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Over 120 industry professionals gathered at Food & Drink Business + PKN LIVE breakfast forum last week in Melbourne. We caught some on camera.

It was a morning of lively discussion and engaging exchange of ideas at the Melbourne Arts centre, as you can read in our review here.

Scroll through the gallery above to see some familiar industry faces and also some new ones.

Look out for our full reports to be published in the next print issues of PKN and Food & Drink Business.

Food & Drink Business

The International Fresh Produce Association ANZ has appointed Steritech fresh produce business manager, Ben Reilly, and Lynch Group Australia CEO, David Di Pietro, to the board of directors, effective immediately.

Presenting Diageo’s Q3FY25 results, CEO Debra Crew, outlined the company’s plan to reduce debt and mitigate the impact of US tariffs, which alone are expected to cost the alcohol company around $233 million (US$150 million) per year.

Alvia Asset Partners has taken a majority stake in Australia’s largest ice cream cone producer, Altimate Foods, investing alongside the company’s founders, the Rizzo family.