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The winners of the 2025 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 8 May during a long lunch at Linseed House, Sydney, to a room of over 150 industry leaders abuzz with excitement. Read more
Every week, Food & Drink Business editor Kim Berry brings you the top stories from Australia's food and beverage manufacturing sector. This week: The Hive Awards, Yowie, FAL Healthy Beverages, FaBA, Bega, Fonterra, Asahi Beverages, AFGC, Taylors Wines, and Naturally Good Expo.
The April/May issue of Food & Drink Business magazine is a showcase of innovation and adaptability in Australia's food and beverage sector. From its feature on the 2025 finalists in The Hive Awards, a bumper processing tech section looking at new equipment, systems, and automation, to the latest trends and developments in beverage production, there is something for everyone. Read on.
Every two years, Anuga provides the platform, creates the events, and the program that enables the world’s food and beverage sector to showcase the trends and directions of the industry around the world. Food & Drink Business editor, Kim Berry, speaks with the director of Anuga, Jan Phillip Hartman, about what visitors can expect at Anuga 2025.
From printing to publishing, Yaffa Media has always been about its people and niche audiences. Founded in 1925, it is one of Australia’s largest independent media companies. This year marks a centenary of storytelling.
Food & Drink Business presents its annual flagship Top 100 Food & Drink Companies Report for 2024. Compiled in collaboration with IBISWorld, the report ranks by revenue Australia’s biggest players in the food and drink sector. It’s your go-to industry resource into Australia’s largest manufacturing sector.
Gina's Table took home The Hive Award's 2025 Golden Hive for its leadership, innovation, and commitment to reducing food waste through value-added processing.
KoolPak by TomKat Global Solutions received the 2025 Gamechanger Award for its breakthrough in sustainable cold chain logistics, offering a reusable and recyclable alternative to environmentally damaging expanded polystyrene (EPS).
Bundaberg-based Gina's Table has earned the Gamechanger Award at the Hive Awards 2025 for its leadership in reducing food waste through value-added processing, diverting more than 252 tonnes of produce from landfill to date.
The Hirsch Wine Group has been awarded the Excellence in Value Innovation Award for its vertically integrated winemaking model.
With its “Gourmet Plus” positioning, midway between indulgent and health-focused products, Elato Ice Cream was awarded the Rising Star.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has been recognised with the Outstanding Business Achievement Award for its performance in operational excellence, innovation, and sustainability.
Treasury Wine Estates won the Best Technology Award for setting a new global benchmark with the world’s first fully automated barrel management system at its Barossa Valley facility.
Sydney-based Packserv won the Hive Award for Local Manufacturing for its commitment to onshore equipment development for the Australian food and beverage industry.
Aquafab won Best Ingredient Award at the Hive Awards 2025 for Aquafab, its novel approach to replicating egg whites in cocktails.
The PKN Women in Packaging Awards is back for the second year. With a record number of submissions received for the 2025 programme, the depth and diversity of talent across Australia’s packaging value chain has been nothing short of extraordinary.
Minority shareholders in Pact Group have written to the Australian Takeovers Panel asking it to stop the company’s proposed delisting from the ASX, which the company wants to action on 16 July.
A new digital labelling platform, powered by GS1 QR code technology, is set to reshape consumer engagement and usher in a new era of product transparency. The initiative is a collaboration between AFGC, NZFGC, and GS1 Australia and New Zealand.
