Year: 2021

Powerful partnership for AFGC and Touchstone Executive Search

June 22, 2021

The Australian Food and Grocery Council is proud to announce a new partnership with leading FMCG senior executive search group Touchstone Executive Search.  The AFGC is the peak body for Australia’s food and grocery manufacturing industry and Touchstone is a group with deep expertise in securing the best senior executive talent to help clients achieve their […]

FOOD AND GROCERY MANUFACTURING WELCOMES NSW PLAN TO TACKLE PLASTIC AND WASTE

June 13, 2021

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) welcomes the NSW Plastic Action Plan, and Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy released today. The AFGC, representing Australia’s food and grocery manufacturing industry, supports the NSW Government’s integrated approach to managing plastic and developing a long-term waste, litter and recycling plan. […]

Perfect partnership for the food and grocery industry of the future

June 9, 2021

The Australian Food and Grocery Council is proud to announce it has joined with pioneering standards group GS1 Australia in a partnership to drive the uptake of new standards and technology in the food and grocery manufacturing industry.  The AFGC is the peak body for Australia’s food and […]

Sustaining Australia: food and grocery manufacturing 2030 report - a vision to secure sector’s future 

May 24, 2021

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has released a new report, which lays out a vision for doubling the size of Australia’s food and grocery manufacturing sector to $250 billion by 2030.  The report, Sustaining Australia: Food and Grocery Manufacturing 2030, produced by the Australian Food and Grocery Council with EQ Economics, has identified major opportunities […]

Federal budget jobs and skills focus captures potential in Australian food and grocery manufacturing

May 11, 2021

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) applauds the Australian Government’s focus on creating jobs and supporting skills development to power the nation’s economic recovery in the 2021-2022 Federal Budget. The AFGC represents Australia’s food and grocery manufacturers, who together employ the nation’s largest manufacturing workforce and, with […]