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Treasury Wine Estates CEO Tim Ford says FY21 saw significant changes and achievement for the business, despite major external disruptions.

Persistence prevails when all else fails, and being the change you want to see, were key take outs of this year’s Women in Packaging (WIP) Next Gen Leadership panel.

Orora says it is well positioned to pursue new growth opportunities. In Australasia, growth in cans and closures offset a subdued glass business as the impact of Chinese tariffs on wine hit.

Online gourmet hamper company Cheese Therapy is extending its support for small food businesses with a new ecommerce platform called Artisans Bend.

Border uncertainty and ongoing lockdowns due to COVID-19 have caused the cancellation of foodpro 2021.

Global protein company JBS has launched a parallel takeover bid for Huon Aquaculture in response to Andrew Forrest's private holding company Tattarang doubling its interest in the business.

Tenacity and creativity are key when it comes to designing packaging to reduce food waste, meet sustainability targets and satisfy consumer expectations, the keynote addresses at AIP's conference confirmed.

The weed we need

Dietician Sarah Leung launched Alg Seaweed in a bid to address Australia’s silent epidemic of thyroid disease. With a range of seaweed flakes, sprinkles, bars and now chocolate, it's the weed we need.

Plant-based meat company Fable Food Co has raised $6.5m in a seed funding round just 18 months after it launched. The round was led by Blackbird Ventures, which had also invested in its initial 2019 raise.

TasFoods has announced the resignation of its CFO Donna Wilson. Wilson was with the company for five years and will stay on until her replacement is found.

Woolworths has launched its latest micro-fulfilment system in Maroochydore, Queensland. It is the fourth for the retailer as its ecommerce business continues to expand.

Waste management company Suez has taken a 20 per cent equity stake in social enterprise Yume as the two companies strengthen their commitment to eradicate food waste and deliver a circular economy.

Beefing up security

Cyberattacks can force supply chains to shut down and cause significant losses. CTO and co-founder of BitSight Stephen Boyer looks at what companies need to do to protect themselves.

Employers can only mandate employees get vaccinated if a specific law applies, or its relevant enterprise agreement/employment contract permitted the requirement, the Fair Work Ombudsman said in its updated guidance on the matter.

A new project to help reduce food waste is calling on the Black Soldier fly (Hermetia Illucens) to tackle food waste too difficult or contaminated to manage.

Only 20 of the 250 plant-based meat products sold in Australia use an animal meat term in their name, analysis by Food Frontier reveals, countering claims by the meat industry of deceptive packaging.