Australia

Coca-Cola Amatil To Sell SPC Business To Shepparton Partners

Coca-Cola Amatil, Australia's largest beverage company, has announced plans to sell its historic SPC fruit and vegetables processing business to Shepparton...

Fonterra Cuts Guidance, Shuts Plant In 'New Norm' For Australian Dairy

New Zealand's Fonterra on Thursday cut its annual earnings guidance and said it would close a more than 100-year-old facility in Australia as dry weather a...

Australian Shoppers Splurge In Boost To Retailers, Economy

Australian retailers enjoyed their best sales in February since late-2017 in a boon to economic growth in the first quarter, signalling surprising resilien...

Ocado Solutions Enters Australia With Coles Partnership

Ocado has announced a tie-up with Australian retailer Coles, which will see the latter adopt the online specialist’s Ocado Smart Platform to develop...

Ferrero Still In Race For Arnott's Cookies, Bids By 20 March

Italian confectioner Ferrero and two other bidders are left in the race to buy Arnott's biscuits and other international assets put on sale by Campbell Sou...

Australia's Treasury Wine Uncorks Record Profit In Half Year

Australia's Treasury Wine Estates Ltd has toasted yet another record half-year profit, as a self-distribution model in China helped the winemaker defy weak...

Nordzucker Agrees To Buy Australia's Mackay Sugar

Germany's second largest sugar refiner Nordzucker said on Friday it had agreed to purchase 70% of Australia's Mackay Sugar Limited, giving it access to Aus...

Coles To Build Two Ambient Automated Logistics Centres With WITRON

Major Australian food retailer Coles has selected WITRON to deliver two new ambient distribution centres as part of a supply chain modernisation programme...