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Alcoholic beverage giant Diageo has unveiled a brand new $21.5 million warehouse at its bottling site in Sydney’s western suburbs this week.

Warrnambool-based meat company Midfield Group is diversifying into dairy products with the establishment of a new processing plant.

Fonterra is preparing to expand its organic milk production to try to meet growing consumer demand, especially in Asia, following a review of the market.

Kellogg has responded to pressure from consumer advocacy group Choice to roll out the front of pack health star rating on its products.

The family business behind Rebello fruit cider have hatched a new plan to produce local frozen berries following the Hepatitis A scare.

Goodman Fielder CEO Chris Delaney, along with the company's board of directors, has stepped down as the takeover by Wilmar International and First Pacific takes effect.

The administrators of troubled confectionery company Betta Foods have been unable to save the business and have instead agreed to sell the company’s assets.

Australian food company Menora Foods has confirmed it has been bought by the same company that recently acquired Nudie.

Queensland’s largest wholesale fresh produce marketplace will get a new $10 million roof to better protect more than 600,000 tonnes of fruit and veg.

Organic winemaker, Angove Family Winemakers, has begun exporting wine to China in a move that could add more than $3 million to the company's sales a year.

Packaged dairy dessert choices - mousses, puddings and whips - have proliferated in recent years, but traditional custard still leads the pack according to the latest data.

A recent spate of big contract wins in China, and the new Free Trade Agreement, auger well for the local dairy industry, but experts warn that caution is needed.

It is an exciting time for suppliers of process and packaging solutions to the dairy sector. Suppliers, though, need to be prepared for a challenge, writes Phillip Biggs.

Bulla’s Nick Hickford recently attended the International Ice Cream Consortium in China to explore innovation in the frozen category. Here's what he discovered.

Metalprint’s Cheerpack pouch is well established in the chilled yoghurt category, but there’s an opportunity to be tapped in frozen dairy.

New Zealand's dairy companies are back in the world food safety spotlight following an eco-terrorism threat to poison infant formula.