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Food-e-News, May 2010

  1. The Haigh's way
  2. Exhibitors wanted for Taste SA
  3. Buy the Way... Buy SA
  4. Your Awards are open
  5. Wheat - SA’s largest food export product
  6. Food Talk - have your say to win
  7. New food technologist at the Centre
  8. Boost you business through Flavour SA
  9. Innova looks at fish and seafood
  10. Developing markets for SA in Asia

The Haigh's way

Haigh's Chocolates recently hosted twenty South Australian food businesses for an Innovate SA showcase in collaboration with the SA Food Centre. The look, listen and learn style forum also included a factory tour and provided the opportunity for businesses to discover how Haigh's has applied lean principles to improve management and efficiencies of their seasonality, training and development, and visual management. The showcase is the fifth food related collaboration with others including Beerenberg, Bickford's, B.-d Farm Paris Creek and Adelaide Mushrooms. Upcoming Innovate SA showcases include Land Services and Krix Speakers.

Want to know more?

Paul Nolan
Innovate SA
p +61 8 8113 0704
e paul.nolan@innovatesa.com.au

Exhibitors wanted for Taste SA

Taste South Australia is back again at the Royal Adelaide Show from 3 to 11 September 2010. All South Australian food and wine related businesses have a unique opportunity to showcase their products at the State’s biggest annual event. Taste SA provides a unique opportunity to:

  • sell product
  • build your database
  • build product awareness
  • promote outlets where your product is available
  • reach thousands of potential customers
  • react with many current customers

If you think it may be too much for your business to take a stand alone - consider the option of sharing with another business. Expressions of interest are now being sought.

Interested in exhibiting?

Judith Noble
Adelaide Showground
p +61 8 8210 5215
e jnoble@adelaideshowground.com.au

Buy the Way... Buy SA

The Buy South Australian campaign has recently been reinvigorated with a revised message and all-new retail device to assist consumers to identify products that are made and produced here in SA. Under the new brand Advantage SA, the evolution of SA Great, the Buy the Way… Buy SA message encourages consumers around the State to support local producers, growers and manufacturers by purchasing products made in South Australia. It urges consumers to stop and think before they purchase communicating the message that buying local feeds the State economy, creates more jobs and is a healthier option for all South Australians. Local producers, growers or manufacturers who are Advantage SA members now have the opportunity to utilise the new Advantage SA Buy SA retail device on their packaging. Visit buysouthaustralian.com.au to register and find out about the Advantage SA Buy SA logo.

For more information

Advantage SA
p +61 8211 8111
e info@advantagesa.com.au
w www.advantagesa.com.au

Your Awards are open

Each year you hear about the SA Premier’s Food Industry Awards - some of you enter, some of you procrastinate and others don’t give it a second thought. Maybe your business has been around for a long time, maybe it has been around for a short time – however you would all agree that this is your industry, your future and your Awards – it’s all-consuming. The 13th Annual Awards have undergone a few changes in 2010 based on the newly released South Australian Food Strategy which has a vision over the next five years of creating food which is beyond the expectations of all consumers. The Awards title has been amended to include the word ‘industry’ which means that the Awards are no longer just for finished food businesses but for all food related businesses working along the food value chain – that’s producers, growers, distributors, retailers, associations and more. The categories have a stronger focus towards industry and there are three new Awards: Visionary Leader – now recognising Young and Industry; Growing Small Business and Understanding Consumers. It is time to work together for your Awards. Entries are open until 23 July 2010 with the winners announced at the Awards presentation gala dinner on Friday 5 November at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

Visit www.safoodawards.com.au for all the category details, to register and apply online.

Want to find out more?

Sue Rogers
PIRSA
p +61 8 8226 0468
e sue.rogers@sa.gov.au

Wheat - SA’s largest food export product

South Australian food exports have faced a challenging year according to the latest bi-monthly export bulletin produced by PIRSA’s Market Intelligence Unit. The bulletin highlights that the global financial crisis has seen a substantial decline in demand for many traded goods and prices for many products, including food, dropped from record highs. Field crops for South Australia are also highlighted in the bulletin, showing that a large proportion of grain production is sold in export markets along with a range of grain based processed products including beer, malt and pasta. Wheat is the State’s single largest food export product, worth $735 million in 2008/09. The largest markets for SA wheat are in the Middle East, where the majority is ultimately consumed in the form of flat bread. Other markets include South East Asian countries and Pacific countries.

Food Export Bulletin - Issue 4, April 2010

For previous Export Bulletins or Market Overviews visit Market Intelligence at the SA Food Centre website.

Want to know more?

Matthew Palmer
PIRSA
p + 61 2 9647 1479
p +61 8 8226 1919
e matthew.palmer@sa.gov.au

Food Talk - have your say to win

The latest issue of Food Talk magazine is out now! The autumn issue features the newest Hall of Fame inductee Michael Angelakis as the Face of food along with other local businesses Dover Fisheries, Australian Caper Company, Swanport Harvest and the South Australia’s Micro Brewers Association. A reader survey of Food Talk is also being conducted with a great gift on offer - dinner for two up to the value of $100 at the new Fig Ristorante e’Bar plus three other gift packs which include a box of Willabrand chocolate enrobed figs and Bremerton Cabaret Shiraz. So complete the survey at www.safoodcentre.com.au/foodtalksurvey for your chance to win.

Want more information?

Nicole Phillips
SA Food Centre
p +61 8 8226 0827
e nicole.phillips@sa.gov.au

New food technologist at the Centre

Robyn Hargrave has recently joined the SA Food Centre team as the Food Technologist assisting with food innovation, product development and technical issues. Her role alongside Principal Food Technologist, Andrew Barber is to provide the connection between the food industry and technical, research and development resources available. Originally from Cape Town in South Africa, Robyn graduated from Stellenbosch University with a Consumer Science Food Degree which focused on food technology and New Product Development. Robyn’s experience with products such as Low G.I convenience health meals, spices, luxury gourmet products and most recently development of packaged fruit products will be a great addition to the SA food industry.

Want to learn more?

Robyn Hargrave
SA Food Centre
p +61 8 8348 2483
e robyn.hargrave@sa.gov.au

Boost you business through Flavour SA

Flavour SA is presenting a full-day interactive workshop on Wednesday 19 May 2010. Presenter Alan Green is one of South Australia’s most respected business advisors and will provide business owners with insight and understanding of their financial statements and how they interact. Participants will gain invaluable advice, tools, and methodologies that enable them to take their business to the next step. The workshop is designed to educate small to medium sized business owners, and answers questions such as:

  • What are the key elements of a successful business?
  • What do profit-and-loss statements and balance sheets really tell you?
  • What do financial trends mean to your business?
  • What is the power of the break-even point?

Flavour SA Business Booster Workshop Flyer (pdf, 296kb)

Want to attend?

Catherine Barnett
Flavour SA
p +61 8431 7131
e contact@flavoursa.com.au

Innova looks at fish and seafood

The Innova review for May is ‘Fish and Seafood Product Trends’ which features some new fish and seafood products from around the world. Products highlighted include microwaveable, flavouring based on herb, spices or sauces, fish snacks, seafood delicacies, indulgence and premium, and uncommon salmon varieties. Innova Market Insights is providing free access to a series of reviews and news features highlighting the latest international trends, data and product insights on food and beverage categories of relevance for the South Australian food industry through a partnership with the newly developed SA Food Centre website.

Fish and Seafood Product Trends (pdf, 896kb)

Visit the SA Food Centre website for Innova Market Insights

Innova Market Insights is headquartered in the Netherlands.

For further information

Glen Wells
Regional Director for Australia and New Zealand, Innova Market Insights (Australasia) Pty Ltd
p + 61 2 9647 1479
m + 61 407 262 838
e Glen.Wells@innova-food.com.au
w www.innova-food.com.au

Developing markets for SA in Asia

In partnership with the SA Food Centre, Food Adelaide and the Council for International Trade & Commerce (CITCSA) lead the charge at Food & Hotel Asia during April. Food Adelaide assisted a number of South Australian businesses present their products including seafood, fruit pastes, olive oil, jams and beer. Several valuable connections were made with key importers and distributors, and it is expected these could result in significant trade for the businesses and South Australia in the future. CICTSA took local food businesses such as Spring Gully Foods, Enzos, Careme Pastry and Lemoncello, on a trade mission to Singapore where they attended the Austrade ‘meet the buyer’ cocktail party at Food & Hotel Asia and a state dinner at the Grand Hyatt showcasing South Australian produce.

Want more information?

Clare Bagshaw
Food Adelaide
+61 8 8300 0022
e clareb@business-sa.com