The Top 5 stories of the week

Take a look at the stories that caught everyone’s attention on the Food & Drink Business website this week: What price, Costa Group; the souring between Synlait and a2 Milk; Lamb Weston expanding its local spuds operations, Top Shelf International leadership formalities, and Toowoomba – home to the World’s Best Bacon.  

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Packaging News

Fonterra Oceania has rolled out Amcor’s AmPrima Recycle-Ready flexible packaging for shredded cheese, replacing multi-material laminates in one of dairy’s most technically demanding formats.

The Magnum Ice Cream Company has partnered with Australian clean-tech company Seabin in a move aimed at tracking and reducing ice cream packaging waste in Sydney Harbour, and using the data to inform future action.

Orora has delivered a robust first-half result for FY26, with double-digit EBITDA growth, strong cash generation and continued momentum in its Cans business underpinning performance across the group.