Before the day
begins.
A sharp daily read on Australian food and beverage, the technology reshaping business and the conversations worth hearing.
Overnight Brief
Trending now- Treasury Yields Extend Past Month’s Slide as Oil Prices Tumble— Bloomberg, 3 Nov 2026 ↗
- Too much spending or too little tax? Why interest rates are rising— ABC News, 3 Nov 2026 ↗
- Behind Anthropic’s 1,127% revenue surge — and the computing bill that erased its profit— MarketWatch, 3 Nov 2026 ↗
- Mondelēz to acquire Undercover Snacks in expansion of better-for-you portfolio— Food Dive, 3 Nov 2026 ↗
- Starbucks is spending $1 billion to undo its biggest mistake— Fast Company, 2 Nov 2026 ↗
The economy at a glance
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Industry pulse
Top 5 Australian F&B
The most commercially relevant food, beverage, retail and hospitality stories.
- 01Sydney Morning Herald Good Food
Opera Bar reopens this week – take an exclusive First Look inside
- 02Sydney Morning Herald Good Food
Bombastic flavours rule at the Ester and A.P Bakery crew’s tiny new Chippendale bar
- 03Sydney Morning Herald Good Food
‘An uncanny-valley aura’: Chapel Street’s glitzy new late-night spot feels like a fantasy
- 04Inside FMCG
Australian Grape & Wine names Mark Harvey-Sutton as CEO
- 05Inside Retail
Why government-owned supermarkets could shake up Australian grocery
Signals shaping business
Top 5 AI & Tech
The developments most likely to change how teams operate, compete and make decisions.
The New York Times sues Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls
02Anthropic grows revenue twelvefold but posts $23 billion loss
03AI didn't sink Weil. It could prevent the next Big Law failure.
04Omen AI adds liquid know-how in $16 million Aquatic Labs acquisition
05OpenAI pitches data center power plants as a way to protect nearby areas
Hiring now · Refreshed daily
Jobs in Foodservice
Current Australian openings at the major food and beverage employers we track.
Private sector roles
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Public sector portals
3 NovSearch food and hospitality roles directly on each government’s own jobs portal.
NationalAPS Jobs — “food”Every Australian Government agency.
National · DefenceAAFCANS CareersCafes and canteens on Defence bases.
New South WalesI Work for NSW — Food ServicesPre-filtered to food services.
VictoriaCareers.vic.gov.au — “food”Victorian public sector roles.
QueenslandSmart Jobs and CareersAll Queensland departments.
South AustraliaCareers.sa.gov.au — Food & HospitalityFood and hospitality hub.
Western AustraliaWA Government Jobs — “food”All Western Australian agencies.
Australian Capital TerritoryCanberra Health Services CareersCatering and food services in ACT Health.Links open each government’s official jobs portal. We don’t list or store these roles.
Recruitment agencies
FMCG & manufacturing desks
National coverage
Senior & leadership appointments
Retained search
Temp & project placements
Plant and site based
One line · One new world
Puzzle of the day
Draw one continuous path from the rocket to the planet, filling every tile once.
Open today’s puzzleSide hustles · Worth a look
Side hustles
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