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Maggie Beer Holdings (MBH) has appointed Chris Illman as managing director as the company focuses on returning to positive earnings and progressing the sale of its Hampers & Gifts Australia business. Read more
A billion dollar loss. A $3.5 billion dollar bet on Australian protein. And a reporting season that said more about manufacturing decisions than it did about margins. Welcome to the August edition of PLAY, your monthly wrap-up of the biggest stories shaping Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing industry. Let’s get into it.
With foodpro just weeks away and the Hive Awards winners recently crowned, the latest issue of Food & Drink Business is a reminder that an industry grows stronger when it gets in a room together. Our foodpro preview, Hive Awards review, and wrap of ConTech’s 30th conference are testimony to that. There are profiles of foodpro exhibitors, a spirited Rising Star, industry news and so much more.
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.
Australia’s spirits landscape is being shaken up by Breaking Barrels, the first brand to hit the market from Everstill Spirits – a portfolio built to challenge traditional conventions around spirit ageing.
SPC Global has launched further legal proceedings against two former directors and an advisory firm, seeking to recover more than $4.5 million related to historical expenditure and related-party arrangements.
OMG Group has secured commitments to raise $1.5 million through a share placement, including a $350,000 cornerstone investment from its incoming oat milk manufacturing partner, Slades Beverages.
Pampelle Ruby Red Grapefruit Apéritif has moved its Australian distribution from Amber Beverage Australia to ICONIC Beverages under a new long-term distribution and brand-building agreement.
The snack food landscape is changing in Australia. Ingredient lists, long dominated by ultra-processed foods (UPFs), are under ever-increasing scrutiny by experts and consumers alike. As regulation looks to catch up, brands and industry swing between competition and opportunity. Adam Elharte from snack bar company, Viva Perfetto writes.
Bubs Australia recorded 9.2 per cent revenue growth in FY26, driven by a 24 per cent increase in its US business, but higher airfreight, regulatory and tariff costs pushed the infant nutrition company to an EBITDA loss of $1.8 million.
APCO, ACOR and Boomerang Alliance are calling for a nationally consistent EPR for packaging, in the wake of RPA's collapse and confirmation that no new Commonwealth packaging scheme will be introduced.
PKN’s latest print issue is hitting desks and landing in inboxes, bringing readers up to speed with the innovations, partnerships and industry achievements shaping packaging across Australia and New Zealand.
The voluntary administration of Recycling Plastics Australia has placed about 60 Adelaide jobs and a significant part of Australia’s plastics-processing capacity at risk.
