The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given approval to Bega to acquire Kraft Foods’ cheese manufacturing plant located at Strathmerton, Victoria, and enter into a supply agreement...

Australia’s largest food manufacturer, Goodman Fielder, has posted a 21.9% drop in profit despite a 12.2% increase in revenue in the first half of the financial year. The hit to profit was due to...

Australian-owned Coopers Brewery is not letting the economic downturn restrict a $6m plan to install new production equipment at its Regency Park brewery, which could see them contract brew international...

Bega Cheese and Kraft Foods Australia have reached a multi-million dollar agreement, which will create 150 new jobs. It involves Bega purchasing a factory at Strathmerton, in northern Victoria, with Kraft...

The Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB) has announced its approval of Nestlé USA’s advertising pledge as a participant in the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative –...

Australia’s largest publicly listed food manufacturer, Goodman Fielder, has warned that first-half profit is likely to be down 15% on last year with private label pressure and commodity costs impacting...

Zip-Pak, a global leader in building brands through resealable packaging, has launched new technology which will enable greater differentiation amongst manufacturers. The ZIP-PAK TopZip Jr. retrofit system,...

A pan-European study by the European Food Information Council (EUFIC), presents interesting information for the food industry – with food labels found to be widely understood and recognised. “While...

Australians love buying “house brand” cotton wool and sugar but baulk at the thought of deserting trusted brands when it comes to sunscreen and ice-cream. And, while private labels have been...

Australia’s peak food and grocery manufacturing industry association, the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC), says that the introduction of the federal government’s Carbon Pollution...