Flannerys Organic & Wholefoods Market is betting that Australian shoppers still want more than a standard health aisle. Its new Neutral Bay store points to a niche that keeps holding up in premium suburban retail: organic grocery, wellness products and in-store advice. For FMCG suppliers, the opening matters because it signals ongoing demand for curated … Read more
Mars has just raised the bar for local petcare manufacturing in Australia, and the scale matters as much as the symbolism. Its new cat food kitchen in Wodonga is designed to produce 290 million pouches a year, which is a serious signal about how far pet food demand has shifted. For FMCG teams, the commercial … Read more
Asahi Beverages is putting $150 million into a Queensland distribution centre because East Coast freight is now too important to leave to chance. For FMCG operators, the real story is not the slab of concrete in Redbank, but the fact that the drinks giant is redesigning how it gets beer, soft drinks and water onto … Read more
Getting a food or beverage concept from bench to brief has always been expensive — and most of that cost lands before a single unit ships. A new facility at the University of Queensland is designed to change that calculus for Australian producers. The Faba Maker Space, developed under Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator (Faba), … Read more
A digital-first bank planting a flag in one of Dubai‘s most commercially visible districts tells you something about where hybrid banking is heading in the UAE. Al Maryah Community Bank, known as Mbank, just opened a dedicated branch at City Walk Dubai — and it’s built around SMEs and corporate clients, not retail foot traffic. … Read more