Jobs fund brings food manufacturer to Coast

ROUND TWO OF the NSW Government’s Regional Job Creation Fund will see Krumbled Foods Pty Ltd receive $1.3 million to set up manufacturing operations on the Central Coast at Tuggerah Business Park.

Established in 2019 and manufactured in Melbourne by a third contract manufacturer, Krumbled Foods’ Beauty Bites are now a cult product with one sells every 15 seconds globally. In mid-2021 the company launched Habitual Beauty, the first beauty and wellbeing brand combining innovative ingestible beauty supplements and cosmeceutical grade, natural skincare.

Founder, Kiera Krumble told CCBR that she had chosen the Central Coast for a number of reasons.

“Firstly, we live here on the Central Coast and growing up I watched my dad commute to Sydney everyday for work and I witnessed the impact it had on him and our family. I realise the importance of giving locals the opportunity to access a greater variety of jobs outside of large cities.”

“We also wanted to promote sustainable jobs within a regional location and the Central Coast is ideally located; its close enough to Sydney and close to ports for international exporting.”

Presently Krumbled Foods is supplying the Australian market and exporting to New Zealand and UK.

The company will employ 89 full time staff once in operation.

More jobs from Job Creation Fund In addition to Krumbled Foods, round two of the NSW Government’s Regional Job Creation Fund will see $1.98 million injected into the Central Coast mostly to increase the region’s manufacturing capabilities and creating over 127 ongoing new jobs:

Sprint Horticulture Pty Ltd at Peats Ridge will receive $280,000 towards the construction of a new packing shed and greenhouse. This funding will create 15 full-time on-going jobs.

Additionally, Pipeline Operations Pty Ltd based in Berkeley Vale will receive $140,000 to upgrade their current manufacturing line and purchase new equipment.

Other Central Coast companies who have received funding under the first tranche last year of the Regional Job Creation Fund are: • Broken Bay Pearl Farm – Mooney Money

New oyster processing and storage facilities - $100,000 6 ongoing new jobs • Australian Beverage Contract Filling

Consolidate and expand of product development, brewing and coordinated contract packing services and operations - $1,755,000 144 ongoing new jobs

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• Cordina Food Co - Wyong

Purchase of end-to-end cooking line - $2 million 100 ongoing new jobs • Beerfarm - Halloran

Establishment of new manufacturing facility - $900,000 • Vision Lighting – Somersby

Support new manufacturing and laboratory facility - $600,000 30 ongoing new jobs • FMC – North Wyong

Expansion of new production line and construction of new packing plant plus research and development hub. - $360,000 PROBLEM SOLV • 18 ongoing new jobs. Performance Engineering Group – Berkeley Vale Expansion of metal stamping capability and capacity for manufacture of hubs - $120,000 business FOR YOUR 6 ongoing new jobs • East Coast Beverages – Kulnura

Upgrade and modernize fruit juice blending plant - $360,000 18 ongoing new jobs • Spiralz Fermented Foods – Tuggerah

Upgrade existing food manufacturing equipment - $160,621