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.
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.
Distell's 36-year old Esprit brand, is sporting new-look packaging and a conversion from paper to pressure-sensitive labels.
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....
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.
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”.
Nespresso has launched a Cape Town-inspired coffee as part of its new World Explorations range.
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.
Mintel has outlined three key trends for the global food, drink, and foodservice industries, including analysis, insights, and recommendations centred around the ‘now’ (next 12 months), the ‘next’ (18 months+), and the ‘future’ (five+ years) of consumer behaviour.
Zico Beverages founder Mark Rampolla is bringing his beverage baby back home after seven years apart.
Vinpro wants the ban to be lifted with immediate effect by the court in its hearing on February 5.
Global syrups and sauces brand DaVinci Gourmet is capitalising on functional foods with the launch of Beverage Boost in the US.
As South Africa’s lockdown prohibition laws continue to cripple the liquor industry, the country’s leading producer, Distell, has turned to invest in the burgeoning CBD market.
After being hit hard by Covid-19, global consumption of still and sparkling wine is expected to bounce back in 2021. IWSR analyses which trends will be driving the market.
From beverages to bars, more companies are adding the deep purple berry to a variety of products for its hue, flavour and health appeal.
South African wine blog, Glou Glou, talks wine trends that have been created, enhanced and shifted by the pandemic.
To celebrate menstrual products being made free for all in Scotland, BrewDog has released a new beer titled Bloody Good Beer. [Interesting example of cause marketing. Ed]
With ginger and its great health benefits trending in the age of Covid, SA premium juice company, Sir Fruit, has introduced a new variant, Gingerade+.
The plant-based food trend is an over-arching movement around the world - and now Germany's Hydrosol has taken a massive step to serve this market with the launch of a new company, Planteneers – The Plant Based Pioneers.