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CONTENTS MARCH 2022
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✷ REGULARS
05 NEWS
Asahi’s berry haul | Suntory offloads fresh coffee | SPC’s raise | Halo’s buy | Fënn Foods new CEO | Plant labelling
16 FOOD TECH VentureCrowd’s Steve Maarbani on food tech’s impact on health and wellness.
20 CYBERSECURITY Christian Mairoll from Emisoft provides practical advice on cyber safety.
24 TAKING STOCK
SIG and stock brand Massel have partnered to bring the most advanced sustainability solutions in aseptic cartons to Australia.
28 GETTING SMART
How smart packaging is helping companies connect.
32 ALL WRAPPED UP Australian invention Great Wrap is changing what we cling to.
44 SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT 46 PRODUCT NEWS
48 NEW IN STORE
50 REAR VIEW
ON THE COVER: TUI has developed a new food chain model; a circular ecosystem providing primary producers with extra income streams, food brands with greater ingredient traceability, new local and global markets for Australian ingredients, and regenerative agriculture practices. Read from page 10.
✷ FEATURES
14 HUNGER CRISIS While Australia produces three times the amount of food it needs, people still go hungry. Foodbank Australia CEO Brianna Casey looks at what needs to be done to eradicate food insecurity.
✷ INDUSTRY INSIGHT
10 On the upcycle
Start-up TUI Foods is determined to turn the food chain on its head and rebuild it into an equitable and sustainable model that could be adopted globally. Kim Berry writes.
18 Up to mischief
It started with a premium artisanal cold brew coffee and has grown to include small batch soft drinks and very tasty collaborations. This is Mischief Brew.
22 Stewardship dividends
Cress Consulting CEO Julia Seddon looks at the benefits for business in implementing effective ESG and water stewardship programs.
✷ FOCUS
22 Sustainability
28 Packaging&Labelling
34 Meat,Fish&Poultry
34 IF YOU’RE GAME While chicken remains Australian’s firm favourite protein, the pandemic and associated supply chain woes allowed other poultry offerings to fly. Peter Bedwell writes.
38 REIMAGINING
THE FMCG LINE
Foodmach CEO Earle Roberts explains how an FMCG packaging line can perform with perfect synchronicity.
38 Digitisation&Automation
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