PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 28 June

In the news: Women in Packaging Awards, Australian Food and Grocery Council, Pact Group, Result Group, Australian Table Grape Association, GS1 Australia, BioPak, Rainforest Rescue, AIP, National Food Waste Summit.

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Food & Drink Business

Inghams Group reported a 65 per cent drop in profit in the first half of FY26, causing the share price to fall almost 16 per cent, wiping $172 million from its market capitalisation.  

One of Queensland’s largest vegetable farming and production companies, Kalfresh, has received a joint $80 million investment from the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) and Wollemi Capital to build Australia’s first integrated food and energy precinct.

New research from RMIT University suggests saltbush could help food manufacturers improve protein quality and reduce the reliance on added salt in staple foods. The drought-tolerant shrub has been used as bush tucker by Indigenous Australians for thousands of years.