The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has announced its investigation into Woolworths Group’s proposed acquisition of a 65 per cent shareholding in PFD Food Services, including its 26 freehold properties used as distribution centres.

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has released a specialised guide for food and beverage manufacturers looking to export to Indonesia.

Woolworths has launched a recyclable paper meat tray across a selection of its Own Brand beef nationally. All of its Own Brand range will change to the packaging over the coming months.

Coles has signed a 10-year agreement with clean energy generator CleanCo to source 90 per cent of its Queensland electricity requirements.

Food & Drink Business and PKN Packaging News will host the third Women in Packaging Forum as a virtual event, in partnership with AIP, during the 2020 Australasian Packaging Conference in October.

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will be moving its 2020 AIP Australasian Packaging Conference to a virtual edition from 27 to 30 October.

Murray River Organics has sold part of its Nangiloc property to a Costa Group subsidiary for $4.5 million. The 390ha includes 113ha of planted conventional citrus and wine grapes.

Wine Australia has partnered with cloud-solutions technology Accela to help regulate Australia’s $2.84 billion wine export sector with a new licensing and approval system (WALAS).

McCain Foods Ballarat has recorded a 20 per cent improvement in water efficiency over the past 12 months as well as reducing waste by 40 per cent and is on track to reduce energy use by 39 per cent.

As Victoria slowly lowers its restriction levels, global food company General Mills is reflecting on the last seven months of varying COVID-19 lockdowns.

Cloud software specialist Infor has awarded Bega Cheese CIO Zack Chisholm the inaugural APAC CIO of the Year at its annual customer excellent awards.

The uptake of digital marketplace technology occurred at an extraordinary rate as COVID-19 spread in March and April. For many, it was the first move into an online sales approach, a case of adapt or perish.

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers are designing ways to better store fresh food, after examining plant tissue behaviour and how biological cells behave when dehydrated or dried.

Nestlé has announced Nespresso will achieve full carbon neutrality by 2022. Its business operations have been carbon neutral since 2017.

Dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Group has reported a $1.3 billion jump to $659 million profit after tax in its FY20 results. CEO Miles Hurrell says 2019/20 was “a good year” for the co-op.

Woolworths has had announced its third funding round of its Woolworths Organic Growth Fund to allow organic fruit and vegetable growers to upgrade production systems and develop expansion plans.