Australian wine exports were down by volume and value over the last financial year, according to Wine Australia’s Australian Wine Export Report, released on Thursday. Exports declined 10 per cent by value to $1.87 billion and 1 per cent by volume to 621 million litres, according to the figures. The US market “is experiencing structural…
Keith Milne runs Uncle Harry’s Vegan Grill, a company he decided to buy in 2018 at age 70. He tells Brent Balinski about why he did it, and the satisfaction he finds in running an enduring veggie burger business. “I was actually all ready to retire,” recalls Keith Milne. “I had a BT-50 and a…
Frucor Suntory Oceania has taken steps towards net-zero operation of its new new $400 million state of the art manufacturing and distribution facility now under construction in Swanbank, Queensland. The facility, which will have the immediate capacity to deliver 20 million cases per annum, has signed with publicly owned CleanCo to secure a 11GWh clean…
MicroBioGen is breeding world-renowned microorganisms, and believes these could be useful in everything from baking better bread to deep space travel. Brent Balinski visited the company’s lab and heard about how baker’s yeast is ancient and ubiquitous, yet remains full of untapped potential. Based in Northern Sydney’s Macquarie Park is a company dedicated to extending…
Three Queensland First Nations businesses have received state government support to develop their products under the Indigenous Native Food Program. The program helps First Nations-owned and run businesses commercialise new food products with native food ingredients. Queensland innovation minister Stirling Hinchliffe said in a statement on Thursday that, “With the eyes of the world focused…
AAMRI announces New Rising Star Award The Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI) has announces a new, CSL-sponsored AAMRI Rising Star Award. According to AAMRI, the award will recognise an outstanding mid-career researcher and be presented by federal health minister Mark Butler at the annual AAMRI Dinner at Parliament House in October. AAMRI is…
Bega Group has sold the historic factory in Port Melbourne that has manufactured Vegemite for more than 75 years. As part of company rationalisation and reducing debt, the company has sold the factory at 1 Vegemite Way for $114.6 million. The company will lease back the factory from new owner Charter Hall for an initial…
By Shannon Pearce Researchers from the University of Adelaide have found new species of lactic acid bacteria on Kangaroo Island that could be used in the fermentation of wine, ciders and sour beers. The team discovered five new species in samples taken from insects, including meat ants and cockroaches, and flowers around KI bee hives…
Century-plus-year-old chocolate company Ernest Hillier has gone bust for the second time in a decade, with WLP Restructuring Partners announcing on Wednesday that they had been appointed as voluntary administrators. WLP are administrators to Chocolate & Confectionery Company and the related entity that own and make Ernest Hillier, a brand that dates back to 1914. …
Olive oil manufacturer Cobram Estate Olives is expecting an olive crop this year 20 to 25 percent below initial forecasts, driven by an unusually cold and shorter growing season that is delivering lower-than-average oil content, and smaller fruit size. The company production of its two groves to be between 12.6 million and 13.2 million litres…
