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Social enterprise Thankyou took home the 2016 Coolest Company award at the 11th annual Anthill Magazine Cool Company Awards, held in Melbourne this month.

The Anthill Cool Company Awards celebrate businesses that are doing things differently to bring about positive change.

This year’s awards attracted nominations from over 700 organisations, and Thankyou was recognised for "its commitment to positive culture, leadership, trendsetting, and putting attitude to action".

Thankyou was launched in 2008 with the aim of creating consumer products whereby 100 per cent of the profits would be used to help end global poverty.

In eight years, Thankyou has given over $4.8 million to projects and helped over 570,000 people in 18 countries.

Thankyou’s complete product range includes baby, body care, food and water products.

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.