PLAY PKN: Video News Bulletin 23 April

In the news this week: Talkin’ Things, Result Group, Multi-Colour Corporation, Digimarc, Foodmach, Thermo Fisher, Australis, Precision Stainless Systems, Nestle, KitKat, Australasian Recycling Label.

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Food & Drink Business

Food and beverage manufacturers are facing a warehouse space crisis, and most of them did not see it coming. Production expanded, storage followed and over time, an organised operation became a fragmented footprint of disconnected warehouses, rising third-party costs, and a site nobody would have designed on purpose. Swisslog ANZ director of sales, Steve Dimitrovski, examines why the space problem is structural and how automation is helping manufacturers solve it without building a new site.

Organic Bay Distillery has partnered with Peacock Bros. to deliver a premium packaging transformation, helping it strengthen its shelf presence in Australia's increasingly competitive craft spirits’ market.

Cost-conscious Australians are now nearly twice as likely to look for supermarket specials than to switch to a private label alternative, according to new analysis by Circana.