“Look, in the last 12 months, there won’t be nothing we don’t touch and improve with efficiencies in manufacturing,” Klark Quinn, the 30-year-old in charge of overhauling the iconic confectionary maker Darrell Lea and making it profitable again said.
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Retail conditions soft, says AFGC CHEP Retail Index
The AFGC CHEP retail index predicts growth to be 2.9 per cent, year-on-year, for the December quarter, below both the 10-year average and the September quarter result.
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Maggie Beer slams supermarket dominance
Celebrity chef and food producer Maggie Beer is the latest industry insider to accuse the major supermarkets of failing to support Australian food growers and manufacturers.
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Nestlé expands manufacturing capabilities in Australia
The world’s largest food and beverage business Nestlé has invested $17 million in a new liquid manufacturing site in Australia’s Tongala factory located in Victoria’s north-east for Nestlé’s Health Sciences business.
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Woolworths reports big sales growth
Woolworths Limited has reported a huge first quarter, boosted by its supermarket and liquor dominance in the Australian market.
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AFGC report confirms decrease in food manufacturing
The Australian Food and Grocery Council's (AFGC) annual State of The Industry report has shown a decrease in the food manufacturing industry's output.
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Darrell Lea to be back on shelves in time for Christmas
Infamous Aussie confectionary brand, Darrell Lea, has overcome its financial issues from earlier this year, and the new owners have pledged to have the treats back on shelves in time for Christmas shopping.
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Hershey bows to pressure, commits to 100% certified cocoa by 2020
US confectionary manufacturer Hershey is the latest company to declare its commitment to ending child labour in West Africa, by pledging to use 100 per cent certified cocoa in all its products by 2020.
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Staff at Melbourne food plant claim extreme bullying was ignored
Staff at a Melbourne gourmet food manufacturing facility, which provides food for Ikea, Qantas and Costo have allegedly suffered extreme bullying at the plant.
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Coca-Cola Amatil overcomes ‘difficult trading season’ with big profits
Coca Cola Amatil (CCA) has continued its trend upwards, reporting growth of almost 6 per cent in the second quarter of this year.
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Aussies buying less private label products
In a small win for Aussie food companies, big-brand grocery item purchases have increased, while private label products have decreased.
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ACCC pledges to crack down on supermarket dominance
The Chairman of Australia’s competition watchdog has come out swinging over competition in local markets including the food industry.
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Confronting corporate power in the food system
The Federal Government’s current national food plan process is heavily dominated by business interests. It is built on flawed assumptions that the market can provide the solutions that our broken food system sorely needs.
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Consumers misled over serving sizes: Choice calls for reform
Consumer watchdog Choice is calling for an overhaul to current labelling standards, after research revealed some manufacturers are misleading consumers over portion sizes to make their products seem healthier.
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Kraft to buy remaining stake in Moroccan biscuit company
Global food giant Kraft has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 50 per cent stake in Moroccan biscuit manufacturer Biscuiterie Industrielle du Moghreb (BIMO).
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Govt not amused by big tobacco’s plain packaging “sick joke”
The federal health minister has slammed big tobacco’s “sick joke,” which has seen the first two companies rolling out the plain packaging for cigarettes in ways that do not comply with the new standards.
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AussieMite secures national distribution in Coles stores
AussieMite, an Australian-owned option in the yeast-based spread market, has secured national distribution and will now be available in all Coles supermarkets.
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Edible packaging encases food in skin-like substance
Cambridge-based company Wikicell Designs have created a nutritious, edible, skin-like packaging that encases and protects food in the same way that a grape is protected by its skin.
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Bulmers introduces new flavour with ‘Ginger Pride’ campaign
Bulmers has launched a tongue-in-cheek Facebook campaign to promote their new ginger-flavoured cider.
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400 Darrell Lea workers to lose jobs as customers commence panic buying
A deal has been struck that will see troubled confectionary maker Darrell Lea sold to Queensland-based Quinn family, though 400 workers will still lose their jobs.
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