From more than 5500 entrants, seven have been selected as the Food Manufacturing Finalists of the Australian Small Business Champion Awards. 2024 marks the 26th consecutive year of the awards, with more entries received this year than any year prior.
Free to enter and judged by an independent panel with small business experience, the awards specifically highlight the finest of Australia’s small businesses in the retail, services, and manufacturing industries across a total of more than 100 categories.
An independent national survey recently commissioned by awards coordinator Precedent Productions, found that 74 per cent of Australian small businesses would rather purchase from an Australian manufacturer or supplier even if it meant paying more.
Australian Small Business Champion Awards founder and Precedent Productions MD Steve Loe said now was the time to ‘strongly support the nation’s most hardest working sector’.
“The quantity and quality of submissions we received this year is testament to the spirit of so many small business operators – including those from manufacturing industries. We’re very much looking forward to celebrating the very best of this nation’s small businesspeople,” said Loe.
The seven Manufacturing Food category finalists are:
- To Be Frank Ready Meals (New South Wales);
- Cooks Confectionery (New South Wales);
- Feta Juli-Etta (Queensland);
- Belladotti (Queensland);
- Lula Rum (Queensland);
- Comfy Foods (Queensland); and
- San Elk (Victoria).
Winners of the 2024 Australian Small Business Champion Awards will be revealed via two gala events in Sydney on 12 and 13 April.
