Treasury Wine Estates premium brand, Penfolds, has appointed Simon O’Donnell to a global role as director of commercial strategy & planning, transitioning from his previous position of sales director ANZ.

From printing to publishing, Yaffa Media has always been about its people and niche audiences. Founded in 1925, it is one of Australia’s largest independent media companies. This year marks a centenary of storytelling.

Cultured meat start-up, Magic Valley, has received a $100,000 government grant through the Industry Growth Program, which the company says will directly support the scaling up of its production capacity and refining processes to prepare for commercialisation.

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The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) achieved several milestones in 1H FY25, including double digit revenue growth, declaring its first dividend, and upgrading its full year revenue and earnings guidance.

CSIRO has focused on supporting Queensland businesses in its latest Innovate to Grow round, a free R&D training program helping small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) transform ideas into research-ready projects. Applications close 16 March.

Infant formula company, Nuchev Limited, has appointed Nathan Cheong as its new CEO, taking up the role from Mick Myers, who will transition to COO in conjunction with his previous position as CFO.

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A selection of Victorian wineries will be featured at the world’s largest wine museum in France as part of a two-year partnership with the Victorian government.

With Coca-Cola’s acquisition of Billson’s Beverages finalising, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is taking on the responsibilities of sales and distribution for the brand’s range of alcoholic ready-to-drink (ARTD) beverages. In an exclusive with Food & Drink Business, CCEP general manager – Licensed, Australia, Mitchell Lenaghan, and Coca‑Cola vice president of ARTD, ASEAN and South Pacific (ASP), Matthias Blume, explain what it means for the business.

Victorian distillers are set to receive government support to expand production, with the opening of applications for the Business Growth Fit-for Purpose grants, as part of the $20 million Distillery Door Program launched in 2021.

The Senate Committee has released its report on the National Organic Standard Bill 2024, which took 26 submissions from stakeholders into consideration to decide how to proceed with regulating organic products in Australia.

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Treasury Wine Estates says its walking away from trying to sell its Commercial brands portfolio because the offers received were too low to be considered. At the Premium end of its business, Penfolds delivered an “outstanding result”.

The National Farmers Federation Horticulture Council is calling for an independent review of the national food safety regulators developing new food standards, focused on the updated regulations introduced for berries, leafy vegetables and melons yesterday.

The launch of Allied Pinnacle’s product range using the high fibre wheat brand, Wise Wheat, has been more than 20 years in the making. Following decades of R&D, the wheat contains six times the fibre of regular wheat flour without impacting the texture or flavour of the finished product.