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French food and beverage company, Danone, has signed two agreements to buy health food business, MADE Group, and take full control of its Australian fresh dairy joint venture with Saputo, expanding its footprint in the Asia Pacific healthy nutrition market. Read more
The winners of the 2026 Hive Awards have been recognised and celebrated as some of Australia's most innovative food and beverage manufacturers over the past year. The awards were presented on Thursday 21 May during a long lunch at Linseed House, Sydney, to a room of over 100 industry leaders abuzz with excitement.
Welcome to PLAY, Food & Drink Business’ monthly wrap of the biggest stories shaping Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing sector. This month saw major acquisitions, executive shake-ups, industry awards, fresh questions over Australia’s research capability, and continued pressure on balance sheets across the sector. Let’s get into it.
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.
Canada has placed food and beverage manufacturing at the centre of a new national food security strategy, backing a drive to process more of its own food with billions of dollars across new and existing programs, putting processing capacity and regulatory reform at its core.
AC Foods has conducted a multi-million-dollar upgrade to its Legacy Packing Australia facility in Cobram, Victoria. The company partnered with Tomra Food on the fitout, which is set to to pack over five times the volume of its previous line.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has extended the deadline for submissions on its assessment of Health Star Rating labelling. Interested parties now have until 5 July, with the organisation saying no further extensions will be granted.
Linfox is rolling out the first of 26 battery-powered prime movers to service food and beverage distribution across Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. The $50 million project has been supported by $19.63 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) Driving the Nation Program.
Food Taipei Mega Shows 2026 opens 24-27 June, bringing together five major exhibitions under one roof – Food Taipei, Foodtech Taipei, Bio/Pharmatech Taiwan, Taipei Pack, and Taiwan Horeca. Food & Drink Business senior journalist, Keira Joyce, will be on the ground reporting on the latest products and innovation.
Western Australia’s only dedicated food and beverage trade show, Meet the Buyer, will return to Crown Perth on Tuesday 20 October, connecting WA producers with buyers and industry decision-makers for a day of commercial dealmaking.
Casella Family Brands (CFB) has appointed Oatley Fine Wine Merchants as distribution partner for its premium wine portfolio in Australia, including Peter Lehmann Wines, Morris of Rutherglen and Brand’s Laira – effective from 1 July.
Australia's emerging soft plastics recycling infrastructure is ready to process significantly more material, according to Soft Plastic Stewardship Australia, which has launched a three-month campaign aimed at boosting consumer returns and strengthening domestic supply of recycled resin.
PKN’s latest print issue is hitting desks and landing in inboxes, bringing readers up to speed with the people, technologies and innovations shaping packaging, printing and processing across Australia and beyond.
Mars has opened $112.6 million Wodonga pet food facility, bringing autonomous mobile robots, AI-enabled planning tools and advanced packaging automation into one of Australia's largest new food manufacturing investments.
