This week’s Top 5 stories

Take a look at the stories that caught everyone’s attention on the Food & Drink Business website this week: Deakin University’s plant-based food audit; Bega’s branded business on the rise in 1H24 results; Coles records $594m profit; Australian Vintage explores merger with Accolade Wines; and Chobani, Foodbank Australia and Woolworths team up in  new campaign. 

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Packaging News

Australia’s pathway to a national soft plastics recycling system has taken a step forward, with APCO and SPSA announcing a new partnership aimed at simplifying how brands and retailers participate in stewardship as collection and recycling pathways expand.

One year after commissioning its high-efficiency G3 oxyfuel furnace at the Gawler glass manufacturing site in South Australia, Orora says the installation is delivering substantial reductions in fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Des Pope, founder and chairman of Pope Packaging, has passed away. Pope established the South Australian packaging company in 1956, growing it from a small local operation into a global business.