Wattie’s owner recovers from multi-year losses making it back into the black, while leadership maps the financial fallout of a sweeping restructuring plan.
Food and drink industry appointments and people moves for the period to 5 June.
Dairyworks develops a protein-forward cheese, Morning Made adds syrups to its portfolio, and Good Honest takes its Turkish Bark from foodservice to Farro.
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Ngāi Tahu’s investment vehicle is selling around half of its 19.9% block in seafood exporter Sanford, around five years after it acquired the stake.
Grocery suppliers feel like they are faced with inferior commercial terms from New Zealand’s major supermarket chains compared with independent retail and wholesale customers.
“The brands that win will understand how to balance emotional familiarity with moments of discovery,” according to Mintel’s Future of Flavours 2026 report.
Company liquidations are this year set to rival the peak last seen in 2010 in the wake of the global financial crisis, according to Centrix.
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Suppliers are reporting a distinct slide in fairness and ease of dealing with Foodstuffs North Island and Woolworths New Zealand, with a new survey signalling a growing wedge in supermarket relations.
Commercial friction between grocery suppliers and New Zealand’s leading supermarket chains is on the rise – as is dissatisfaction with the majors – according to the finding of the latest Grocery Supplier Survey.
The newly established NZ Vegetable Council has secured a prominent food sector leader to head its frontline operations, appointing Mike Brown as its inaugural chief executive.
