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.

Freedom Foods Group has told the ASX it has secured ongoing support from its principle lenders HSBC and NAB as well as majority shareholder, Arrovest.

Harmonising the Container Deposit Schemes and incentivising to meet sustainability goals are two areas of focus for the Australian Beverages Council in COVID-19 recovery for the non-alcoholic drinks industry.

Winedepot will roll out a network of temperature-controlled depots across capital cities, partnering with Border Express to expand its delivery fleet.

The latest research report from Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre looks at the sector’s pain points and 10 ways manufacturers can be smarter operators.