Latest news from the Plenty Food Group
9 October 2009
- “Taste of Plenty” @ Parliament House Canberra
- Keep Australia Working Forum
- Fine Food Australia 2010 – Co-exhibit with PFG
- Food and Hotel Asia 2010 – Co-exhibit with PFG
- NBAA Breakfast – Shaping Melbourne’s Future Growth
- Champions Fair - Provincial Food Initiative 2009-10
- A Successful Fine Food Australia Sydney
- VECCI – HR Breakfast
- Pink Breakfast
- Sponsorship Opportunity – Lazy Sunbury Graze
- Green Business Lean Business
- New Food Processing Industry Flexible Training
- Business Projects for IT Students
- Sustainability and the Impact of a Carbon Footprint in the Food Service Industry
- Design Victoria What’s On – Websites That Work
- Winter 2009 Food Business
“Taste of Plenty” @ Parliament House Canberra
Wednesday 18 November 2009, Canberra
This unique event is open to all food manufacturers within the Plenty Food Groups’ region (municipal regions of Hume and Whittlesea) to attend and showcase your product to national buyers and Federal Parliament. Put it in your calendar.
Detailed information will be available soon!
Keep Australia Working Forum
Friday 16 October 2009, Whittlesea
You are invited to participate in a Keep Australia Working forum, being hosted by the Parliamentary Secretary for Employment, the Hon Jason Clare MP, Business Leader Mr Lindsay Fox and former ACTU Secretary Mr Bill Kelty. The purpose of Keep Australia Working forums is to bring together key local business and community leaders.
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Fine Food Australia 2010 – Co-exhibit with PFG
22-25 September 2010, Melbourne
The Plenty Food Group is providing members the opportunity to participate on a regional stand at Fine Food Melbourne 2010. There are limited positions available for individual members to co-exhibit, offering benefits such as reduced costs, additional resources, assistance, greater exposure and more. Additional stand space will be taken to accommodate more co-exhibitors if required.
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Food and Hotel Asia 2010 – Co-exhibit with PFG
20-23 April 2010, Singapore
The Plenty Food Group is providing members the opportunity to participate on a regional stand at FHA 2010. There are limited positions available for individual members to co-exhibit, offering benefits such as reduced costs, additional resources, assistance, greater exposure and more.
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NBAA Breakfast – Shaping Melbourne’s Future Growth
Wednesday 21 October 2009, Preston
Guest speaker Sally Capp, Chief Executive Officer, Committee for Melbourne.
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Champions Fair - Provincial Food Initiative 2009-10
Retail Trials
Food manufacturers are invited to submit an expression of interest to be part of an exciting initiative. Selected small to medium businesses will be allocated premium retail space and exposure in a major regional IGA supermarket chain for at least six months.
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A Successful Fine Food Australia Sydney
Do You Have NEW Products
The PFG returned from the Sydney exhibition with many leads and industry contacts. Four contacts are looking for additional product as listed below:
- A major retailer is looking for new private label products
- An exporter is looking for new products for the Asia market
- Two buyers looking specifically for gluten free and organic products for local and export markets
If you have suitable product to present, contact Marshall with the details.
VECCI – HR Breakfast
Tuesday 27 October 2009, 7.30am to 9.30am, MCG
In the final of a three-part event series dealing with the impact of the new IR laws, Lisa Heap, Executive Director, Australian Institute of Employment Rights, will talk candidly with Alexandra Marriott, Manager, Workplace Relations Policy at VECCI, about the critical implications of the Fair Work Act on workplace culture.
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Pink Breakfast
Sunday 25 October 2009, Argyle Square, Carlton
Chefs from the Australian Culinary Federation, Box Hill TAFE, NMIT, Holmesglen and William Angliss Institute hospitality colleges will be serving breakfast and morning tea to raise money for breast cancer support.
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Sponsorship Opportunity – Lazy Sunbury Graze
Sunday 21 March 2010
Hume City Council is seeking expressions of interest from food suppliers that may like to participate in their upcoming Melbourne Food & Wine Festival event next March. The event is a great opportunity to promote Hume/Whittlesea’s local food and wine products. Contact Amanda Martindale on 9205 2353 by November 13 2009.
Green Business Lean Business
Wednesday 28 October 2009, Eltham
Green Business, Lean Business offers you an alternative mode of viewing your business, allowing you to capitalise on your achievements, and save money and the environment. You can expect to leave this seminar with a clear understanding of energy efficiency, water conservation, waste reduction and much more.
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New Food Processing Industry Flexible Training
RMIT University - Food Science and Technology
RMIT in consultation with Industry is planning to convert the existing RMIT Certificate IV in Food Science and Technology course into a two year part time program which is delivered directly into the workplace by flexible delivery (e-learning and print based) an assessed via workplace based projects.
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Business Projects for IT Students
NMIT - Information Technology
NMIT is seeking local companies willing to offer project or work placement opportunities to final year Information Technology students through the Industry Links program. For further information contact Joanna Jackson, IT Industry Liaison Coordinator on 9269 1078.
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Sustainability and the Impact of a Carbon Footprint in the Food Service Industry
Tuesday 20 October 2009, 7.00am to 10.00am, Docklands
The presentations will provide valuable information together with member case studies showing the transition for implementing change and discussion within your business at all levels. Our presenters will also provide guidance with key objectives on how to start and understand the process that will affect all businesses in all sectors.
PFG members at FIA member prices.
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Design Victoria What’s On – Websites That Work
15 October 2009, 7.00am to 9.00am, Doveton
This seminar will explore the concept of the online user experience and how you can design it for a positive return in revenue and customer loyalty.
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Winter 2009 Food Business
Food Business is a free electronic newsletter for the food and beverage industry produced by Regional Development Victoria (RDV) and the Department of Primary Industries (DPI). The quarterly newsletter has been developed to keep the industry up to date with timely, relevant information about current issues and market information. The newsletter will also inform industry of the services provided and outcomes achieved by the DPI Agribusiness Group and the RDV Food and Beverage Group.
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For all enquires on the Plenty Food Group contact
Marshall Dwyer
Food Cluster Co-ordinator
Phone +61 3 9217 2148
Mobile +61 408 587 941
Fax +61 3 94099808
contact@plentyfoodgroup.com.au