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Stories can help leaders become more engaging, inspiring and influential, and help make a brand extraordinary.

This is the belief of Mark Schenk (pictured), who will speak on 'unleashing your storytelling superpower' at the AIP National Conference on 2 June. 

A consultant for Anecdote International, Schenk will provide practical insights on how to tap into this power in a business context to build connections and have impact.

His discovery of storytelling led to a major change of career, and he is now passionate about helping organisations make their strategies stick.

The biennial conference, themed 2020 Packaging and Processing Vision, will bring together many leading experts from around the globe to cater for all participants in food, beverage, manufacturing and packaging.

It will be held on the 1st and 2nd of June at the Crown Promenade, Southbank, Melbourne.

You can register for the event now.

Food & Drink Business

Gold Coast brewery, Black Hops, has entered administration for the second time, with an urgent sale campaign underway for the business.

In the final chapter of court action regarding the 2020 collapse of Freedom Foods Group, the Federal Court has found former managing director and CEO, Rory Macleod, breached his duties as a director and officer, and failed to take all reasonable steps to secure the company’s compliance with its financial reporting obligations.

Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing industry is converging on Melbourne this week for foodpro 2026, the country’s leading trade event for processing, packaging and innovation. Held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) from 26-29 July, foodpro 2026 will be opened at 10am on Sunday 26 July by Victorian Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing and Minister for Skills and TAFE, Colin Brooks.