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.

AFGC is the leading national organisation representing Australia’s $108 billion food, drink and grocery manufacturing industry. Join AFGC The industry employs more than 312000 people across Australia including half in rural and regional areas.

Events & Sponsorship

2012 Diary Dates

AFGC looks forward to seeing you at one of the upcoming conferences in 2012.

Further information will be available shortly.

Highlands Senior Executive Forum – 30 May – 1 June 2012 (Gold Coast)
Industry Leaders Forum - 10 October 2012 (TBC) (Canberra)
ECRA Convention – 18-19 October 2012 (Melbourne)