US food group Simplot has decided to hang on to two plants in Australia it had said could close but warned costs would have to fall to keep them open in three years’ time. Simplot said in June the ...

In 2010, the food processing factory’s long-term viability was in doubt, suffering from slowing consumer demand for Simplot’s Birdseye brand frozen vegetable products, a distressed balance sheet and ...

Nestle has said it is “considering alternative options” for its Lean Cuisine healthy living brand in Australia after Simplot, which manufactures and markets the product there, announced it is exiting ...

Simplot yesterday confirmed it had signed a conditional letter of intent with Lakes Oil to be a customer of its Wombat natural gas — not coal seam gas — field in Gippsland. “Over the next 12 to 24 ...

Australia’s food manufacturing industry has come under the spotlight again after the local arm of American group Simplot, which manages the iconic Chiko rolls brand, along with Edgell and Birdseye, ...

About 100 growers met in Deloraine late yesterday to hear the company’s initial deal for this season, which they say is not high enough. The company is offering a price increase of 2 cents a kilogram, ...

Simplot Australia, the name behind Australia’s favourite food brands, has appointed CHEP as its new creative agency. An integral part of Australian and New Zealand lives for generations, Simplot ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. ELEANOR HALL: The last of Australia's vegetable processing companies is slashing its workforce and ...

FMCG giant Simplot Australia has jumped on the start-up bandwagon in an effort to boost technology innovation in the food space. The Simplot Ignite program is being run in partnership with the ...