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The day after Coles Group presented its positive FY25 results from profits to staff morale and customer satisfaction, it was Woolworths turn with investors, but with a far less happy tale. Its 17 per cent drop in net profit due to underwhelming performance of Australian supermarkets (consumers are still not trusting the fresh food people) and the albatross known as Big W, made CEO Amanda Bardwell’s reassurances and positive spin feel precarious at worst and vaguely hopeful at best. Read more
The Arnott’s Group’s new distribution warehouse in Western Sydney has more than doubled capacity while delivering major efficiencies, managing around 65 per cent of the group’s national inventory.
Construction of Youfoodz new 13,700 square metre facility in Berrinba, Queensland, will bring together all three of its production sites as well as marketing, administration, and distribution.
Bubs Australia caught the world’s eye when US President Jo Biden tweeted the infant formula company had been approved to help ease the country’s crippling supply shortage.
With more consumers turning to organic food and beverages since the start of the pandemic, demand for organic products is booming. Fleur Michell takes a look at companies and trends to watch.
Latest figures from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) show 80 food recalls in 2021. An increase in the 10-year average from 76 to 78 per year shows the food recall systems is working well, the statutory agency says.
The pressure is on for food producers and processors to boost sustainability credentials. Jarrod Kinchington from Infor ANZ looks at what tools businesses can use to do so.
Aussies have some specific demands when it comes to plant-based burgers. Kerry's Jie Ying Lee and Catarina Rodrigues explain.
The organic industry is currently having the most significant discussion regarding regulation since the National Standard was established 20 years ago. Australian Organic Limited CEO Niki Ford explains.
Melbourne based non-alcoholic brewer Monceau Co. secured the backing of industry heavyweights in its seed funding round, raising $850,000 to fund expansion, NPD, and a hospitality venue.
A $29 million recycling plant investment is diverting almost two million plastic bottles from landfill, with owner Visy saying it can now produce a milk bottle made from 50 per cent recycled plastic.
Arnott’s has committed to transition its soft plastic packaging used on all biscuit packaging from multi to mono-material, so it is fully recyclable, by the end of 2023.
Barambah Organics, Berrys Creek, Meredith Dairy, and Bega were some of the winners at this year’s DIAA Australian Dairy Product Competition, announced at the awards dinner in Melbourne.
Wide Open Agriculture (WOA) will supply up to 60 per cent of its high-value, plant-based protein concentrate to Monde Nissin Australia as construction begins on the company’s pilot production facility.
A trailblazer of private label manufacturing, Steric is still an industry leader while also creating its own branded products. Editor Kim Berry spoke to CEO Richard Brownie.
Traditional Indonesian remedies called jamu inspired Sophie Todd to make her own. Kim Berry finds out how a kitchen experiment turned into Mrs Toddy’s Tonics, now available nationwide.
Tasmanian seaweed producer Sea Forest says a federal grant of $3.8 million will be used to expand the commercial production of methane-reducing red seaweed, Asparagopsis.
