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It's time to get your entries in for the 2026 Hive Awards. There are nine categories spanning the food and beverage manufacturing sector, providing the opportunity to recognise excellence in Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing industry. Read more
PLAY Food & Drink Business returns, now in a monthly format. Editor Kim Berry brings you the top stories from January: Endeavour Group, Fonterra, Lark Distilling, RTDs strength, PLUS don't miss our Top 100 Food & Drink Companies report and the launch of this year's HIVE AWARDS - get your entries in now!
Our Top 100 2025 edition of Food & Drink Business magazine is more than the annual flagship Top 100 Report. Industry leaders reflect on the year past and the one ahead, we provide our annual news review, M&A wrap-up, and all the executive moves, and a Roman-inspired sports drink, Posca, is our final Rising Star for 2025.
Food & Drink Business and IBISWorld present this year’s Top 100 companies, a ranking of Australia’s largest food and drink companies by revenue. This year reflects a sector positioning itself for immediate term viability and long-term competitiveness.
Fonterra Co-op managing director Global Markets Consumer, René Dedoncker, has resigned. He is moving to Elders and will start as CEO on 1 October. Dedoncker has been with the co-op since 2005.
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has called on the federal government to take decisive action in the 2026–27 Budget to support Australia’s food and grocery manufacturing sector.
Yowie Group will manufacture and distribute a portfolio of seasonal products across 16 chocolate and confectionery product types for the heritage brands Violet Crumble, Polly Waffle and FruChocs.
Cargill has commissioned a 2.58 megawatt (MW) onsite solar array at its Newcastle crush plant, marking the company’s first large-scale renewable energy project in Australia and a milestone in its efforts to cut emissions and strengthen energy resilience across its local operations.
AFNOR International has acquired the HACCP Group companies in Australia, including HACCP Australia and HACCP International. The deal will extend AFNOR’s footprint across the Asia Pacific region while strengthening HACCP International’s reach into Europe.
Australian packaging company Detmold Group is making measurable progress against its 2025-2050 sustainability roadmap. PKN takes a look at how this translates into practical outcomes for customers.
Cohesion Labels has just clocked 101 years in business, placing it among a small group of Australian label converters to have navigated a century of technological, economic and market change.
MCC, a global supplier of prime label solutions, with a strong presence in ANZ, has received US court approval to continue operating in the normal course following its prepackaged Chapter 11 filing.
