The newly merged Close The Loop Group has acquired Queensland-based seafood packaging operation Oceania Agencies, to boost the group's offering to the aquaculture market.

Meal kit delivery company HelloFresh has donated $200,000 to food rescue organisation OzHarvest to help feed people in need and reduce food waste this Christmas.

In each issue of Food & Drink Business, we ask an industry leader five questions about their working life. This month we talk to the CEO of Maggie Beer Holdings Chantale Millard.

De Bortoli’s tree planting initiative with the 17 Trees Plant-a-Tree program has reached the milestone of planting 50,000 trees since its launch in 2020.

Biripi Capital, Australia’s first Aboriginal-owned private equity firm, has closed an initial tranche of $20 million investment from the Hudson Food Group. It is believed to be the largest impact investment into an Aboriginal business ever made in Australia.

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation is calling for applications that address the 17 research, development & extension priorities identified by the fishing and aquaculture sector.

Regenerative food company Wide Open Agriculture has raised $20 million through institutional investors. It will use the funds to develop Western Australia’s first oat milk manufacturing plant.

Sustainability and innovation as well as growing great grapes have been the focus of this year’s Top 50 Vineyard of the Year Awards. The awards acknowledge the 6000 grape growers in Australia.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it won’t oppose JBS Australia’s proposed acquisition of pig processor Rivalea. JBS announced the $175 million deal in June.

The current vice president and general manager of PepsiCo’s US Frito-Lay business Kyle Faulconer is the new CEO of PepsiCo ANZ. He will start in the role in January.

Australian businesses are increasing resources for environmental sustainability by more than 50 per cent, the latest Business Assurance Report by SAI Global says.

The Federal Full Court has dismissed an appeal by Shepparton Partners Collective Operations Pty Ltd (SPC) about an earlier ruling the business had infringed copyright through ongoing use of enterprise resource planning software by QAD Inc.

Around 300 deaths could be avoided every year if five major Australian food manufacturers cut the salt content in their packaged foods, research by The George Institute for Global Health found.

Strong growth in H1 FY22 for Halo Food Co was driven by its consolidated group EBITDA profitability – a 223 per cent increase compared to the previous year and a new record for the group.

The New South Wales government is heightening its surveillance on express and online alcohol delivery operators as businesses start to re-open after Covid lockdowns.

Nestlé has reached 100 per cent renewable electricity across its Australian operations, four years ahead of schedule. Brands like KitKat, Milo and Uncle Toby’s will now be powered by wind energy.