One of Australia's oldest wine businesses McWilliam's Wines will be split in two after administrator KPMG sealed a $40 million deal with two private company buyers.

Pure Foods Tasmania has acquired Tasmanian plant-based ice cream business The Cashew Creamery. The deal is PFT's latest as it seeks to cement its position in the plant-based foods market.

Maggie Beer Holdings announced it's set to acquire Hampers & Gifts Australia for $40 million. The deal will strengthen the company's strategic focus on ecommerce.

Product claims are one of the most important links between consumer and brand. Research company PLAY MR recently asked people what they thought about claims.

Inghams Group CEO Jim Leighton has resigned from the poultry processor, effective immediately. FMCG veteran Andrew Reeves has been appointed CEO and managing director.

A new representative group for Australia’s alternative protein sector has been launched. It will represent the sector in national policy discussions and ensure a collective voice for the burgeoning industry.

The Port of Melbourne will be the first home for the Purple Hive Project – an initiative by Bega Cheese’s B honey brand – which uses ‘smart hives’ to protect Australia’s honey bees from exotic pests and diseases.

Victoria Bitter will let customers trade their excess solar energy for slabs of beer as it partners with energy retailer Diamond Energy and blockchain-powered platform Power Ledge.

The Australian Manuka Honey Association has called on the Australian government to intervene in the upcoming New Zealand court hearing on the use of the term ‘manuka honey’.

The federal government has released the Modern Manufacturing Initiative’s Food & Beverage Roadmap with the goal to drive investment in the sector and maximise “every opportunity”.

Food Innovation Australia Limited (FIAL) and employers' industry body Ai Group have welcomed the federal government’s Food and Beverage Roadmap.

Paola and Michael Karamallis’ part-time experiment spinning up clouds of sweet joy to sell at local markets steadily grew to become Australia’s most-awarded fairy floss brand. Stuart Ridley writes.

A global pandemic forced business to re-evaluate how it defines risk. Julia Seddon writes a similar rethink is needed for climate and water risks to be assessed like any other business risk.

The US and Europe could reach "peak meat" by 2025, a report on the alternative protein sector says. Venture capital firm Blue Horizon and Boston Consulting Group found alternative plant-, microorganism-, and animal cell-based proteins could account for 22 per cent of the entire protein market by 2035.

Widespread food fraud and significant supply chain disruption are driving greater risks for global beverage brands, a report by Lloyd’s Register says.

Yume, the B2B online marketplace for surplus food, has won a Banksia Award for its leadership in the food waste arena.