The ACCC has granted interim authorisation for supermarkets to be able to coordinate immediately to ensure consumers have reliable and fair access to groceries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australia’s biggest brewers Lion, Carlton & United Breweries and Coopers Brewery will remain fully operational, with a focus on ensuring supply to consumers and supporting partner venues.

Coles will be donating the retail value of $1 million a week worth of food and groceries to Foodbank and SecondBite to distribute across Australia for those who are vulnerable as a result of COVID-19.

More beverage producers are doing their part to help meet hand sanitiser demand, with Fonterra, Spinifex Brewing and Limestone Coast Brewing all stepping in to produce supplies needed across Australia and New Zealand.

Fonterra Co-operative Group released its 1H20 results this week, cutting its interim dividend due to COVID-19. The group's financial performance improved but uncertainty around the virus's impact on 2H20 drove the board's decision not to pay the dividend.

Alcohol producers around the world are helping meet high demand of hand sanitisers as a result of COVID-19, including Sydney’s own Manly Spirits Co Distillery, as well as Bacardi.

Food South Australia has established a portal to enable food and beverage businesses to report impacts and issues arising from business disruptions associated with COVID-19.

The impact of COVID-19 on Australian businesses is unavoidable but there are strategies to help mitigate the effects. Marketplace CEO Leo Tyndall explains.

Wow. What a world we live in. Everything seems to be changing on an almost minute-by-minute basis. Many of us are under intense stress, professionally and personally. But the sun will rise and we will go on. Also, our latest issue is here!

New research from Charles Sturt University has found the extraction and processing method of Canola oil can have a significant impact on frying life, taste and health properties of the oil.

Australian organics manufacturer Murray River Organics (MRG) has confirmed two new contracts with an undisclosed Australian supermarket retailer, worth $15 million over two years, to bring more better-for-you products to mainstream consumers.

The panic buying witnessed in recent weeks is an example of demand risk to supply chains. Associate Professor William Ho from the University of Melbourne says businesses can do much more to prepare.

Synlait has received approval from the Overseas Investment Office to go ahead with its NZ$112 million acquisition of Dairyworks, to be completed on 1 April.

The wholesale marketplace for quality surplus food Yume has said food manufacturers with excess stock from COVID-19 related cancellations can use the platform to find alternate buyers.

The AIP Australasian Packaging Conference and the PKN and Food & Drink Business Women in Packaging Breakfast scheduled for early April have been called off in line with COVID-19-related health measures. New dates will be announced imminently.

Since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Australia, the impact on Australian businesses and consumers has grown dramatically. The Uno Group & Co has been working closely with our partners to monitor the developments across a range of industries.