The food and grocery manufacturing sector pays wages and salaries of $13.56 billion.
The industry’s workforce accounts for about 3 per cent of the population.
The food and grocery manufacturing industry consists of 30,104 businesses.
The industry provides around 24 million nutritious, affordable meals to Australians every day.
312,000 Australians are employed in the food, beverage and manufacturing industries, including half in rural and regional areas.
Australia’s $108 billion food and grocery manufacturing industry is the nation’s largest manufacturing sector.
Industry spends on average 0.5 per cent of turn-over on R&D – about $368 million a year.

Events & Sponsorship

AFGC Events & Sponsorship

AFGC runs a number of fixed and ad-hoc events during the year to provide a platform for our members, retailers and industry stakeholders to discuss issues of vital importance to our industry.

AFGC’s major annual events, such as the Highlands Senior Executive Forum, Industry Leaders’ Conference and Dinner and the ECRA Conference, offer members and guests the opportunity to meet with a wide range of participants. These include manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, key corporate management personnel from the food, grocery and beverage industry, major players in Commonwealth and state governments, senior government and international officials, academics and media representatives.

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Clean Energy Briefings

AFGC will host member briefing sessions in Sydney and Melbourne on a number of key issues of importance. • Carbon tax legislation • ACCC guide on carbon price pass through • Co-generation for the food and grocery sector.
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Past Event - Examining Private Labels

AFGC has partnered with IGD and PLMA to bring you an interactive seminar examining the development of private label drawing on IGD’s international experience of working with brands and private label manufactures in assessing the future strategic options for growth and PMLA’s insights and knowledge of the local Australian market.
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Past Event - Building Effective Customer Relationships

AFGC has partnered with IGD to provide members a unique one day interactive workshop for future leaders within your business.

Thursday 17 November 2011 - Melbourne
Tuesday 22 November 2011 - Sydney

Future leaders will learn how to build long term effective relationships with their trading partners, identify where to add real value to relationships, and assess where to develop business capabilities in order to succeed. This comprehensive one-day workshop will assist managers in moving conversations beyond the traditional trading negotiations, understand retailers expectations of best-in-class suppliers, and build sustainable relationships for the future.

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