PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 30 June

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Food & Drink Business

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched civil proceedings in the Federal Court against Australia’s largest egg supplier, Sunny Queen, and 11 other egg producers and suppliers, alleging cartel conduct and other breaches of the Competition and Consumer Act in the production and supply of eggs.

CCEP has completed a $39.7m manufacturing upgrade at its Kewdale facility in WA, installing a high-speed can production line that increases capacity by more than 40% and lifts production speeds to 1500 cans per minute.

Nearly 6 in 10 Aussies in food and beverage manufacturing believe their organisation is becoming less productive, despite continued investment in workplace technology, according to Argon & Co.