The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade have highlighted the need for “specific focus” on the economic challenges resulting from COVID-19.

Coca-Cola Amatil has appointed Greg Barnes as its Group chief financial officer, starting 1 June. Barnes joins Amatil from Nine Entertainment, where he was part of the team that led Nine’s acquisition of Fairfax, creating a $3 billion entity.

As businesses plan next steps in the wake of COVID-19, CEO of Perfection Fresh Australia Michael Simonetta reflects on how one of Australia’s largest fresh produce companies has managed the pandemic.

Automating the e-grocery fulfilment process is a complex task, but Swisslog senior consultant Paul Stringleman explains how the challenge can be approached, as the sector grows.​

More Australians are replacing traditional meals with frequent snacks throughout the day. GlobalData consumer markets analyst Meenakshi Haran shares how snack makers are tapping into trends to meet consumer snack demand.

Australian family-owned agribusiness Manildra Group will expand its distillery to produce an additional 90 million litres of ethanol for pharmaceutical and beverage industries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australian naturally sugar-free drinks brand Nexba has expanded into 200 independent liquor retailers (ILR) around the country, as it meets demand for consumers looking for better-for-you choices in the mixer consumption category.

Recent research has found further insights into the inherent sustainability of macadamia trees, giving growers guidance on how to adopt more sustainable on-farm practices to meet today’s conscious consumer’s demand.

Lion is now Australia’s first large-scale carbon neutral brewer, offsetting its remaining organisational carbon footprint across its Australian beer business, and reducing its carbon footprint by 30,000 tonnes.

Coles Group has secured two sites in Sydney and Melbourne for high-tech customer fulfilment centres. The long term leases were struck with Charter Hall Group and Ocado Solutions will install and maintain the automation technology.

Industry association AUSVEG says the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) will help Australian vegetable exporters trade into the growing Indonesian market.

For more than 20 years Mark Barthel has worked on food and agricultural sustainable innovation, largely on quantifying and preventing food loss and waste around the world. Now he has Australia in his sights. Kim Berry writes.

CEO of Australia’s largest privately owned supermarket group, Ritchies Stores, Fred Harrison shares his winning tactics for independent retailers and producers alike. Stuart Ridley writes.

A collaboration between industry, research and government is creating a digital platform to ensure the Riverland wine region in South Australia remains internationally competitive.

Coopers has doubled its malt exports in the past 12 months, sending around 35,000 tonnes of malt a year to food processors and brewers in South Korea, Thailand and Singapore.

New magnetic nanotechnology is helping to remove haze-forming proteins in white wine, as found by the Australian Wine Research Institute and the University of South Australia.