The Original Juice Company (OJC) has lodged the prospectus for the merger of OJC with SPC and Nature One Dairy (NOD) with an offer to select existing and potential shareholders in a bid to raise $1-5 million.

Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has launched the second round of its Australia-Singapore Venture Exchange Program (VEP) – Future Food 2.0. Applications for interested agrifood businesses close 8 December.

After a 35-year career in wine and nine years at Barossa Valley vineyard, Château Tanunda, Neville Rowe is stepping down from his role as chief winemaker. The brand’s current senior winemaker, Jeremy Ottawa, will be taking up the mantle.

The results of the eighth annual James Halliday Grenache Challenge have been announced, with the Penny’s Hill 2023 Single Vineyard Grenache coming out on top.

T garage director strategy & partner, Jed Simpfendorfer, discusses the efficacy of nostalgia as a brand strategy during economic downturns, as research from the marketing agency has shown how people in crisis tend to reach for items and experiences that comfort.

With the aim of increasing export opportunities to Taiwan, prominent industry organisations from the food and wine industry – The Australian Food and Wine Collaboration Group (AFWCG) – headed to its capital, Taipei.

Woolworths Group says it will defend the class action launched by Gerard Malouf & Partners in relation to alleged misleading promotional pricing practices. It follows the ACCC commencing Federal Court proceedings against Woolworths and Coles Group in September on the same matter.

Fonterra Co-operative Group has raised this season’s milk price again, as the global dairy market braces for demand uncertainty. Maxum Foods’ Global Dairy Commodity update gives some insight into how Australia and New Zealand will move forward.

The Western Australian government has granted $1 million to meat processor, Mt Barker Chicken, to help expand its operations and capture new market opportunities.

Coles is trialling an AI-powered Smart Trolley, developed in partnership with grocery technology company, Instacart, to give consumers a more efficient shopping experience.

Australians love eggs, consuming around 263 per person every year compared to the global average of 161. With such demand and recent industry changes and challenges, Kinross Farms has chosen innovation over hesitation in its operations.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is undertaking a second round of public consultation on the case of cell-cultured quail, after reviewing its overall safety and consumer understanding of cultured meats.

Perfection Fresh has partnered with Mexican grower, Campos Borquez, to bring Calypso mangoes to the US market. After four years of rigorous trials, propagation is underway for the first commercial plantation early in 2025.

Australian cocktail company, Curatif, has become the first producer to win a category in the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) three years in a row, awarded World’s Best RTD Producer for the third time in 2024.

The Western Australian government is assisting agrifood and beverage businesses to capture export market opportunities at five upcoming international trade events, held across Asia and the Middle East.

Surplus food marketplace app, Too Good To Go, is setting up shop in Sydney, doubling its Australian presence since launching in Melbourne in August.