Image credit: Applied Horticultural Research and Ausveg Vegetable growers concerned about low-temperatures this winter are being encouraged to use frost cloths or ‘fleece’ with a new Ausveg study proving the material is ...
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A ‘smooth’ version of Macabella Choc’Macadamia spread will be launched into Woolworths supermarkets across Australia. The spread is being introduced to consumers after the original ‘crunch’ version won ...
Eagle Boys pizza is trialling new technology which will allow customers to use a “virtual drive-thru” when ordering pizza online or through its mobile app. The virtual drive-thru will let customers order pizza at home ...
New Zealand peanut butter maker Pic's has had to ramp up its manufacturing operations ahead of a decision by Woolworths to stock its all-natural products nationwide. More than 900 Woolworths supermarkets are now stocking Pic’s ...
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Future food labelling and product safety laws could be scrapped if legal pressure from multinational companies increases as a result of clauses within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Consumer advocacy group Choice has ...
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Organic meat company Cleaver's has updated its packaging design to include more information about how its meat was produced. Cleaver’s, which is owned by Arcadian Organic & Natural Meat Company, wanted its new branding to address ...
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New data released shows the cartonboard industry must look east for growth, with Asia Pacific accounting for almost two thirds of demand for folding cartons by 2018, and liquid cartons by 2019. Diversification of consumption patterns, ...
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Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) will co-locate a packaging plant with the nutritional powders plant dairy company Murray Goulburn (MG) plans to build in Victoria. MG has forged long-term supply agreements with global paediatric nutrition ...
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A South Australian collector has donated a sizeable array of Australian packaging to the industry to preserve for posterity, and the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is co-ordinating the collation of this important archive. The ...
Easter is now just around the corner. For readers still looking to purchase chocolate and confectionery Australian Food News has compiled the following amongst the 2016 Easter offerings. Bunnies out, Bilbies in this Easter Australian ...
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New Zealand poultry producer Tegel is predicted to soon list on the New Zealand Exchange and the Australian Securities Exchange. Tegel producers both chicken and turkey products and has four major processing facilities located across ...
The first ever review of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) will test whether consumer protections will suit the modern market place says Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims. Speaking today at the ...
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Baskin-Robbins is extending its Tuxedo ice cream cake range. The new range allows customers to design their own cake. Customers start by choosing an ice cream base from Baskin-Robbin’s 31 different flavours. They then choose from ...
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Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has today announced that the ‘effects test’ will be introduced into the Australian Competition and Consumer Act. Introducing the test will change Section 46 of the Competition and ...
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Gloria Jean’s is now selling a “one cup filter” coffee maker in its Australian cafes. The filter allows consumers to make their own filtered coffee at home. It uses silver foil filters instead of the usual paper ones. ...
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