• December/January 2025 issue of Food & Drink Business magazine.
    December/January 2025 issue of Food & Drink Business magazine.
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Our December-January 2025 edition of Food & Drink Business magazine is more than the annual flagship Top 100 Report.

Foodmach has sponsored the Top 100 for several years now. This year, strategy and sales director, Phil Biggs, takes us through four case studiesĀ that showcase the impact installing modern palletising solutions can have on efficiency, safety and reducing delays. At a time of rising costs and heightened demand, Biggs outlines how getting this aspect of your production line right can have multiple benefits across the whole business.

Three of the country's leading industry voices give us their take on 2024 and what they see in the year ahead - and beyond. Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology CEO, Fiona Fleming, Australian Beverages Council CEO, Geoff Parker, and Australian Food & Grocery Council CEO, Tanya Barden,

West African flavour inspired brand, Coast of Gold, has launched its latest condiments, channelling a unique blend of slow-cooked hot peppers, herbs, spices and seafood in its Shito Pepper Sauce range.
(Image: Coast of Gold)

And our final Rising Star for 2024. When lockdown made it difficult for Genevieve Muir to find the traditional Ghanaian condiment, shito sauce, she took matters into her own hands. Now her award-winning Shito Pepper Sauce and Suya Spice Rub are bringing the flavours of West Africa to the Australian and global stage. We also have a wrap-up of all our 2024 Rising Stars.

Packaging News

Orora has successfully completed the sale of its North American packaging solutions operation OPS for A$1.7bn, with the deal going through today. Orora will now focus exclusively on glass and cans.

It’s been a tumultuous yet progressive year in packaging in Australia, with highs and lows playing out against a backdrop of uncertainty caused in part by the dangling sword of DCCEEW’s proposed Packaging Reform, and in part by the mounting pressure of rising manufacturing costs. Lindy Hughson reviews the top stories for 2024.

Australia’s Environment Ministers convened on 10 December to outline their vision for a circular economy and a "nature-positive" future.