National Foods’ juice line Berri will be required to change two of its flagship brands, Australian Fresh and The Daily Juice Company, after an ACCC investigation found the brand names might be misleading customers into believing the juice was 100% freshly-squeezed. Some Australian Fresh juices contain a blend of fresh and cold stored juice, depending on seasonal availability, with only the Australian Fresh apple juice being 100% freshly squeezed. Daily Juice Company juices contain a blend of... ...Read more »

Nippy’s Juice is not expecting to move any production to the Berri plant in South Australia’s Riverland. The site will soon be vacated by Berri owner National Foods, but Nippy’s believes the factory will require too much development to make it worthwhile. Managing Director Jeff Knispell had been considering using the factory to consolidate some operations that are duplicated at their South Australian sites. “From what I can gather there’s not going to be too much more... ...Read more »

Australian juice manufacturer Nippy’s has downplayed their interest in a Riverland juice processing plant after rumours of a possible purchase surfaced over the weekend. The site, owned by National Foods subsidiary Berri, is due to close by the end of the financial year after a review by the company found it would not be viable in the long-term. Jeff Knispel, Managing Director of Nippy’s, said that he was likely to tour the site this week but cautioned workers against getting their hopes... ...Read more »

National Foods today announced it intends to phase out production at its Riverland juice manufacturing site by the end of the current financial year. This decision will result in the loss of 64 jobs and follows a decision in September not to resume production of long shelf-life juice at the Riverland site, after manufacturing equipment was severely damaged during an August break-in. A review of the site’s long-term sustainability was announced in June and the long shelf life element of that... ...Read more »

National Foods has announced 57 redundancies in the wake of a review of operations at their Berri juice factory in South Australia. The review followed a vandalism attack last month. Vandals last month caused a temporary closure of the Riverland plant and left a damage bill of around $500,000. And now almost half the workforce will depart after the company decided to not resume production of long-life juice. Corporate Affairs Manager Geoff Lynch told the ABC that the redundancies were spread across... ...Read more »

The Berri juice factory is back in operation after vandals caused a temporary closure of the plant last week. National Foods has reported the damage bill left by vandals – who smashed computers and emptied containers full of thousands of litres of juice – stood at around half-a-million dollars. An official at the plant in the Riverland of South Australia, Geoff Lynch, hopes the company can begin bottling again sometime this week. He told the ABC that workers would phase-in production... ...Read more »