almondco Australia, and Munda Wines.

As 2025 draws to a close, many businesses are taking time to reflect and assess how they can stand their business in good stead for the year ahead. RSM Australia national manufacturing lead, Manufacturing, Louis Quintal, explains why future-proofing your business should be your 2026 new year’s resolution.

Select Harvests has delivered a strong turnaround in its FY25 financial results, reporting a net profit after tax of $31.8 million, up from just $0.9 million in FY24. The uplift was underpinned by higher global almond prices, operational efficiencies, and tighter cost controls.

Fifteen emerging leaders have today graduated from the Australian grape and wine sector’s flagship professional development program, Future Leaders.

A further $10.4m in matched grants has been allocated to successful applicants through the federal Industry Growth Program (IGP), including $344k for East Forged and $1.9m for Eclipse Ingredients.

The Tempo Group of Companies has acquired Spring Gully Foods IP and Brands, including Spring Gully, Gardener, Leabrook Farms and Ozemite, after it entered voluntary administration in October.

Intralogistics leader, Swisslog, and global snack food leader, Mondelēz International, have won an Australian Supply Chain and Logistics Association (ASCLA) award for a new automated distribution centre (DC) in Truganina, Victoria.

Yarra Valley-based non-alcoholic distillery, Banks Botanicals, has been acquired by Alchemy Distillers – aiming to support the brand in its next stage of expansion and innovation.

Pure Foods Tasmania (PFT) has acquired premium ice cream brand, Elato, as it looks to restructure its frozen desserts portfolio and establish a new multi-brand ice cream division.

Australia’s food system is under pressure. Climate disruption, rising costs and growing demand for transparency are creating complex challenges for farmers, food businesses and communities. A new report from Food Connect Foundation argues that the solution lies in rebuilding the “missing middle” of food infrastructure, and offers a strategy for how communities, industry and investors can do exactly that.

The IWSC has awarded Edenvale Wines the Low & No Wine Producer Trophy for the second year running, and named three Australian companies in its Top 50 producers – including The Whisky Club, Four Pillars, and The Gospel Distillery.

A coalition of health, agriculture and sustainability organisations has launched a national campaign urging the newly formed National Food Council to put people, communities and the environment at the centre of Australia’s emerging food security strategy.

Food redistribution platform, Yume Food Australia, has gone into liquidation after a decade of work reducing food waste – in partnership with companies including Sodexo, Unilever, Kellogg’s, Suez, and SecondBite.