This week’s Top 5 stories

Take a look at the stories that caught everyone’s attention on the Food & Drink Business website this week: Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci resigns; shifts in the plant-based meat landscape; merged businesses form Fonterra Oceania; Bega relocates Betta Milk manufacturing to Hobart; and Wide Open Agriculture looks to offload its retail brand. 

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Packaging News

PKN EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s growing dependence on imports is exposing critical weaknesses in its manufacturing base. Drawing parallels with past industry decline, Aleks Lajovic argues that without long-term policy support and a shift in perception, the nation risks losing sovereign capability in essential sectors such as plastics and packaging.

PKN’s latest quarterly print issue is hitting desks and landing in inboxes, bringing readers up to speed with the innovations, investments and strategic shifts shaping packaging across Australia and global markets in early 2026.

Ball & Doggett has officially opened the doors to its new Experience Hub in Brendale, Queensland, welcoming customers and industry partners for an exclusive launch event yesterday (18 March).