21 Apr How many CO2 bubbles in a glass of beer?
French scientists have been hard at work, cracking open the mystery of how many bubbles are in a glass of beer.
21 Apr Castle Lite launches in sleek 410ml cans
SAB's Castle Lite is no stranger to packaging innovation, and it's likely first up to launch in a stylish 410ml slimline can.
21 Apr Global revamp for Coca-Cola range as it sticks by unified pack strategy
Coca-Cola is globally rolling out revamped Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar packs, a design continuation of its ‘One Brand’ strategy, which it describes as “integral” to its marketing approach.
21 Apr SA’s sugar tax is having an impact – new research
Three years ago South Africa introduced Africa's first major tax on sugar-sweetened beverages based on grams of sugar. The tax now stands at about 11% of the price per litre.
20 Apr SA wine industry was trending down – before Covid
In the past five years, the local wine industry has shrunk by 10%. This is almost expected, because the global wine industry has lost 2.5-million hectares of grape vineyards since the 1990s.
20 Apr Coca-Cola’s Africa bottler heading to the JSE
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa's planned JSE listing is set to hand investors ownership in the continent's largest bottler of non-alcoholic products.
05 Apr SA’s marketing man steering Absolut vodka
SA's most valuable export is its amazing human capital - here's news of another Saffer making good on the global stage: Charl Bassil, Global Vice President Marketing for the Absolut brand in the Pernod Ricard stable.
05 Apr Winners of SA Plastics Pact Reuse Innovation Challenge 2021
The South African Plastics Pact in partnership with the MAVA Foundation recently held a contest for innovative reusable packaging solutions. Here is news of the winners....
04 Apr SAAFFI seminar 2021! Great programme for this (virtual) annual event
The 2021 annual SAAFFI seminar themed “Save the Planet – WAKE UP, GROW UP, SPEAK UP!”, aims to highlight the initiatives in the flavour, fragrance and related sectors that are influencing thought and practice in the areas of environmental awareness and sustainability.
03 Apr An evolving market encourages whisky producers to innovate
Changing market forces have prompted some whisky producers to question the way in which whiskies are made, packaged and marketed.
29 Mar SA’s most recycled milk packaging!
To learn more about the green credentials of HDPE milk and beverage packaging, click the pic below! ...
23 Mar Nestlé acquires Essentia, expands in premium functional water
Nestlé has underlined its focus on the premium end of the bottled water category with the acquisition of US ionized alkaline water producer, Essentia, the pioneer in alkaline water when it launched in 1998.
17 Mar UK: Baby formula in innovative new format
Here's some savvy innovation from Danone - the launch of the "first ever" formula milk in the UK to be sold in a pre-measured tab format.
17 Mar Oatly goes big in the UK
Swedish alt-milk brand Oatly, which is gearing up for a US stock market listing, has announced plans to open one of the world’s biggest plant-based dairy factories in the UK.
01 Mar Stylish packaging revamp for Esprit
Distell's 36-year old Esprit brand, is sporting new-look packaging and a conversion from paper to pressure-sensitive labels.
01 Mar The Switch Energy Drinks story
Have you heard of Switch Energy Drinks? Me neither... but here is a local company but six years old that's selling millions of its cans in 12 countries. Here's an interview with its founder and MD....
12 Feb Covid can fest for Nampak
Nampak, Africa's biggest packaging and somewhat beleaguered packaging manufacturer, is enjoying a surge in demand for its aluminium beverage cans as booze drinkers take their favourite drinks home - in a can.
28 Jan Heineken SA says Windhoek ad wasn’t meant to ‘offend any viewers’
The widely circulated and aired Windhoek Lager advert featuring international actor Gerard Butler received backlash from South Africa’s Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB), which decided last week to ban the commercial for “promoting toxic masculinity”.
28 Jan If Cape Town were a coffee what would it taste like?
Nespresso has launched a Cape Town-inspired coffee as part of its new World Explorations range.
27 Jan Lockdown’s shattering of SA’s wine industry
This is the deeply personal, and at times harrowing account, of what it has been like as a South African winemaker, producer and employer of 100s of desperate employees during the Covid-19 pandemic in a country that continues to ban the sale of any alcohol to devastating effect.