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Podcast: The Food & Drink Business Podcast
Episode: Pure Foods Tasmania managing director Michael Cooper talks about leading a company with an aggressive growth strategy, the stratospheric rise of plant-based foods and more
Description: Food & Drink Business editor Kim Berry is joined by the managing director of Pure Foods Tasmania, Michael Cooper. From licking the stickers for bottles of juice in his family’s juice business as a kid, Michael is now leading a company with plans to be a $100 million company in five years.We discuss the company’s growth through acquisitions and capital raising, the fact that plant-based foods are the fastest growing food and beverage category and that plant-based cheeses are leading the charge.Michael reviews the company’s exports into Asia and workin...