The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched its $40 million National Industrial Transformation (NIT) Program, aimed at reducing Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions at existing or planned industrial facilities in Australia.

Norco Co-operative farmers are expected to deliver around 660,000 litres of milk this festive season, and will receive an extra 15 cents per litre for milk supplied on Christmas Day through the annual Christmas Bonus initiative. 

The ACCC has published its final guidance on environmental claims, consisting of eight principles to guide businesses to ensure environmental marketing and advertising claims made about products or services are clear, accurate, and do not mislead consumers.

Hill-Smith Family Estates has appointed Jack Glover as its new executive director of marketing and sales. Glover will assume responsibility of the collection of Hill-Smith wine brands and drive its global marketing and sales strategies.

Despite our best efforts, in a list of size, scale, and content as our Top 100 companies report sometimes, we get it wrong. This year, an incorrect figure was supplied for Vittoria Food & Beverage. Food & Drink Business regrets the error. 

There were some big acquisitions in 2023 as well as mergers and some folds. Kim Berry reflects on a year not without its challenges.

The big stories in 2023 had elements of surprise, shock, and sometimes sheer incredulity. Kim Berry reflects on the news that caught your attention.

The importance of shortbread as part of Christmas cuisine is as fixed for some as fruit mince tarts and Christmas pudding with brandy custard. When your brand is globally recognised and associated with shortbread, for Walker’s Shortbread it is time to shine. Kim Berry asked CEO Sir Jim Walker some questions during his recent visit to Australia.

Every year, the Food & Drink Business team works with the researchers and analysts at IBISWorld to compile our annual Top 100 Food & Drink Companies report. IBISWorld industry analyst, Levi Duane-Davis, provided this analysis of the 2023 cohort.

Food and drink brands had a tough time this year, with shoppers’ purse strings were pulled tight as economic tough times, and interest rates, hit hard. Founder of Females in Food and the Foodpreneurs Festival, Chelsea Ford, looks at the state of the start-up sector.

A high-performance factory is something every manufacturer strives for, but too much focus on an individual machine’s speed can result in comparatively little thought being given to how the factory performs as a whole. Foodmach CEO Earle Roberts looks at what is required to create a winning production line.

Australia’s oldest family-owned chocolate maker, Haigh’s Chocolates, is about to embark on the largest infrastructure investment of its 108-year history. The two-year project starts this month and will ultimately double its chocolate production.

Food tech company Vow’s bid to have its cultured quail approved as a novel food took a step forward with Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) finding “no toxicological, nutritional safety or food allergenicity concerns” with its cultured quail cells.

Asahi Group Holdings has appointed Amanda Sellers to Group CEO of Asahi Beverages, the first female CEO of a regional headquarters for the group. Sellers has been acting in the role since June, when Robert Iervasi resigned. Prior to that she was Group CFO.

CSIRO’s Agriculture and Food deputy director (Impact) Professor Michelle Colgrave and Future Protein Mission Lead, Crispin Howitt, question the polarising branding of proteins and the need to refocus on nutrition and our future food systems.