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Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell.

Milk for sale: Fonterra and other big cheeses behind Australia’s shrinking dairy industry

One of the nation’s largest dairy processors is pulling the plug on Australia, but it’s just the latest domino to fall in a sector that has been dwindling for decades.

  • Jessica Yun

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The United Workers Union is warning that the strike action could result in Dare iced coffee shortages.

Dare iced coffee shortage warning as Bega workers strike for higher pay

Workers have been striking at Bega’s Penrith site since Sunday, with the United Workers Union warning will result in “angry tradies”.

  • Jessica Yun
Vegemite owner Bega Group’s executive chairman Barry Irwin has flagged further price increases.

Price rises not over yet for Vegemite

Dairy and cheese lovers be warned: some of your shopping basket staples will get more expensive, according to Bega’s executive chairman Barry Irvin.

  • Jessica Yun
Liza Robinson from Cyril Callister: The man who invented invented Vegemite pop up museum, Beaufiort, VIC. Liza Robinson from the Vegemite pop-up museum in Beaufort, Victoria. 

Happy little Vegemites as factory stays in local hands

The home of Vegemite will stay in Australia after its owner, ASX-listed Bega Cheese, inked a $114.6 million sale of the 100-year-old Melbourne factory to Charter Hall.

  • Carolyn Cummins
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Cheese relief: Bega tips end to sharp dairy price increases

Dairy prices jumped almost 15 per cent last year, but top brass at the $1 billion cheese maker reckon such dizzying increases are a thing of the past.

  • Jessica Yun
Bega CEO Pete Findlay

The billion-dollar cheese: Should Bega be in investors’ shopping basket?

Bega Group makes some of Australia’s most beloved brands – but can it convince investors it’s a good buy, too?

  • Jessica Yun
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Bega is being forced to sell its 49 per cent stake in Vitasoy Australia to Vita International.

Bega pushed out of plant-based drinks market after selling Vitasoy

The Australian cheesemaker has been forced to sell its 49 per cent stake in Vitasoy Australia to joint owner Hong Kong-listed Vita International in a $51 million deal.

  • Jessica Yun
Vitasoy products.

Bega knocks back Hong Kong giant’s $27.5 million offer for Vitasoy

Hong Kong-headquartered Vita International has a legal right to acquire Bega’s 49 per cent stake in the plant-based beverages maker, but the Australian dairy company wants a “substantially” better price.

  • Jessica Yun
Bega’s current CEO, Paul van Heerwarden (left) is set to retire in “coming months”, with chief operating officer Pete Findlay (right) appointed his successor.

Bega’s big cheese resigns with chief operating officer to step up

Bega chief operating officer Pete Findlay will take over at the top at the diversified food and drinks maker as chief executive Paul van Heerwaarden steps down.

  • Jessica Yun
Bega is scrambling to move milk to different sites after flooding cut off power to its Tatura facility.

Two million litres of milk at risk as flood cuts power to Bega

Dairy giant Bega Cheese is scrambling to move millions of litres of milk to different facilities as flooding cuts off roads and power supply.

  • Jessica Yun

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