Hydra Consulting works across the whole of the food, beverage and agribusiness vertical in primary production, manufacturing, retail, and Direct to Consumer with experience in the following sectors:

• Spirits, wine, and beer

• Food manufacturing, abattoirs, and dairies (including gluten free manufacturing)

• Nutraceuticals

• Plant-based industrial products such as leather and dyes

• Agribusiness

• Bottled water

• Grains, oilseeds, and pulses

• Viticulture

• Horticulture (tree and vegetable)

Sector analysis

Our recent sector analysis work has included:

• Annual analysis of the global wine sector opportunity for Wines of Western Australia

• Recent study of mega-trends in the agriculture sector and downscaling those trends into potential industry actions

• Analysis of South Australian spirits sector growth, domestic and international opportunity, and capability gaps

• Analysis of Australian wine industry to identify specific segments within the value chain

• Value chain analysis of the South Australian horticulture sector

• Annual environmental survey of the SA grains sector and analysis of year-on-year change

• Analysis of visitor sentiment using Watson Analytics (IBM) in NSW tourism (nine regions)

• Development of databases on USA wine retailers, wine bars, and wine oriented restaurants for the development of the usawinemarkettool.com

Strategy

Our recent strategy work has included:

• South Australian spirits sector blueprint

• Grain Producers of SA annual environment survey

• Grain Producers of SA review of inversion spray drift

• Grain industry blueprint implementation plan update

• Wine industry capability building needs and opportunities

• Development of data model for Vinehealth Australia

• Delivering Foment - the world’s first wine-tech accelerator

• Action plan for the Northern Adelaide Plains food cluster

• Development of cluster opportunities in the SA primary sector

• Implementation plans & governance for environmental projects

• Mega trends and downscaling for agricultural research strategy

• Water sales opportunities and strategy for several water schemes

• Wine industry segmentation for Wine Australia

Marketing and selling

Our recent marketing and selling work has included:

• Developing an environmental credentials export tool for Food SA

• Developing the USA Wine Market Tool for Australian Grape and Wine

• Managing the Western Australian wine export program (WA Wines to the World)

• Managing promotions for NSW Wine, the Adelaide Hills Wine Region and WA wineries

• Supporting 14 circular economy companies on market entry in India and Australia for the CSIRO RISE accelerator

• International and domestic wine masterclasses - live and virtual

Capability building

Our recent capability building work has included:

• Growing Cider Exports program

• Growing Wine Exports & Growing Wine Tourism programs

• Export capability program for South Australian government

• Development of clustering capability in South Australia

• Western Australian wine export program

• A range of accelerators across several sectors

• Development of a design competition for low flows enviro program

• Setting up the South Australia global expansion accelerator