Topic/Category

Advocacy
Circular economy / packaging
Climate change
Competitiveness
Ethical supply chains
Events
Food and Grocery Code of Conduct
Food science
General
Government
Growth
Labelling
Manufacturing
Media
Membership
NPRS
Nutrition and health
Recycling
Regulation
Retail relations
Sales
Supply chain
Sustainability
Trade/Export

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2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
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About us

Vision

Vision

The Australian Food & Grocery Council (AFGC) is driven by the purpose of Sustaining Australia.

Vision

A thriving and trusted grocery supply industry, delivering jobs, economic growth and helping people to live well.

Mission

To be the voice of Australia’s food, beverage and grocery manufacturers and a valued service provider to members.

Our role

As an organisation, our goal is to be progressive, influential and sustainable. We focus on:

  • Proactively influencing the industry’s agenda
  • Delivering valuable insights for members
  • Operating a sustainable, efficient and effective organisation
  • Facilitating pre-competitive collective action
  • Connecting members across industry
  • Building relationships with organisations aligned to our purpose

We do all this with integrity, collaboration and innovation.

Meet our team

Priorities

Through our advocacy work, we are calling on industry to double the value of the industry to nearly $250 billion by 2030. This is a national priority.

Our strategic priorities are:

    • to lead and influence the packaging and food waste agenda

    • to present industry views and credible evidence into the preventative health regulatory agenda

    • to enhance systems and processes for member recruitment and engagement.

The AFGC promotes ideas and policies that enable Australian food, beverage and grocery businesses to sustain the industry’s competitiveness, improve trading conditions, and support growth and profitability.

The AFGC supports:

    • Competitiveness. A sector that encourages a level playing field. We want to see thriving businesses. Consumers, suppliers and retailers should all benefit.

    • Retailer–supplier relationships. Let’s aim for fair relationships between suppliers and retailers. We want to see high standards of conduct within the sector, with business arrangements that benefit all parties.

    • Supply chain. An end-to-end supply chain should be resilient, efficient and sustainable.

    • Trade. With export opportunities and reduced trade distortions under a rules-based trading system.

    • Investment. Investment in the sector supports innovation, productivity and competitiveness.

    • Manufacturing inputs. The availability of affordable, reliable and high-quality inputs – including raw materials, energy and people – enables the operation, expansion and continued modernisation of the sector.

Read the Sustaining Australia 2030 report