Food and Beverage Processing Industry

Hundreds of Woolworths staff have walked off the job indefinitely at distribution centres in Victoria and New South Wales, demanding better pay and working conditions. 

Last financial year Western Australia produced a record volume of more than 65,000 tonnes of avocados, representing 44 per cent of the total volume grown in Australia.

The Story family know where every lettuce plant they grow is going and what they'll be paid for it, but it hasn't always been this way.

When a French supermarket placed an order at Neal's Yard Dairy worth almost $600,000, it seemed too good to be true — and it was. 

Australian law tightly regulates food providers to prevent outbreaks of infection or contamination of produce.

After Kate Bradley "started life again" at age 43 in Tasmania, she decided to plant berries and sell ice cream. Thirty-five years on, after much success (and false starts), she looks back with pride — and is ready to move on from the business she built, much of it by her own hands.

Fresh produce goes to waste because it's too small, slightly yellow from sunburn or has tiny spots of leaf rub.

From premium pour-overs crafted with sought-after Taiwanese beans to affordable lattes brewed late into the night, Taiwan has become a true powerhouse for specialty coffee enthusiasts.

Indonesia is one of Australia's biggest customers for wheat, red meat and live cattle but new president Prabowo Subianto wants the nation to be food self-sufficient within five years.

When the Jessen family lost their major milk processor, they were able to pivot but they want to see more industry representation across the country. 

When China lifted tariffs on Australia's bottled wine exports, winemakers, connoisseurs and importers were excited, but now they face new challenges and changing consumer behaviour.

Coles and Woolworths say they're passing milk price reductions on to shoppers. But what do shelf price cuts mean for the farmers who produce the milk?

In the first visit by Chinese delegates since trade tariffs were lifted in April, West Australian wineries are showcasing their premium wines to big buyers in the hopes of landing lucrative contracts.

As chocolate makers ramp up for one of the busiest times of the year, experts are warning of a sharp price increase in the next few months.  

It looks and pours like a beer, and even has the frothy, foamy head of a beer. But this brew has more in common with an oolong than a lager. 

Ever noticed more air and less chips in a packet, even though it's being sold for the same price? The federal government says it has a plan to tackle "shrinkflation" by setting stricter rules around pricing.

An Alice Springs brewery will be allowed to continue selling takeaway alcohol on days other businesses in the town are banned following an investigation by the NT Liquor Commission.

With a growing emphasis on healthy, protein-rich diets among families and households, consumers are turning to alternative approaches to snacking on the go.

About 22 farmers and 159 workers at the company's Jervois and Murray Bridge sites will be affected by the development.

Wine grape growers in some of Australia's largest and most renowned regions say freezing overnight lows have wiped out whole crops — but the lower yields could lead to "more balanced and elegant flavour".