AFGC State of the Industry report
Queensland was Australia’s largest food and beverage manufacturing exporter in 2015-16, accounting for 28 per cent of the nation’s exports, just ahead of Victoria at 27 per cent, according to the latest Australian Food and Grocery Council’s State of the Industry report. Based on ABS data, the ninth annual report provides a detailed overview and […]
Australian Made calls on consumers to buy local this Christmas! Holiday gift ideas on the largest online product directory of locally made and grown goods
The Australian Made Campaign is calling on consumers to make their purchases count and ‘buy local’ this Christmas, to support Australian farmers and manufacturers, and the retailers that stock their products. Australian Made Campaign Chief Executive, Ian Harrison, says every dollar shoppers spend on Australian-made and Australian-grown gifts and produce for this season’s celebrations will […]
Bega to shell out $12m for peanut grower
Bega Cheese wants to buy Peanut Company of Australia to secure the supply of peanuts for the manufacture of Bega’s peanut butter. Bega Cheese is offering nearly $12 million to take over Queensland peanut grower Peanut Company of Australia (PCA) to give the dairy processor new supplies of Australian-grown peanuts for its own peanut butter […]