JBS Australia has completed its $175 million acquisition of pig breeder and processing company Rivalea and Singapore based Oxdale Dairy Enterprise. JBS announced the deal in June 2021.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority has fined Beresfield poultry processing facility Bartter Enterprises $15,000 for allegedly discharging high-strength effluent into Woodberry swamp.

Construction has begun on Woolworths’ inaugural automated customer fulfilment centre in Sydney’s west. Once operational, the 22,000 square metre facility will dispatch up to 50,000 home deliveries weekly.

Australian synthetic biotech company Provectus Algae has raised $11.4 million in a pre-series A funding round led by Hitachi Ventures, a joint venture between Hitachi and Vectr Ventures.

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission says the wine grape industry may require further regulatory action unless reforms recommended two years ago are implemented.

Australian Food and Grocery Council CEO Tanya Barden says food and beverage manufacturers are disappointed with the amount of funding coming from the Modern Manufacturing Initiative.

Kombucha pioneer MOJO’s new mantra ‘Actually Natural’ leads a branding overhaul to reinstate the company’s point of difference as an industry leader when it comes to functional beverages.

In a bid to ease the supply chain congestion faced by the logistics industry, GS1 Australia and the federal government have launched a National Location Registry.

The Hilton Effect Foundation has awarded commercial bakery The Bread & Butter Project a 2021 Hilton Effect Grant in recognition of the project’s work with refugees and asylum seekers.

Construction has begun on Endeavour Group’s latest distribution centre (DC) in Sydney’s west. The 35,000 square metre DC will service 400 stores and carry more than 4000 products.

Cascade Brewery has swapped plastic shrink wrap packaging on its 6-packs for cardboard packs designed by Westrock, saving around half a million pieces of plastic every year.

Aldi Australia is the first supermarket to replace the plastic straws on its boxed drinks range with paper alternatives, removing more than 40 million plastic straws a year.

In an Australian first, CSIRO has measured the 'net protein contribution' of beef to human nutrition, meaning the protein created by cattle can be measured in comparison to the protein they eat.

Never Never Distilling Co. won Champion Australian Distiller for the second year in a row at the Australian Distilled Spirits Awards. There were 764 entries from 191 distilleries this year.

The newly merged Close The Loop Group has acquired Queensland-based seafood packaging operation Oceania Agencies, to boost the group's offering to the aquaculture market.

Meal kit delivery company HelloFresh has donated $200,000 to food rescue organisation OzHarvest to help feed people in need and reduce food waste this Christmas.