Only months after cancelling investment in SA, the world’s second-largest brewer, Heineken, is in talks to buy SA drinks producer Distell, its main cider competitor and the country’s largest non-brewing player.
After years of speculation of a possible deal between the world’s second largest beer group Heineken and SA’s leading wine and spirits maker Distell, is hatching.
A bottle of French wine that orbited the Earth for more than a year has been put up for sale by Christie's - with an exorbitant price tag!
Reversing T2 diabetes starts with ignoring the dietary guidelines.... Dr Sarah Hallberg provides compelling evidence that the solution is simpler than you might think.
Nootropics is a term derived from ancient Greek which describes substances or supplements which improve cognitive function, such as caffeine or L-Theanine. Some insights from Mintel....
Vinpro's court case against South Africa’s national government - contesting specific aspects of the liquor bans - has been postponed to August 2021.
Paarl-based Afriplex, supplier of innovative functional ingredients, has taken a step into the alternative dairy space, offering clients multiple possibilities for novel NPD.
French scientists have been hard at work, cracking open the mystery of how many bubbles are in a glass of beer.
SAB's Castle Lite is no stranger to packaging innovation, and it's likely first up to launch in a stylish 410ml slimline can.
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.
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.
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.
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa's planned JSE listing is set to hand investors ownership in the continent's largest bottler of non-alcoholic products.
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.
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....
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.
Changing market forces have prompted some whisky producers to question the way in which whiskies are made, packaged and marketed.
To learn more about the green credentials of HDPE milk and beverage packaging, click the pic below! ...
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.
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.