PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 18 October

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Food & Drink Business

Australian Distillers Association (ADA) CEO, Kylie Lethbridge, has resigned after a year in the role. She will finish up at the end of October.

Ballarat confectionery and snack bar maker, Ferndale Foods Australia, will install a $3 million packing line in early 2027 to lift mint capacity fivefold, as its JILA brand launches into 16,500 stores in South Korea.

Western Star has reached 100 with a narrow butter and spreads focus, a single regional factory and a new French owner. Its marketing team says the brand’s market position has never been stronger, even as cheaper imported dairy pushes onto supermarket shelves.