31 AUG - 3 SEP 2026 | Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre

Industry News

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FSAA Unveils New Opportunities for Members in 20th Anniversary Year

The following update was provided by Minnie Constan, CEO, FSAA The association’s recent name change from Foodservice Suppliers Association Australia to Foodservice Association Australia reflects a renewed commitment to better represent and support our diverse membership base—manufacturers, distributors and service providers—through expanded resources, exclusive programs and new pathways for collaboration. A significant step forward is FSAA’s increased focus on advocacy,

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Fine Food Australia: Serving Up a Sustainable Future

We all contribute to behaviours and actions which impact the planet, and these days simply passing the buck onto industry giants with the heaviest carbon footprints isn’t a strategy we can continue to follow. The truth of the matter is that everyone needs to take responsibility and do their bit to protect the environment. After all, these are the roots

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Fine Food Australia Announces Partnership with Restaurant & Catering Industry Association of Australia (R&CA)

Established in 1922, by café owners wanting to provide a unified community for sharing information, saving money and talking to government, their impact over the years has worked to improve regulations and policies that that have in turn created more robust and prosperous hospitality businesses across Australia. R&CA’s current members include owners and operators of restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, catering

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Transparency of Brand: Is Your Story Authentic?

With ‘sustainability’ becoming a vital part of the future of the food, business owners are now being held more accountable for the imprint they are making on the environment. It can feel like a tricky task, not everyone’s a natural storyteller, but it’s mostly about being open, showing customers genuine authenticity. Mistakes can be made, no one’s perfect, but consumers

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Fine Food Australia: Community at its Core

It’s a similar concept in the business world, with the foodservice and hospitality industry itself being one large community. It can also be divided into smaller subsections, where retailers or café and restaurant owners will each be part of their own specific groups, with shared interests unique to their business genres.   Fine Food Australia has a community of its own

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The Unstoppable Rise of Non-Alcoholic Drinks

Campaigns promoting temporary abstinence from alcohol have made their mark on the calendar, from FebFast and Dry July to Go Sober for October. However, a more permanent change to drinking patterns is emerging, driving enormous growth in the low/no-alcohol drinks market. From red wine to beer and every type of spirit and pre-mix option imaginable, non-alcoholic drinks are filling the

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From Michelin-starred restaurants to national TV shows, cooking has led chef Ross O’Meara on a lifetime of adventures across the globe.

Written by Wendy Hargreaves. A passionate hunter-gatherer, Ross rose to fame raising pigs on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, where he turned fishing and hunting into a career move with ex-restaurant critic Matthew Evans on the SBS TV series Gourmet Farmer. Now Ross lives in Victoria’s High Country tackling one of Australia’s most challenging hospitality jobs – executive chef at Mt Buller

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Fine Food Australia Announces Partnership with The Australian Restaurant and Cafe Association

Launched in May, ARCA is an instrumental voice for positive change in the restaurant and cafe segment of the Accommodation and Foodservice industry – a $64 billion sector that employs 450,000 people across 55,000 venues around the country. (or alternatively a $110 billion industry employing 1 million people across 110,000 venues around the country). Striving to become Australia’s peak hospitality

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