From The Reject Shop to one of Australia’s oldest family-owned wineries, Ross Sudano has been appointed CEO of Tahbilk Group.

Asahi Beverages latest environmental agenda builds on its solid performance in recent years, covering climate change, sustainable packaging and the circular economy, and supporting local farmers.

More than $68 million in federal funding for agricultural traceability systems could add more than $1 billion a year to the bottom line of farmers, GS1 Australia says.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Australia is selling its share of Australian Beer Co to its joint venture partner Casella Family Brands. The decision is the second step in CCEP’s exit from the production, sale, and distribution of beer and ciders in Australia, which it announced in October last year.

Australian business leaders are ‘cautiously hopeful’ business conditions will improve, although 79 per cent of CEO’s are expecting continued disruptions due to Covid, says Ai Group’s CEO survey.

Kellogg Australia has appointed Anthony Holme as its new managing director. Holme will relocate from South Africa, where he has been managing director since 2019.

Agribusiness Harvest Road, part of Andrew Forrest’s private investment vehicle Tattarang, has invested in commercial scale plant-based meat pioneer ProForm Foods, giving the company a minority stake to help facilitate ProForm's growth here and overseas.

Meat & Livestock Australia has opened applications for its next round of the ambassadors for its Red Meat Industry program. The project is designed for producers and support role workers.

Rabobank has appointed Stefan Vogel as the general manager of RaboResearch, the Australian and New Zealand arm of its global food and agribusiness research division.

Preparations for the southern hemisphere’s leading processing and packaging trade event AUSPACK are well underway, with the expo being held in Melbourne from 17-20 May.

Tasmanian-based Cadbury Australia is trialling a recycled packaging breakthrough to wrap 50 million family-sized chocolate blocks.

Simplot's Birds Eye Ocean Selections range has introduced a fun AR fishing game via intelligent packaging on its packs, to encourage consumers to introduce more seafood into their meals.

The unpredictable demands of COVID-19 have required agility and innovation from the food and beverage industry to meet changing industry and consumer needs.

The start of 2022 saw around 40 per cent of the supply chain and supermarket workforce sick or in close contact isolation. As the country grew increasingly alarmed at product shortages and empty supermarket shelves, calls for the federal government to provide nationally consistent rules gained intensity.

The new Australia/UK Free Trade Agreement will remove more than 99 per cent of tariffs on goods being exported to the UK over the next 10 years.

An agreement over a licencing dispute, a positive financial year, and consolidation of two class actions is moving Noumi, formally Freedom Foods Group (FFG), further from its annus horribilis in 2020.