PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 15 December

In the news this week: Circular Plastics Australia, Pact Group, Cleanaway Waste Management, Asahi Beverages, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Tetra Pak, World Packaging Organisation, Detpak, SSS Strawberries.

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Food & Drink Business

For any food and beverage manufacturer, waste is an unavoidable reality that consumes valuable resources and impacts margins, profitability and cash flow, making effective stocktaking paramount for business success. Shelby Earl from RSM explains.

The ACCC has refused MicroStar Logistics’ proposed acquisition of assets from collapsed keg pooling operator, Konvoy, ruling for a second time that combining Australia’s only two keg pooling providers would substantially lessen competition.

LARK Distilling Co. has won nine medals at the World Whisky Masters 2026, with every whisky entered receiving recognition – three Master medals and six gold medals across the brand's range.