Manufacturing
FollowInghams to acquire Bostock Brothers’ organic chicken business
Poultry processor Inghams Group is set to acquire Bostock Brothers' (BBL) organic chicken business for $33 million (NZD$35.3 million). The deal will see the company receive all of BBL's shares, including its ...
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Haigh’s Chocolates to build $130m manufacturing and warehouse hub
The new project will cover an area of 9000sqm for production facilities and 6000sqm for warehousing and online fulfilmen...
Mondelez boosts Gourmet Food with $13m state-of-the-art packaging line
The new packaging line aims to increase production of the Olina’s Bakehouse Artisan crackers range by 35 per cent.
Saputo mulls sale of King Island Dairy in strategic review
SDA said it intends to continue regular operations at the King Island Dairy facility while the review proceeds.
Beak & Johnston opens $110 million food production plant in Western Sydney
The company opened the facility at a greenfield building spanning over 10,000sqm, in collaboration with Lend Lease and T...
Coles, Western Meat Packers boost meat production in $35m facility upgrade
The investment will expand production lines from six to nine, increasing weekly capacity to 400,000kg.
Fixx Nutrition launches new manufacturing facility on the Gold Coast
Founded in 2017 by athletes Michelle and Jan Buchegger, Fixx Nutrition provides all-natural sports and dietary supplemen...
Bega buys Betta Milk and Meander Valley from TasFoods for $11 million
Following the transaction, TasFoods said it would be debt-free and well-funded to grow its poultry operation, Nichols Po...
Covid’s bitter aftertaste: food and grocery sector still recovering, says AFGC
AFGC CEO Tanya Barden said cost pressures on the domestic industry remain high as the landscape changed “dramatically” f...
Treasury Wine Estates activates Australia’s largest winery solar installation
Featuring almost 6000 solar panels – at the Barossa site alone – the solar systems are expected to produce more than 550...
Nestle unveils technology that helps reduce intrinsic sugar in products
A patented enzymatic process reduces intrinsic sugar in ingredients such as malt, milk, and fruit juices by up to 30 per...
Juicemaker Nippy’s fined after worker scalped in industrial accident
In November 2020, an 18-year-old employee was working at Nippy's packing shed in Waikerie when her hair became tangled i...
New Zealand competition regulator clears Inghams acquisition
Commerce Commission chair, Dr John Small, said the commission was “satisfied” that the acquisition is “unlikely to subst...
Treasury Wines to shut Victorian winery and sell vineyards
TWE chief supply officer Kerrin Petty said the decision to close its Karadoc winery was a “last resort” after the compan...
What is aspartame and what does WHO’s pending cancer declaration mean?
More about the pending declaration of the popular sugar substitute aspartame as carcinogenic to humans by the World Heal...
F&B precinct Turbine appoints Andrew Eves-Brown as its first CEO
When complete, the precinct will house manufacturing services, an R&D facility, warehousing and logistics, an expert...