Foodbank, Australia’s largest hunger-relief charity, last night honoured a number of leading Australian food and grocery companies at its awards ceremony held during the Australian Food and Grocery Council’s Annual Industry Leaders Dinner in Canberra. CEO Bronwyn Boekenstein said that Foodbank performed a brokerage role between the food and grocery industry and the welfare sector, helping to feed more than 48,000 Australians a day. “It is for this reason that we publicly recognise... ...Read more »

Coca-Cola Amatil, Australia’s largest soft drink bottler, has reported their first half profit after tax has risen 22% to $171.9 million. The distributor of Coca-Cola in Australia advised that stronger cash control one of the reasons for the increase. New beverage products added impetus to the results, with the Mother re-launch, Kirk’s Ginger Beer, Powerade Edge and Recovery and Glacéau - which is likely reap sales 4 times the original forecasts - among the successful new products introduced... ...Read more »

Coca-Cola Amatil Limited announced yesterday that they will consolidate their Victorian SPC Ardmona operations. The announcement follows a comprehensive review of its SPC Ardmona operations in the Goulburn Valley, which was initiated “in light of the continued impact of the drought and the need to better manage the Australian fruit intake”. The review determined that there is excess capacity in the Shepparton and Mooroopna plants in the Goulburn Valley and, consequently, the deciduous... ...Read more »