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hj heinz has announced it will move its beetroot, sauces and some of its meals production from three factories in australia to a facility in new zealand. the changes, part of the supply-chain revamp the us food maker announced yesterday (26 may), will see the production moved from plants in girgarre, brisbane and wagga wagga. the gigarre plant is set to close, although the brisbane and wagga wagga facilities will be kept open. the output will move to heinz' facility in hastings, new zealand. however, the company does plan to invest a$25m (us$26.7m) in its in baby food plant in the australian town of echuca and in beverage production in brisbane. "heinz operates a number of factories across australia and new zealand. our decision to consolidate manufacturing is a critical step in our plan to become more competitive in a challenging environment, and to accelerate future growth in both markets," said heinz australia ceo nigel comer. the news follows yesterday's (26 may) announcement that heinz will "exit" five manufacturing sites worldwide, with the total loss of 800 to 1,000 jobs. the group said that the move was part of its efforts to improve profitability and streamline its businesses in developed markets. "heinz is committed to australia, with more than a$20m being invested to upgrade the beverage manufacturing facilities at northgate and a$5m invested to enhance the capabilities of the baby food facility in echuca, victoria," heinz australia said. the moves will result in the loss of 160 jobs at golden circle's northgate plant in brisbane. a further 146 jobs will go at the girgarre plant in northern victoria, which will be closed entirely. another 38 jobs will be cut at the wagga wagga facility in nsw. the company said it expects the changes to be completed within 12 months. "after reaching this difficult but necessary decision, our goal is to support affected employees over the coming weeks and months," comer added. "the company will provide redundancy packages, counselling, job search services, new skills training and retirement planning services. affected growers are being offered financial and other assistance for transition to other crops or supply arrangements." peak horticulture organisation growcom said the move would be a devastating blow for beetroot growers in the lockyer and fassifern valleys, particularly after the floods earlier this year. growcom ceo alex livingstone said that some of the growers had a long association with the company going back 50 years and it was devastating news for them. "there are immediate farm management and investment decisions that they will have to make in the days ahead," he said. "clearly, this is a business decision which golden circle has had to make, the same as a grower would on their farm, but it will be sad to see the end of beetroot production in queensland: an iconic product and an industry worth around $10m a year. the bulk of tinned beetroot will come from overseas in future," livingstone said. he claimed that, while the company had assured the growers that it would support them this season and would offer financial and other assistance for transition to other crops or supply arrangements, no details of this support had been yet offered to the growers. "golden circle has treated growers with integrity in the past and one can only hope this will continue to be the case. the company has given assurances it will process the beetroot crop that is already planted in the ground - between now and november. however, there are no other practicable processing options after this year for queensland growers," he said. australian food news is australia's leading resource for the food industry, delivering daily news from the grocery, retail and hospitality sectors to 40,000 professionals each month. http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/
Source :just-food.com
Date :
27
May
2011
Category :
restaurants and Food industrie
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mcdonalds has defended their iconic happy meals against a lawsuit alleging that the fast food company’s use of toys is unfair and deceptive marketing, and lures children into unhealthy choices. america’s centre for science in the public interest (cspi) announced in june that they would sue mcdonalds if mcdonalds continued to include toys in the meal, and yesterday announced their support for california mother-of-two monet parham in filing her class-action lawsuit against the company.
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new south wales premier kristina kenneally yesterday announced that menus for fast-food outlets across nsw will be required to display kilojoule information on their printed and menu boards, as of february 1st 2011. businesses such as major fast food, bakery, coffee and doughnut chains will now be required to ‘clearly and legibly’ display the kilojoule content on their menu board, as well as prominently featuring the average adult daily energy intake of 8700 kilojoules.
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australia’s premier consumer advocacy group choice has reignited the food debate over whether australia should adopt a traffic light system for front-of-package labelling of packaged foods. choice has called for mandatory front-of-pack traffic light labelling on muesli in australia. traffic light labelling is a system that features red, green, or amber symbols on the label for each of the main nutrients in the product (such as fat, sugars, and salt).
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san francisco has become the first u.s. city to crack down on the dubious practice of fast food companies luring children into eating unhealthy meals by giving away gimmicky toys. \"our children are sick. rates of obesity in san francisco are disturbingly high, especially among children of color,\" said san francisco supervisor eric mar, the sponsor of the measure, in a press conference.the new law, which goes into effect december, 2011, would only allow toys to be given away with \"healthy\" children\'s meals.
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us food writer anthony bourdain’s new book, medium raw, hits australian shelves today. in his latest offering, the author of kitchen confidential roasts the food industry from top to bottom, including the food network, the restaurant industry, the us meat industry and mcdonalds, and as always, his fellow chefs. bourdain also explores the obesity and diabetes epidemic, ‘fat taxes’, the slow food movement, nose-to-tail eating and vegetarianism, all in his characteristic blunt, funny, foul-mouthed, no-punches-pulled style.
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sa health minister john hill has announced moves to require all major fast food retailers in south australia to display kilojoule information on their menu boards, websites, leaflets and menus. the new regulations (under the food act 2001) would require food chains with 20 or more stores in sa, or 50 or more stores nationally, to state the kilojoule content of each item clearly and legibly alongside the price of the product, as well as prominently featuring the average adult daily energy intake of 8700kj, and any outlet failing to provide the information as required could be fined and, if successfully prosecuted, named on the department of health website.
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food relief agency foodbank is calling for assistance with its critical role in queensland’s emergency support efforts, with its warehouse in the brisbane suburb of morningside due to reopen tomorrow after evacuation yesterday. the organisation said that its industry donors have dug deep in response to a call for extra supplies and, so far, have committed 400,000 kilograms of food and groceries, worth close to $3 million, with more pledges coming in daily.
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