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With foodpro just weeks away and the Hive Awards winners recently crowned, the latest issue of Food & Drink Business is a reminder that an industry grows stronger when it gets in a room together. Our foodpro preview, Hive Awards review, and wrap of ConTech’s 30th conference are testimony to that. There are profiles of foodpro exhibitors, a spirited Rising Star, industry news and so much more.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has barred Coles Group from acquiring a leasehold interest over a new supermarket and liquor site in Western Australia, under the reformed merger regime that became mandatory from 1 January.
The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) reports the supply chain problems that stripped roughly 14 per cent from its China label infant formula sales this year have been substantially resolved, with preliminary FY26 results in line with or slightly ahead of guidance.
