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 Events Refund Policy

Event Cancellation by AFGC

The Australian Food and grocery Council (AFGC) reserves the right to cancel an event due to low enrolment or other circumstances which would make the event non-viable.
If AFGC cancels an event, registrants will be offered a full refund.
Should circumstances arise that result in the postponement of an event, registrants will have the option to either receive a full refund or transfer registration to the same event at the new, future date.
AFGC is not liable for costs related to accommodation or travel born by you or your organization as a result of the event being cancelled.

Registration Cancellation by Participant

Unless specifically stated on registration materials, the deadline to receive a refund for your registration is 5 business days before the event.
Registration cancellations received prior to the deadline may be eligible to receive a refund less a service fee as stated in the individual event registration form.
Cancellations received after the stated deadline will not be eligible for a refund.
Refunds will not be available for registrants who choose not to attend an event.
Cancellations will be accepted via phone or e-mail, and must be received by the stated cancellation deadline.
All refund requests must be made by the attendee or credit card holder.
Refund requests must include the name of the organisation, attendee and event name.
Refunds will be credited back to the original credit card used for payment.

This is a generic policy for all AFGC Events, however, please read all individual event information thoroughly as they may differ for each event.

All online payments are in $AUD.