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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

Woolworths Group has achieved 100 per cent renewable electricity powering its business across Australia and New Zealand. The milestone is projected to deliver a reduction of over 74 per cent in operational emissions.

With 2026 underway, Australia’s manufacturing industry is faced with some familiar pressures including rising costs, skills shortages, supply chain challenges, a complex regulatory environment and intense competition from imported goods. RSM Australia national manufacturing leader, Louis Quintal, offers insight on challenges and opportunities for the sector.

Cobram Estate Olives reported a weaker 1HFY26 result on earnings and profit, but held packaged goods sales broadly flat, grew its flagship Cobram Estate brand, and significantly strengthened its balance sheet ahead of the proposed California Olive Ranch (COR) acquisition.