Food packaging company tna has announced the acquisition of FOODesign, a USA-based design, installation and service for total food processing plants.

Advisory firm Grant Thornton is calling for temporary tax incentives to help Australia's food processing sector to make inroads into Asia.

Sydney's Martin Place played host to a pop-up market showcasing the best gourmet food stall holders hand picked from various markets around Sydney.

Craft beer consumption is growing at about six per cent per annum. In 1990, there were only 11 breweries in Australia. Now there are 130.

Consumers worldwide are rapidly embracing spirits from craft distilleries, but especially so in Australia, helped along by the budding small bar scene.

Taylors Wines recently launched The Visionary Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, in what it describes as its most ambitious wine and product design to date.

Cider is one of the fastest-growing alcohol categories in Australia and not surprisingly, the sector is a hive of activity. Here's a snapshot of some of the latest manufacturer manoeuvres.

Healthier carbonated categories are on the rise in Australia at the expense of the classic colas and lemonades.

Is your beverage product healthy or high-end? If it is you are officially on trend with these two movements making the biggest waves in the Australian drinks sector.

Two food brands, Cadbury and McCormick, have taken dramatic measures to spruik their flavour credentials to the masses.

Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) has had to pay $20,400 for representing that its Byron Bay Pale Lager was brewed by a small brewer in Byron Bay when this wasn't so.

Some common mistakes are being made by Australian manufacturers when it comes to product and branding strategy according to a Melbourne manufacturer.

Goodman Fielder may have rejected this week's takeover offer but if the recent battle over Warrnambool Cheese & Butter is any indication, the matter is unlikely to end there.

Australian Brewery says the freshly inked Japan Free Trade Agreement has helped it clinch a contract to supply Japan's largest importer with its craft brew in a can.

Lion's latest James Squire varietal release, Hop Thief 6, features Simcoe and Columbus hops and is now available on-tap and in-pack.

UHT cream packs have started rolling off the production line at Fonterra's new $NZ120 million UHT milk processing plant in New Zealand.