Coca-Cola Amatil will increase the size of it’s 250mL glass bottles to 330mL and added a resealable lid, in a move the global beverage giant says will add convenience and portability.
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Nestlé Indian factory expansion to create 250 jobs
International food giant Nestlé is making some changes to its businesses in India and the US.
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Protect researchers from the perils of public health advocacy
Public health advocates who criticise industries for promoting harmful forms of consumption – the alcohol, food, pharmaceutical, tobacco and gambling industries – increasingly find themselves facing legal action for defamation or other forms of legal harassment.
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PaperlinX to acquire Canterbury Packaging NZ for $2 million
New Zealand company PaperlinX has announced it will acquire Canterbury Packaging NZ.
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Can Coles and Woollies change public perception of private label impacts?
Despite apprehension about the impact of supermarket private labels and forecasts showing they will dominate shelves in the next five years, Woolworths has attempted to calm the market by releasing information on its range on its website.
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Counterfeit items flooding Australian market
Food manufacturers, packaging organisations and consumers have been warned that counterfeit household items including food products are becoming increasingly common in Australia.
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UK dairy farmers continue blockades to overturn price cuts
Despite three milk processors ending plans to cut the farm-gate price for milk, farmers in the UK have pledged to continue blockades of processing depots until all price cuts are rescinded.
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Coles doesn’t respond to 73 000+ consumers concerned about milk price wars
A concerned consumer’s post on Coles’ Facebook page about the impact of its price cuts on farmers has gained more than 73 000 “likes” over three days, but the supermarket giant is yet to respond, despite constant declarations that customers and farmers are its main priorities.
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As food producers suffer, Coles reports more growth
As farmers leave family farms because they can’t make enough money to survive and Australian food manufacturers continue to go bust because they can’t meet supermarket expectations, Coles has recorded a three per cent growth in sales.
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Outback QLD land to be irrigated to meet ‘foodbowl’ demand
The Queensland Government has announced plans to irrigate fertile land by using two untamed rivers out of the Gulf of Carpentaria, as plans to become Asia’s foodbowl take shape.
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Wine producer cuts 175 jobs
Accolade Wines will cut 175 jobs by January 2013 when it closes its Australian bottling operations.
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Two weeks on, Coles warehouse workers accept deal
The blockade at the Coles warehouse in Melbourne has ended after two weeks, after staff accepted a new pay deal.
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The draft National Food Plan: putting corporate hunger first
The Federal Government released on Tuesday the green paper for Australia’s first-ever National Food Plan. According to Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig, this plan “will ensure Australia has a sustainable, globally competitive, resilient food supply that supports access to nutritious and affordable food”.
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Fair Work to be brought in again to settle Coles warehouse dispute
The industrial umpire will again be brought in to deal with the controversial blockade by workers at a Coles warehouse in Melbourne, after they defied a court order last week and continued protesting.
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Workers don’t want their jobs here: Simplot boss
The promise of receiving a sizeable redundancy payout is changing the scope of the working world, and according to Simplot boss Tom O’Brien, 20 per cent of his workers want processing plants to close for this reason.
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Govt outlines plans to improve food industry
A new government report has defended foreign investment in prime Australian agricultural land, and argued that the only way forward for the country is to embrace the rising Asian middle class.
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Are people born by caesarean section more likely to be obese?
A study recently published in the British Medical Journal (project Viva) has found that children born by caesarean section have a higher rate of obesity at age three than children born naturally.
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Inghams Enterprises to be sold
Major Australian poultry business Inghams Enterprises will go up for sale this year.
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Police expected to end Coles warehouse strike
Victorian police are expected to be called in to end the blockade outside the Coles Sommerton warehouse.
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Private Label will damage our business: Four ‘N’ Twenty pie maker
The supermarket price wars have had many victims, and the latest to be impacted by the ruthless competition that is squeezing food companies out of business is iconic Aussie pie maker Four ‘N’ Twenty.
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