Rabobank has released its latest Global Dairy Quarterly report, showing that Australia’s milk production continues to recover, as global supply is forecast to grow at a modest rate in the coming year.

Alcohol recovery beverage, Dodge, has landed a distribution partnership with Amber Beverage Group, aiming to fill the market gap of recovery drinks that assist in preventing the negative effects of alcohol.

Surplus food marketplace app, Too Good To Go, is launching in Melbourne, its first availability in Australia. It aims to help households and businesses halve Australia’s annual food waste by 2030, in line with the National Food Waste Strategy.

Australian sustainability start-up, Food Recycle, is validating its technologies to turn commercial food waste into animal feed, with its recent Jade Perch and aquaponics trial in collaboration with CSIRO.

McKenzie’s Foods has partnered with leading food and beverage packaging and processing company, Tetra Pak, to release a new range of pulses packaged in Tetra Recart.

National Packaging Targets and businesses seeking sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic are driving demand for locally produced food packaging such as foil trays. Australia’s only foil tray manufacturer, Confoil, outlines the benefits such a switch can bring. 

Coles Group has released its annual Sustainability Report, which highlighted the company’s efforts in combating food insecurity and investment in renewable energy solutions.

Not-for-profit organisation, Cellular Agriculture Australia (CAA), has released an industry-first report that shows Australia has the potential to become a global leader in the production of precision-fermented ingredients.

IHG Hotels & Resorts is supporting food rescue charity, OzHarvest, and its New Zealand-based sister organisation, KiwiHarvest, in donating meals to people in need throughout the month of September.

The longevity revolution means that people are living longer and their health and wellness needs are evolving. Mintel Food and Drink principal analyst, Jolene Ng, discusses what this means for the industry.

Global compostable packaging enterprise, BioPak, has released a range of online resources to help customers and consumers navigate the upcoming single-use plastic bans for Western Australia and South Australia.

Food Futures Company is looking for business ideas from budding entrepreneurs in regional New South Wales to participate in its Value+d Program – an online incubator designed for emerging and early-stage consumer good ideas.

Beverage giant Lion has announced that Cameron Mackenzie will be finishing up with Four Pillars Gin, with Sarah Prowse to take leadership of the distilling team in Healesville.

The Global FoodBanking Network, which represents food banks in more than 50 countries, has discovered that food banks reduce the same volume of greenhouse gas emissions on average as removing 900 gasoline-powered cars from the road for a year.

The social enterprise behind Saveful, the intuitive free app that helps people save on their grocery bills and reduce food waste, has launched a campaign to accelerate the uptake of the app and empower consumers to save money, food, and time.

After a $276 million impairment on dairy infrastructure and a net loss of $230 million in FY23, Bega Group more than rebounded in FY24, recording $3.5 billion in group statutory revenue and a 15 per cent uptick in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) to $165.1 million.