Mike Wheeler

Riot Wines go the keg route

When the Riot Wine Co winemaking team set out to create R!OT Rosé Spritz in 2019, they saw that the rising popularity of spritz came with a side-effect or two. For hospitality venue owners, high wastage
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Traceability group has inaugural meeting

GS1 Australia brought together more than 60 senior executives from government and industry to navigate the way forward for enhanced traceability in Australia. The inaugural meeting of the National GS1
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Woolworths shakes up leadership team

Woolworths Group has announced moves within its leadership team to better support its evolution into a Food and Everyday Needs Ecosystem. Claire Peters, currently managing director of Woolworths
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Zero sugar seltzer released

Splash Vodka is a new seltzer that has been released to market. Splash is made and operated in Victoria. With zero sugar, Splash ought to be the better choice when it comes to drinking. While there is
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Snack brand seeks investors

Whole Kids, an Australian certified organic and additive free children’s snack brand, is set to launch a $1million equity crowdfund with Birchal, inviting investors big and small to own a piece of the
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BMW quality at a cost-effective price

When people think of VEGA, they look at it as the BMW of instrumentation – quality, but at a price. But VEGA can also develop Hyundai’s. We also develop ranges that are cost-effective, entry level products.” So
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Deal activity slows

Corporate activity in the food and beverage industry has slowed down significantly mainly due to a loss of investor and consumer confidence following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The rapid
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The Wolf Release 2020

Tasmania’s Lark Distilling Co. has launched The Wolf Release 2020 , its third single malt whisky in The Wolf Release series. ‘The Wolf Release series’ is the result of a unique exchange of ideas,
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Lab grown meat not on agenda for some

Gen Z are the new kids on the block. As a cohort of five million people born between 1995-2015 encompassing 20 percent of the Australian population and 2 billion people globally — they’re consumers
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Sterile fruit flies reduce pests’ numbers

Releases of sterile fruit flies at two Australian locations have significantly reduced Queensland fruit fly numbers. The pilot, which ran from September 2019 to mid-April 2020 in Hillston, NSW and Cobram,
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