Non-alcoholic beverage wholesaler VinZero has secured the ranging of its products with Paramount Liquor. VinZero’s full range will now be available within Paramount’s portfolio, selling to retailers and hospitality venues across Australia.

TNA Solutions has added a third manufacturing site in Australia, the second in Sydney, to meet the burgeoning demands for technology solutions from the global confectionery and nutraceutical sectors.

A collaboration between Eighth Day Foods and food relief organisation Feed One Feed All (FOFA) will see Eighth Day Food’s new plant protein product, Lupreme, used in meals for people experiencing food insecurity.

MEQ has appointed Keith Byrne as GM of its Australia and New Zealand operations. Byrne started his career at Coca-Cola Bottlers in Ireland and has held COO roles at OZGANICS and Byron Bay Cookie Company.

Australian food tech company, Nourish Ingredients, will use Singapore as its base to build a regional footprint for its world first animalic fats. In October, Nourish Ingredients launched its breakthrough plant-based fat, Tastilux, that is derived from nature but cooks, smells, and tastes like traditional meat.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was on hand to open Bundaberg Brewed Drinks’ $152.4 million ‘super brewery’. After two years of construction, founder Cliff Fleming said it was the culmination of a dream that began 55 years ago with a family owned business and a commitment to local production.

Inghams Group released a trading update for H1 FY24, saying strong operational performance has underpinned a positive start to the FY.

Treasury Wine Estates says its acquisition of the Californian DAOU Vineyards for US$1 billion will see its luxury portfolio account for more than 50 per cent of global sales as well as strengthening its Treasury Americas business.

Western Australia’s Good Earth Dairy has received a $4.4 million grant from the WA government to construct a fresh and powdered camel milk processing facility in Perth.

Queensland’s Food & Agribusiness Network (FAN) says its new pathway program, Grow National, will help food, beverage and agri businesses scale production, distribution, and market access.

Australian small businesses can now access R&D funding and expertise through CSIRO as it broadens its Kick-Start program, expanding its eligibility to include businesses with a turnover of up to $10 million.

Grant applications are open for Victorian SME manufacturers in the second round of the Made in Victoria Manufacturing Growth Program. Grants of up to $250,000 are available to introduce new technology, improve productivity and competitiveness locally and globally, upskill workers, and create new jobs.

A free trade agreement with the EU will take “quite some time”, the Australian government says, after negotiations on the weekend failed to reach an agreement.

The Food & Drink Business October/November magazine is out, covering all the industry news, with special features on beverages, plant design & fitout, testing & measuring, and meat, fish & poultry.

Frenchies Brewery has bolstered its onsite team and launched its new production facility next door to its original outpost in Rosebery. Double the size, the new space provides an extra 300,000 litres of fermenting capacity.

Food-relief charity Eat Up has made its three millionth sandwich for children facing food insecurity at school, with the help of company partner Chobani. Eat Up currently supplies more than 20,000 free lunches to children in more than 720 schools across Australia each week.