• Every week, Food & Drink Business editor Kim Berry brings you the top stories from Australia's food and beverage manufacturing sector. This week: The Hive Awards, Yowie, FAL Healthy Beverages, FaBA, Bega, Fonterra, Asahi Beverages, AFGC, Taylors Wines, and Naturally Good Expo.
    Every week, Food & Drink Business editor Kim Berry brings you the top stories from Australia's food and beverage manufacturing sector. This week: The Hive Awards, Yowie, FAL Healthy Beverages, FaBA, Bega, Fonterra, Asahi Beverages, AFGC, Taylors Wines, and Naturally Good Expo.
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News Wrap: 13 February

By Kim Berry | 13 February 2025

In the news this week: Yowie and Keybridge Capital, SPC Global, Noumi, alcohol labelling, and infant formula marketing. 

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Packaging News

IVE holds margins as investment continues   Read more

IVE holds margins as investment continues

IVE Group says its diversification strategy – including investment in packaging capacity – remains central to growth despite softer revenues in traditional print segments.

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5 Mar 2026
Time to shine in the 2026 Hive Awards   Read more

Time to shine in the 2026 Hive Awards

The Hive Awards are live! PKN's sister title, Food & Drink Business, is calling on all processing and packaging innovators in the food and beverage sector to get on board and submit entries by 13 March.

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5 Mar 2026
AFGC report flags industry pressure   Read more

AFGC report flags industry pressure

A new AFGC snapshot of Australia’s food and grocery manufacturing sector highlights rising costs and slowing real growth – while calling for national progress on packaging circularity and digital labelling.

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5 Mar 2026