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.

The a2 Milk Company is facing another class action, with Shine Lawyers lodging its claim in the Victorian Supreme Court. It is the second action brought against the company in relation to its poor economic performance. Slater and Gordon lodged its action in October.

The Asia Sustainable Foods Platform will help food-tech companies in Asia scale up production and accelerate growth. ADM is part of the project providing expertise on microbial-based alternative proteins.

The Independent Brewers Association has developed a bespoke sustainability benchmarking tool and best practice guide with Green Industries South Australia and productivity specialist 2XE.

Coles' current CFO Leah Weckert will take on a new role in the company, with Charlie Elias officially taking over the finance executive leadership position from early 2022.

Nestle hopes that a small change to the packaging of its baking chocolate favourites will make a big difference, as its Bakers Choice range set to hit the shelves will now come in downsized flexible packs.

Planet Protector Packaging has won a $4.8 million federal government grant to establish a $9.6 million manufacturing facility to support the production of its innovative Woolpack packaging solution.

COVID-19, a chance friendship and common goal has resulted in condiments and a community. Kim Berry talks to Danny Ronin and Elijah Holland about their successful side hustle, Ronin Culinary Labs.

Duxton Vineyards set its sights on being an industry leader for sustainability when it began in 2015. Today, it is reaping benefits with a suite of innovative tech and regenerative farming practices.

The mighty November/December issue has landed with the much-anticipated release of our annual Australia’s Top 100 Food & Drink Companies 2021 report. We list the top companies in the sector by revenue and then dive in to see which companies have performed well – or not – and how the various segments of the industry have fared.

JBS S.A. will invest almost $140 million in the cultivated protein sector acquiring Spanish company BioTech Foods and building a biotechnology and cultivated protein R&D centre.

Unilever has sold its global tea business to private equity company CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII for $7 billion.

Two Australian-owned manufacturers have partnered to deliver a manufacturing line for products in the Australian Organic Food Co range. The executives at Inox and Flavour Makers explain the scope of the project.