Page 3 - Food & Drink Magazine April 2021

CONTENTS APRIL 2021
✷ REGULARS
05 NEWS
Mondelez buys Gourmet Food Holdings | New supply chain director for Mars Wrigley | KitKat collaboration for recycled wrapper | US Arbitration for Freedom Foods
14 COVER STORY
GS1 provides the tools, training, and support to make the most of your online marketplace.
16 BY ASSOCIATION Australian Beverages Council CEO Geoff Parker provides an update on the non-alcoholic beverage industry.
18 SMART BUSINESS
How a phone call to make a table booking by start-up ISP UplinkMe turned into a much needed tech solution for brewery Little Bang.
44 SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT SICK | HRS Heat Exchangers | NHP | hb-technik
✷ PLUS
MACHINERY MATTERS
Food & Drink Business and APPMA bring you this regular special supplement on news, trends, and technology relevant to the Australasian packaging and processing machinery sector.
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✷ FEATURES
08 KIM AND THE
COFFEE FACTORY
Kim Loupis from The Wood Roaster is combining traditions of wood-fired coffee roasting with custom-built, temperature- controlled machinery. Jan Arreza finds out more.
26 INSIDE THE BOX When John O’Connor stood in a barrel-filled warehouse deep in the whisky heartland of Scotland it was the beginning of his own spirited journey. By Kim Berry.
✷
INDUSTRY INSIGHT
12 The Cold Chain
Planet Protector Packaging is determined to see its Woolpack insulated packaging solutions replace polystyrene for cold chain distribution.
Lindy Hughson reports on its latest projects.
20 Dessert in a can
In a quest to stand out in a crowded market and attract new drinkers, Australian craft brewers have headed to the dessert cart. Joshua Gliddon talks to those embracing the sweet.
30 The State of the Industry
The number of plant-based products on Australian supermarket shelves doubled last financial year, but the economic opportunities of the local plant-based market still remain largely untapped. Kim Berry takes a look at the state of the industry.
✷ FOCUS
20 BeverageBusiness
30 ThePlant-BasedSector 38 SupplyChain
36 PROCESSING
PLANT PROTEINS
Australian Plant Proteins is Australia’s first and only commercial plant protein fraction facility. Co-founder Brendan McKeegan explains what the business does.
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