Former Costco Wholesale Australia CEO Patrick Noone has called on the Australian government and private industry to “scale up” and introduce food products around the world.
A new peak body representing the country’s food manufacturers has been established this month – called Food and Agri Australia.
Chairman Patrick Roseman says the sector is worth about $150 billion dollars a year, and is made up of roughly 17,000 businesses, employing about 280,000 people.
He claims the government can do more to help Aussie food companies export their products to overseas markets - which could lift their revenue to $200 billion by 2035.
“We are from all over the world – we have every culture in the world here, making things,” Mr Noone said.
“Now it’s a matter of getting all that together in one central, planned business model; let’s go and export food.”
