Australian Agtech startup, MEQ Probe says its new MEQ HQ, innovation lab and production facility in Reservoir, Victoria, will open in June. Its operations in Gundagai, New South Wales, and Brisbane, Queensland will remain.

Lion's latest special edition can for XXXX features a cut-out lure, designed to help fishing enthusiasts combat the invasive carp population, and preserve the delicate balance of the state's waterways.

In a preview of the Snacks & Confectionery feature in the June/July issue of Food & Drink Business magazine, we spoke to chocolate manufacturer Angus Suttie about what prompted his first own brand to have 50 per cent less sugar.

The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) and not-for-profit standards organisation, GS1 Australia, have collaborated to assist APCO members with annual sustainability reporting.

New Zealand's IPO has ruled NZ honey producers have no exclusive claim to the term “Manuka honey”. Australia’s Manuka honey industry welcomed the “common sense outcome”.

Barely two weeks after B2B beverage tech platform Kaddy went into voluntary administration, Singapore based food and beverage focused investment company Lecca has stepped in.

Just over 18-months since Andrew Loader and Gavin Evans launched Openway Food Co., the health foods company has opened a $10 million factory to bring manufacturing onshore for one of its most popular products.

Bacardi’s new managing director ANZ, Luiz Schmidt, is an internal appointment with Schmidt currently regional marketing director for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Husk Rum was Australia’s first farm-to-bottle distillery and creator of Agricole rum – a rum made from freshly squeezed sugar cane rather than molasses. Food & Drink Business caught up with founder Paul Messenger to hear the Husk story and plans for its future.

At Dan Murphy’s second annual Decoded Spirits Awards, 19 winners were chosen from more than 457 entries, with gin and agave being stand-out categories.

A study led by CSIRO has found plastics and their additives present in a range of concentrations in many food products including meat, chicken, rice, water, take-away food and drink, and fresh produce.

Celebrating 130 years, Uncle Tobys is looking back and celebrating with recipes inspired by the decades, and have also released four limited edition 130-year box designs developed with Ogilvy Australia.

Infant formula business Nuchev says its $4m capital raise and three-year partnership with H&S International will go towards driving distribution, scale, and group efficiency.

AACo says its FY23 results including a 14 per cent increase in total revenue and 35 per cent rise in operating profit was driven by brand supported price increases in all major markets.

New research from Adyen says more than 62 per cent of consumers want to see more discounting at retailers they shop with, and 43 per cent want businesses to remember their preferences and previous shopping experiences, but retailers are finding it hard to deliver on this.

ASX-listed Kaddy Group has gone into voluntary administration, with Wexted Advisors appointed administrator. Wexted is looking to sell the business as a going concern or recapitalisation via a deed of company arrangement (DOCA).