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.

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AFGC Editorials, Reports & Speeches

The following industry AFGC reports, speeches and fact sheets are designed to better inform media, stakeholders and AFGC members about Australia's $108 billion food and grocery manufacturing sector.

Reports

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Food for Thought - Grant Thornton benchmarking survey report

State of the Industry Report 2011

State of the Industry 2011 - Appendix D

2020: Industry at a Crossroads report

Design, format and impact of front-of-pack labelling - Suzannah Tymms

AFGC Carbon Impact Report

AFGC State of the Industry 2010

State of the Industry 2009

White Paper: CoOL

Towards Sustainability

Citi Environment Impact of Retail

Columns - Editorials

Ombudsman needed to give suppliers a fair go

Traffic lights - Herald Sun Column - Kate Carnell

Green Groups' boycott stunt doesn't stack up - ABC online

SMH Column- supermarket prices

Industry issues on National Food Plan menu

Food plan essential for industry to weather ‘perfect storm’

Speeches

Address to the AFGC - Senator Kim Carr Minister for Innovation Industry Science and Research - 2 November, Parliament House Theatre

Address to the AFGC - Sentator Kim Carr - 2 November, Parliament House

Tony Abbott addresses the AFGC Industry Leaders Forum 2011, Parliament House

Tony Abbott - Speech to the AFGC Industry Leaders Forum 2011

Christine Milne addresses the AFGC Industry Leaders Forum 2011, Parliament House. Click here to listen

National Press Club (NPC) Speech by Kate Carnell

NPC speech April 09

Hon Catherine King MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing: GS1 and AFGC Recallnet Launch

Letters

Joint letter to PM on carbon pricing - STRICTLY EMBARGOED until 12.01 April 18, 2011

PM letter on carbon

Fact Sheets

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Daily Intake Guide Labelling - Informing Consumer Choice

Traffic Light Labelling - Sends all the wrong signals