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

Queensland-based start-up TomKat, the innovator behind KoolPak, the world-first reusable packaging solution for temperature-sensitive and perishable goods incorporating track and trace technology, is relocating to Thailand to set up manufacturing operations. Lindy Hughson spoke to founders Kath and Tom Long about the motivation for the move.

Opal’s Maryvale Mill is at the centre of a standoff between management and the CFMEU union as the two sides negotiate a new enterprise agreement; 300 workers are currently locked out of the facility.

In the sale of Close the Loop to PE fund Adamantem, the exclusivity period has passed. Discussions between the two parties are continuing. Close the Loop is open to offers from other potential buyers.