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.

About AFGC

AFGC Board

Mr John Doumani
Chairman, Australian Food and Grocery Council
Managing Director, Fonterra Australia Pty Ltd

Mr Greg Bourke
Treasurer, Australian Food and Grocery Council
Managing Director, Patties Foods Ltd

Mr Graham Campbell
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Nestle Australia Ltd

Ms Maile Carnegie
Managing Director, Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Ltd

Ms Rebecca Dee-Bradbury
President, Kraft Australia New Zealand, Kraft Food Ltd

Mr Chris Delaney
Managing Director and CEO, Goodman Fielder Ltd

Mr Gareth Edgecombe
President Asia Pacific, Campbell Arnotts

Mr Lindsay Forrest
Managing Director, Reckitt Benckiser (Australia) Pty Limited

Mr Tim Hart
Vice Chairman, Australian Food and Grocery Council
Chief Executive, Sugar Australia Pty Ltd

Mr John McLean
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Bundaberg Brewed Drinks Pty Ltd

Mr Terry O'Brien
Managing Director, Simplot Australia Pty Ltd

Mr Andrew Reeves
Vice Chairman, Australian Food and Grocery Council
Managing Director, George Weston Foods

Mr Glen Watts
Managing Director, Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Ltd