Australian biscuit maker Kooka’s Country Cookies is moving to a new site to cope with increased demand following a decision by Woolworths to cease stocking the biscuits that paradoxically sent sales soaring.
Ambitious Australian brand, Tiger Buck has launched a beef jerky product to market to cater to a lack of pre-packaged premium snack options available at bars and liquor retailers.
Kellogg’s Australia claims it is reinventing the Special K brand with a new marketing push designed to inspire women to make “realistic and positive changes”.
Through innovative marketing, a South Australian grain company has used its remote location as a powerful brand statement, not the disadvantage it used to be.
The Chinese business regulator has given the green light for Wilmar International and First Pacific to acquire Australian food manufacturing major Goodman Fielder.
Grain growers in the state of Victoria will benefit from a new five year agreement that will increase research and development in their industry, according to the Australian agriculture minister.
Iconic Australian food maker Goodman Fielder has finally agreed to an A$1.34bn (US$1.26bn) offer by Wilmar International and First Pacific Company to acquire the company after the last two bids were turned down.
OneHarvest, an Australian fruit and vegetable supplier has licensed technology from Love Beets in the UK to pack fresh-cooked baby beetroot in a vacuum-sealed pouch.
Kellogg Australia has reduced the sodium content of its Special K cereals by 15% in a recipe overhaul and says it will take a new, healthier direction in 2014.
It was revolving doors today in the Australian food and beverage industry as GrainCorp announced the departure of its chief executive, closely followed by Coca-Cola Amatil broadcasting its own new appointment.
New government data has revealed that one in seven Australian schoolchildren are skipping breakfast, putting at risk their own health and perhaps also that of the country’s cereal makers.
Simplot food processing plant has been given a $1.5 million federal grant from the $840 million Clean Technology Investment Programs to upgrade its freezing tunnels at a vegetable production site.
The nutritional value of breakfast cereals marketed to children in Australia is disappointing, with high sugar and salt content and low fiber levels, the country’s consumer watchdog CHOICE says.
Amcor today announced it has agreed to pay A$238m (€191m, US$251m) for its controversial proposed takeover of Aperio - its major rival in the Australasian flexible packing arena.
The Australian competition watchdog confirmed it is probing Amcor’s proposed takeover of packaging company Aperio Group to see if the deal would damage competition in the domestic market.
The palm oil labelling bill in Australia is entering its next phase, with the House of Representatives set to vote on whether it becomes law – and the current government saying it intends to oppose it.
Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW), an alliance of Nestlé and General Mills, said that a large percentage of its cereal brands sold in Australia including Cheerios have been endorsed by the Heart Foundation there through its Tick programme.
US wheat futures experienced volatility this week with traders concerned that floods in Australia would hamper transportation of wheat and export commitments would not be met.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has joined up with the Fraunhofer Institute and Evonta-Service to improve access to electron beam technology in the Australian food industry.
Hefestus said it is to launch its innovative modified atmosphere packaging system in Australia in a bid to make the country a major market for the company.
Australia's almond production is expected to rise by 25 per cent in 2010 - up from 36,500 tonnes this year to 46,100 tonnes, announced the Almond Board of Australia (ABA) during its annual trade visit to India.
Scientists in Australia will harness the sensory ability of insects
and worms to improve the electronic noses used by the food and
beverage industry, particularly in the wine industry.
Australia, the world's second largest wheat exporter, may be facing
up to a 30 per cent fall in its grain production this year, says a
report released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural
and Resource Economies...
The Australian food industry was likely to remain an importer of
innovative food and drink technology rather than an exporter, the
chairman of consumer product giant Unilever's Australasian
operations said on Friday, according...
Australia has warned the EU that it may retaliate against recently
imposed subsidies on European pork exports. A formal complaint was
made this week by agriculture minister Warren Truss about the
reintroduction of export refunds.
Melbourne will host two major packaging events from 30 September to
3 October 2003, for the Australian Packaging Machinery Association
and the Packaging Council of Australia.
The Burns Philp - Goodman Fielder saga continues with the news
today that the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has
cleared the hostile bid from Australian ingredients company for
Australia's largest food company.
The Australian Federal Agriculture Minister and National Food
Industry Council chairman Warren Truss has launched a A$34.7
million (€19.25m) initiative to secure the future viability of
Australia's food industry in the face of...
Foodmach, the Australian food and beverage packaging equipment
provider, has said that its employees have taken the opportunity to
share ownership of its materials handling solutions business.
Australian food and beverage equipment provider, Foodmach, has
introduced a new range of conveyor systems which the company claims
will make jamming and breakages a thing of the past.
A biscuit factory in Victoria, Australia, belonging to Australian
company Arnott's, is set to close as part of a $100 (€54.7m)
million expansion of Arnott's Sydney and Brisbane plants and
upgrading of its Adelaide factory,...