Beef might be off the Christmas menu for many Australians this year with prices continuing to rise dramatically. Over the past year, Australian domestic beef prices have more than doubled with drought hitting Australian farms hard. Yet, ...
Tags: Beef, Meat Prices, Lamb, Bacon
It was a full house for the Packaging Council of Australia's Australian Packaging Design Awards presentation in Melbourne on 12 November. Brand owners, pack designers and packaging suppliers involved in the design projects selected as ...
Tags: Packaging Design
A complex shrink sleeve printing job that achieved what judges described as an “outstanding result in a category in which it's difficult to be innovative” and that showed “technical excellence in bringing a design to ...
Tags: shrink sleeve, packaging, printing
New research from the Netherlands has found that most Netherlands-based consumers pay little attention to the ingredients lists on food labelling. The study, which was commissioned by Unilever and was accepted on the 17 September 2015 by ...
New Galaxy research has found that nine in 10 Australian shoppers are willing to switch supermarkets in order to save money. Commissioned by Aldi, it was discovered that on average a 38 per cent saving would be required before shoppers ...
Tags: fresh fruit, vegetables, fresh meat
Australian leading walnut producer Webster Limited yesterday announced that a ‘nut set issue’ will likely impact the company’s 2016 crop yield. Although Webster says the impact on the 2016 yield is still being assessed, ...
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Australian parents are taking to social media in uproar as they stress over not being able to purchase their favourite infant formula brands. Expressing concerns through Facebook and other sites, consumers are saying that the popular A2 ...
Tags: infant formula, Bulk Buys
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its annual container stevedoring monitoring report, which highlights an improved performance within the industry. Average stevedoring prices for the industry fell for the ...
Tags: container, stevedoring
Streamlined trade is said to be a step closer between Australian and New Zealand businesses, with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and the New Zealand Customs Service (NZCS) formally agreeing to work towards the ...
Australia’s transport ministers have decided to overtax the truck and bus industries by $515 million over the next two years, the CEO of the Australian Trucking Association Christopher Melham said today. The ministers made the ...
Tags: Road Transport, heavy vehicle
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) industrial design student Jose Navarro's design for a rice dispenser box walked off with the coveted top prize at the annual Cormack Innovation Awards, which took place at a gala event in Sydney's ...
Tags: rice carton box, Cormack Packaging
In a bid to strengthen its position in the Southeast Asia labels market, Constantia Flexibles Group has acquired Australian packaging company Pemara Labels Group. The parties agreed not to disclose any financial details and the transaction ...
Several Australian meat producers are petitioning the government to take control of the halal certification system in the country. Around 10 of the largest meat processors in Australia have approached the government in order to ...
AC/DC kick off the North American leg of their 2015 world tour this weekend [August 22] with a spectacular light show using technology from Philips, the global leader in lighting. The veteran rock band’s explosive sound is matched ...
Tags: Philips, electrifying light show
Coopers Brewery, one of Australia’s remaining independent commercial beer producers, has managed to increase its yearly profits despite dropping beer consumption amongst Australians. Coopers after-tax profits for the financial year ...
Tags: Coopers Brewery, alcoholic beverages, Cider