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Perfection Fresh has admitted to cartel conduct in supplying vegetables to ALDI and will jointly ask the Federal Court with the ACCC to impose a $12 million penalty. The NSW-based wholesaler is Australia’s second-largest fresh vegetable supplier. Read more
Welcome to the September edition of PLAY, your monthly wrap-up of the biggest stories shaping Australia's food and beverage manufacturing industry. This month it is wine restructuring in public, a court fight between a listed company and its former chair, capital going into protein, and a world title. Let's get into it.
Food & Drink Business’ latest print issue is hitting desks, bringing readers up to speed with the innovations, partnerships and industry achievements shaping the Australian industry.
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.
Foodbank’s 2026 Hunger Report has confirmed what its report last year started to show – not only is one in three households not reliably able to afford food in the past year, but middle-income working households are driving the shift and fresh produce, protein and dairy are the first items cut from the basket.
Austrade’s latest report highlights the international growth potential for Australian agribusiness and food businesses, with new markets, agreements and partnerships creating opportunities for exporters.
Lark Distilling net sales fell 4.5 per cent to $3.5 million in the September quarter, ending eight consecutive quarters of growth, as export sales stalled while it brings on a new distributor in China.
Woolworths Group lifted Australian Food sales 6.9 per cent to $14.84 billion in the first quarter of FY27, driven by higher volumes as average prices fell for an eleventh straight quarter.
In 1976, Ferrero opened its first factory outside of Europe in the Australian mining town, Lithgow, New South Wales. Tic Tacs were the first product to come off the line but in 1978, Nutella production began. On its 50th anniversary, employees, their families, community partners and political dignitaries came together to celebrate the milestone.
The NSW Govt has dropped mandatory reusable cup schemes and requirements to offer dine-in mugs or glasses, drawing criticism from three environment groups days after Parliament passed the reforms.
Visy has produced the first glass bottles at its new recycling and manufacturing facility in Yatala, Queensland, where annual capacity is expected to reach up to 1bn bottles and jars once fully operational.
Pact Group and Aldi are scaling up recycled packaging in Australia, with more than 19 million laundry and cleaning bottles annually to contain up to 50% Australian recycled plastic.
