Westpac and Kounta are helping make in-store payments a faster and more seamless experience for hospitality businesses and retailers, with their partnership to connect Westpac’s Presto Smart to...

THE war on waste trend is now a commercial imperative for many businesses, offering market advantage to those able signal themselves as progressives. This is no more evident than in the war’s battle...

Australians may one day be able to eat rare meat without having to worry about food poisoning thanks to new technology currently under testing. In addressing a growing trend of eating rare meat, Meat and...

Nestle has debuted the first chocolate bar made using its new sugar reduction technology. In late 2016, Nestle revealed that it was working on a way to reduce sugar in its food without changing the taste...

Fonterra is now using virtual reality technology to show employees how to navigate its manufacturing sites safely without having to actually be there. Fonterra says the new technology, developed with Beca,...

Amazon has been experimenting since December 2016 with a concept store ‘Amazon Go” in Seattle. It has been a ‘Beta’ store, open only to Amazon employees, as they set about solving...

The CSIRO has turned to gamification to help make eating vegetables appealing. Utilising technology, CSIRO scientists have created an app which challenges users to eat three different vegetables at dinner...

A CSIRO developed technology which stops cut apples from going brown is now being used to sell pre-sliced apple bags in the United States. ‘Arctic apples’ will be sold in the US through a Canadian...

Woolworths Australia has enhanced its supplier portal thanks to a new partnership with Solutions for Retail Brands. Powered by supplierENGAGE, the updated Woolworths portal will allow producers to ask...

Leading consulting firm KPMG and the New South Wales Farmers Association have found that there is high demand for a fresh food precinct in close proximity to the new Western Sydney Airport. The ‘Think...