A practical new toolkit developed by RMIT University researchers is set to help food manufacturers cut their water use by identifying the processes that use the most water and the changes they can make to reduce their consumption.Supported by the Smart Water Fund, the Water Saver Toolkit was developed in conjunction with the Plenty Food Group, the City of Whittlesea, the City of Hume, Yarra Valley Water and several industrial food manufacturers. Dr Nira Jayasuriya, from RMIT’s School of Civil,... ...Read more »

The Australian food industry is some years behind its international counterparts in terms of its marketing and supply system sophistication, according to the findings of a report from Nuffield scholar and Queensland horticulturalist and exporter Camilla Philip*. The report entitled ‘Supply chain efficiencies and the growth of category management in the horticultural industry‘, written as part of Ms Philip’s world travels as a Nuffield scholar, found that, while the quality of Australian... ...Read more »

UK supermarkets Waitrose and Booths have announced plans to join forces on a new buying alliance in order to reduce costs and improve their ability to compete with the major retailers. Booths currently has 26 supermarkets located in the north of England and Waitrose 192 throughout England, Scotland and Wales. The deal between the two companies is designed to take advantage of the “synergies between the two brands” and will involve sharing cost prices and deal structures for branded food... ...Read more »

A $30 million state-of-the-art warehouse and commercial office building was officially opened at Brisbane Markets today, and will enable unprecedented levels of supply chain efficiency – according to Primary Industries and Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin.”The growth of Queensland’s horticulture sector increased the need for a larger, more efficient storage facility located in the Brisbane Markets complex,” Mr Mulherin said. “This new development will support the entire... ...Read more »