PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 28 March

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Food & Drink Business

Pure Foods Tasmania (PFT) has appointed Robert (Rob) Knight as CEO and managing director, effective 1 July. He takes over from Malcolm McAully, who has led the company as executive chairman since the resignation of former CEO Michael Cooper in July 2024.

Adelaide-based Creative Native Foods has secured one of the season’s final Kakadu Plum hauls through Larrakia harvester, Shannon Motlop, extending a supply chain built on direct relationships with Indigenous harvesters working on Country.

US ingredients giant, Ingredion, has made a conditional all-cash proposal to acquire British rival Tate & Lyle in a deal that would value the company at approximately $5.2 billion (£2.74 billion).