27 Oct Innova’s top 10 foodbev trends for 2021
Transparency emerges as a clear winner in Innova Market Insights’ Top Ten Trends for 2021, with brands upping their game to meet evolving ethical, environmental and clean label consumer demands.Â
13 Oct Woolies takes the papsak to new heights!
Woolworths has just launched a range of premium local wines – in boxes. [Bravo Woolies! This is a development long overdue, and perfect for the times. Ed]
29 Sep Obituary: The man who started the cola wars
Donald Kendall, a former fountain-syrup salesman who engineered the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay, then built PepsiCo into one of America’s largest companies while selling soda to the Soviet Union as part of a Cold War gambit, died Sept 19 at his home in Greenwich, Conn. He was 99.
29 Sep Nestlé launches plant-based Nesquik in Europe
Nestlé is expanding its range of dairy alternatives with the launch of a plant-based Nesquik drink in Europe.
28 Sep Oatly: The New Coke?
Swedish oat milk brand, Oatly, has hit the big international time and is now valued at over $2bn. This commentator is not impressed, calling out Oatly as worse than Coke in the health stakes, and accusing it of questionable marketing. Read on!
26 Sep UK: Ribena launches paper straw trial
With global war on plastic straws declared over two years ago, there has been little news of commercialised paper alternatives for single-serve cartons. What seems simple is clearly full of challenges - but UK brand Ribena has recently announced a new prototype.
26 Sep The end of coconut water?
There is no doubt that the coconut water market is exploding. But there’s another side to the story - one of the world’s trendiest nuts is under threat of species collapse.
24 Sep Will aQuellé survive massive criminal scandal?
A business boycott has gathered momentum, with major retailers cutting orders and removing product from shelves, as scandal swirls around the KwaSizabantu Mission near Greytown, KZN, owner of aQuellé bottled water.
17 Sep Woodlands Dairy takes energy concept to milk
Woodlands Dairy, one of the largest dairy manufacturers in South Africa, has launched Kick, a brand new milk-based energy drink under its First Choice brand.
16 Sep US: PepsiCo debuts relaxation beverage
PepsiCo’s latest innovation is a relaxation beverage, Driftwell, that's being pitched as a way to combat stress and insomnia, problems rife in the Covid-19 era.
02 Sep Refocusing the marketing of alcohol in SA
The marketing of alcohol brands has had to adapt significantly during the COVID-19 lockdown and the subsequent bans on alcohol sales, with a renewed focus on ensuring the creation of an alcohol-safe South Africa.
02 Sep Distell launches lower alcohol brandy
Distell brand Viceroy Brandy has joined the global trend to lower alcohol innovation with a new addition to its range, Viceroy Smooth Gold.
31 Aug Spain’s Iberchem Group creates Iberchem South Africa
Spain’s Iberchem Group is expanding its presence on the South African foodbev market with the creation of Iberchem South Africa, taking full ownership of Versachem after buying a majority 70% share of the Pretoria-based food flavour-colours business just over two years ago.
20 Aug The 10 most expensive alcohols in the world
Here's a look at some of the planet’s most expensive tipples, designed for the fabulously wealthy.Â
31 Jul Alcohol ban: South Africa needs to act smarter
In a News24 article Alan Winde, premier of the Western Cape, draws on provincial research that illustrates the heavy burden of alcohol-related trauma on hospitals, but argues that a long-term ban on alcohol is a blunt instrument that will not solve South Africa’s alcohol problem.
27 Jul SA’s liquor losses make for a very sobering situation
South Africa's entry into an era of liquor prohibition saw a loss of R20bn in alcohol sales, equating to R304m per day, during the first nine weeks of lockdown. With a second embargo now in place, the country will lose a further R10bn for every month the ban continues.
16 Jul SA liquor industry again taken out by govt diktat
With SA's coronavirus cases surging, the re-imposition of the ban on the sale of alcohol was not perhaps not surprising, but it has blindsided the industry and will wreak yet more economic and social havoc on a vast supply chain.
14 Jul Clover’s controversial blue milk bottle campaign
Social media has been abuzz, and much of it less than complimentary, over a new marketing campaign by Clover for its fresh milk. Here's the fabulous Jonathan Cherry's savvy take on this....
13 Jul Evian’s 100% recycled plastic bottle with no label
Evian's new no-label bottle, which has the brand name engraved onto the recycled plastic, is part of the brand's effort to become fully circular by 2025.
13 Jul Africa’s first canned water?
Chill Beverages International, the producer of Fitch & Leeds and Score Energy, has officially launched Day water, said to be the first commercial canned water brand in Africa.