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.

PSF Media Releases

Country Club Tasmania celebrates their 30th birthday by going green

Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:54
New ‘away from home’ recycling systems have been installed throughout Country Club Tasmania just in time to celebrate their 30^th birthday, enabling visitors to give the environment a ‘green’ gift in 2012.
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Making it easier for Melbourne’s commuters to recycle

Friday, 11 May 2012 09:07

Making it easier for Melbourne’s commuters to recycle

Barbagallo Raceway gears up for recycling at the V8 Super Cars event

Friday, 04 May 2012 10:13

Barbagallo Raceway in Western Australia have installed new waste and recycling bins just in time for the Tradingpost Perth Challenge May 4-6^th 2012. The new bins are part of the significant new developments for the raceway in the lead up to the V8 Supercars event.

Rural Western Australia embraces recycling in the town of Mundijong

Wednesday, 18 April 2012 09:32

Mundijong is set to embrace recycling with new away from home recycling systems now installed. The initiative is a partnership between the Australian Food and Grocery Council’s Packaging Stewardship Forum and the Serpentine Jarrahdale Shire.

New recycling facilities for the Sunshine Coast’s public places

Thursday, 12 April 2012 00:00

Sunshine Coast Council and the Australian Food and Grocery Council’s Packaging Stewardship Forum today launched a new initiative to increase recycling and reduce waste to landfill.

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Making it easier for Melbourne’s commuters to recycle