Month: September 2024

MLA has released the 2024 State of the Industry Report on the economic importance of the Australian red meat sector and how it stacks up against our global counterparts. The report, from Erin Lukey, MLA Senior Market Information Analyst, uses calendar and financial year data from 2023 to cover industry turnover, value add, number of […]

Woolworths has introduced a new range of burgers aimed at catering to the growing demand for family dining at home, as more Australians opt to eat in due to rising living costs. With fewer Australians dining out, this shift presents a prime opportunity for Woolworths’ new burger range. “We were inspired to create a supermarket […]

Vneyard in the Tamar Valley region of Tasmania. Image: Jackie Davies/stock.adobe.com Tasmania’s 2024-25 State Budget has unveiled a $1.5 million investment to support the future of its wine sector. The budget commitment includes 1.5 million over three years to grow the wine sector through export opportunities, domestic market promotions and working with the Trade Tasmania […]

Welcome to the latest edition of Food52 Founder Amanda Hesser’s weekly newsletter, Hey there, it’s Amanda, packed with food, travel, and shopping tips, Food52 doings, and other matters that catch her eye. Get inspired—sign up here for her emails. Last week, New York Times Cooking celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its incredibly successful cooking app. […]

Last year, I tasted more than 20 nonalcoholic (NA) spirits, sampled over 30 different NA beers, and spent weeks profiling the people creating these spirit-free libations. A year later, I’ve arrived at two conclusions: One, many of these drinks are delicious on their own; and two, they’re even better when combined with actual alcohol. The […]

The use of next generation 2D barcodes continues to expand proving this is not a ‘passing trend’. Image: GS1 Australia GS1 Digital Link embeds structured data into a URL within Next Generation 2D barcodes, enabling dynamic information retrieval. As the Australian food and beverage industry increasingly adopts the next generation in barcodes, the barcode standards […]

Industry bodies will join forces with grain and grain growers are being urged to exercise extra caution this spring, as warmer conditions result in broadleaf weed control programs coinciding with early budburst in vineyards.  Wine Australia and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) will join forces to discuss how to support growers in minimising […]

Image: ahirao/stock.adobe.com South Australia has seized the opportunity of a US beef supply short to increase US beef exports by 285 per cent to $195.7 million in the past 12 months. Reports from the South Australian Government showed that the export growth outpaced all other states and was almost three times that of NSW. During the same […]