Meet our Member:
Nippy's
Nippy's Fruit Juices Pty Ltd is a 100% South Australian family owned company producing a vast range of fresh juices, flavoured milks and other beverages.
In 2011 Nippy's is proudly back to using locally-grown and fresh fruit for all its products for the first time in several years after drought and water costs reduced the volume available.
Jeff Knipsel, Managing Director shares his insights into what sums up his company, the greatest challenge and achievement of Nippy's and his favourite food.
Food SA ENews, October 2011
An outstanding October coming for Food SA!
September was a busy month and the rest of the year from October onwards is sure to fly past for all within the SA food industry.
Fine Food in Sydney was a great success for our members exhibiting who gained many potential leads. Our joint national industry association breakfast function was extremely well attended and provides the connections for some potential national plans across the food industry into the future. It was the first time such an event has been held.
A number of great regional visits were made also to Clare Valley and the Limestone Coast, as well as attending the Regional Food Group Chairs meetings.
The Good Food and Wine Show is on again for the second year. An exclusive SA cooking demonstration area with Chef Cole Thomas will also be happening featuring South Australian exhibitors, through the support of Food SA and PIRSA.
It is your last chance to get your products analysed and provided with expert feedback through the CAP (Competitive Assessment Panel) program. Please send five samples of your product into Food SA by Tuesday 18 October 2011.
We recently met the current Graduate Access Program students who have been placed in member companies; Safcol, La Casa del Formaggio, CIBO Espresso, Maggie Beer and Angelakis Bros as part of the innovative program between SARDI, PIRSA and Food SA. It was great to meet young enthusiastic people who we hope will make the food industry their career of choice.
The Food SA team recently held a team planning day to review our first year and look into the future for 2012. We'd love to hear your ideas for what you think we could deliver for industry next year too. Please contact myself or the team at anytime to discuss your ideas or provide feedback.
Lastly Shaya Nettle is off overseas for a few months travelling – we hope she has a great time, she will be missed! Mary Ferguson and Bonnie Steel will be joining the Food SA team in the interim to help with a few specific projects, so please make them welcome.
Catherine Barnett, CEO
“Discover the members of Food SA, support the South Australian food industry, find a local provider, source products and ingredients on the new online Food SA Directory.”
Coming events
Food SA Christmas Function - 5 December 2011
Add Monday 5 December to your diary now! The Food SA end of year christmas function will be a great afternoon to celebrate the first year of our new association with you our members, your families plus sponsors, partners and the Food SA team. We will be celebrating with a great South Aussie BBQ on the lawns of the Waite Campus from 3.30pm onwards. Official invitation coming soon!
Calendar of Events - 2012
Think Food, the Food SA Summit, member tours, workshops and a range of other events will all be back in 2012. We would love to hear you ideas for topics and/or speakers if you would like to share with us. We are aiming to provide you with a full calendar of events in the new year so you can plan your attendance early.
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Good Food and Wine Show
Foodies and wine lovers savour and sample at the Adelaide Good Food & Wine Show 7-9 October at the Adelaide Showgrounds. Indulge in your passion for flavour with fine food, delectable cheeses, premium produce, and of course, award-winning South Australian wines. There’s a feast of food on offer including lots of Food SA members; ensure you visit Barossa Fine Foods, Beerenberg, Butch's Smallgoods, Careme Pastry, Cocolat, Enzo's At Home, Four Leaf Milling, Gelista, Heavenly Delights, Kytons Bakery, Lifestyle Bakery, Matchett's Productions, Thistle Be Good, Tucker's Natural and Wild Salad. Food SA also has a demonstration area located at B3 where Chef Cole Thomas will be making magic happen with his innovative and scientific creations using products from SA exhibitors. More >>
A CheeseFest weekend
This year CheeseFest will be over 2 days Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 October promising to be the biggest Australian Cheese Festival. If you love a gooey brie or a stinky washed rind head on down to the picturesque Rymill Park for a slice of Cheese Heaven! Stalls will consist of cheesemakers, brewers, winemakers and restaurants. There will be plenty of entertainment with music, clowns, Chefs on Stilts and a great line up of Celebrity Cooking Demos! Don't miss out on this unique event that celebrates CHEESE and look out for our Food SA members; Alexandrina Cheese Company, Barossa Valley Cheese Company, B.-d. Farm Paris Creek, La Casa Del Formaggio, Udder Delights, Woodside Cheese Wrights and Cocolat. Details and booking tickets online. More >>
Taste of SA magazine
Taste of SA is the signature guide to South Australia’s food, wine and beverage industries, providing trade, investment and consumer readers with rare and valued insight into the latest developments and opportunities across all major sectors with particular focus on the diversity and excellence of SA’s regional offerings. Taste SA 2012 will be a clear and compelling capability statement that will act as a timely and powerful trade marketing and investment attraction tool for SA business. The publication is highly regarded and read by 70,897 food service and retail trade throughout the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Australia, and distributed at most major trade events. Taste of SA is offered as an exclusive benefit to Food SA members and partners. Please review the flyer and register your expression of interest by Friday 21 October.
continued... Nippy's
Jeff Knipsel, Managing Director shares his insights into what sums up his company, the greatest challenge and achievement of Nippy's and his favourite food.
Greatest achievement ...
In the late 1960s the formation of a citrus board forced our family company to shift its citrus packing business from its base in the Adelaide metropolitan area to be relocated on our orchard at Moorook in the Riverland region. This resulted in a loss of shed door sales of blemished juice quality fruit because of the difference in population between being located in Adelaide versus Moorook. We soon found ourselves dumping oranges, paying for them and realising the unsustainability of this, started a juice business from scratch.
Greatest challenge ...
Firstly In 2006 the first of four years of irrigation allocation restriction were implemented by our state government, this resulted in a dramatic reduction in the production of citrus particularly Valencias the prime juicing variety. The challenge was how does a juice company whose 40 year history and reputation based on the use of fresh oranges produce fresh orange juice for 12 months of the year when oranges would most likely only be available for 6.
Secondly it is our aim to become a truly national distributor so that we can become a potential supplier to more franchised retail outlets.
Favourite SA food product?
Anything my 74 year old Italian mother in-law cooks.
What sums up your business?
Basic common sense when first assessing a business opportunity and then work, patience and more work.
Food SA Directory
Discover the members of Food SA, support the South Australian food industry, find a local provider and source products and ingredients. The new online Food SA Directory which will start to be rolled out in October is designed to promote member companies and the SA food industry to the world, serving as a connection point with local, domestic and international, buyers and consumers. The Directory is a key member benefit and provides an exclusive profile for each Food SA member detailing contact details, logo, promotional images, company introduction and descriptions on their products, packaging and markets. All members will be able to edit and update their profile as often as required through an easy to use online process. The Directory will be significantly marketed throughout the Food SA website and all of our other communication channels. We encourage non-members to consider membership with Food SA to take advantage of the Directory and be a part of this significant industry resource.
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