Treasury Wine Estates has acquired Beenak Vineyard from Accolade Wines as it looks to build on domestic high quality fruit holdings. Beenak produces pinot noir and chardonnay grapes.

Rhubi’s Mistelle, described as ‘a fresh take on the forgotten French aperitif’ and made from rhubarb, juniper, and citrus, has won silver at the International Wine & Spirit Competition.

Melbourne-based material sciences start-up Great Wrap has landed international investment to innovate materials and scale up production of its upcycled compostable stretch wrap for home and industrial use.

A partnership between Pact Group and Woolworths Group will boost onshore circular plastic initiatives with Pact manufacturing and supplying recycled packaging for Woolworths’ own brand range.

Wine Australia says while the latest wine export report shows a sizeable fall in value and volume due to ongoing tariffs in mainland China, there are encouraging signs in other markets.

Food and dairy supplier Food & Dairy Co says more than 80 per cent of customers have moved to online ordering since launching its Sana Commerce ERP integrated B2B ecommerce platform.

In a newly created role, dairy co-op Fonterra has appointed Emma Parsons to managing director of Strategy and Optimisation. Parsons will start in the role on 1 August.

While federal minister for industry and science Ed Husic says this week’s virtual Global Supply Chain Resilience Forum was the largest multilateral forum working on long term strategies to build supply chain resilience, no actions came from the meeting.

Health and wellness product manufacture Halo Food Co has secured a private label contract with Coles worth $9.5 million over two years, building on deal signed in November 2021.

Applications for the national science agency’s Innovate to Grow Advanced Manufacturing program opens on Monday, 25 July. The online 10-week, self-paced course is open to SMEs.

Start-up company Cupffee is set to triple production of its edible coffee cups, with a Sydney café the Australian supplier and first to use the crispy wafer cups (made from oat bran) for its customers.

The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), under the Australia New Zealand Pacific Island (ANZPAC) Plastics Pact, has released the roadmap to achieve the 2025 regional plastic targets.

Beverage brand company Jacobs Douwe Egberts has partnered with designers across ANZ to create a limited-edition collection of sustainability-themed glass jars for Moccona coffee.

Pringles says the removal of the plastic lid on the 53 gram packs is the first step in its move to find more sustainable packaging across the product range.

Bubs Australia's FY22 Q4 gross revenue was up 278 per cent to $48.1 million following the launch of Operation Fly Formula, committing the company to deliver 1.25 million tins of its entire formula range to the US.

The latest campaign promoting New Zealand’s environmentally conscious and ethically manufactured food and wine – Made with Care – also showcases the sector’s commitment to sustainable packaging.