This week’s Top 5 stories

By Pippa Haupt | 8 December 2023

Take a look at the stories that caught everyone’s attention on the Food & Drink Business website this week: ACCC approves Coles and Saputo deal; Ingham’s capacity expansions; Queensland’s Beefy’s Pies sells for $10 million; new AFGC research on processed foods, and first female chair appointed at Coopers Brewery. 

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