16 Sep Specialty instant coffee startups on the disruption trail
Premium instant coffee. It sounds contradictory at first. Does such a thing even exist?
11 Sep Carlsberg cracks open ‘Snap Pack’ beer can packaging
The Ocean Cleanup barge is currently on its way to tackle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but it never hurts to find ways to reduce plastic before it gets into the sea. In that vein, Danish beermaker Carlsberg has announced the Snap Pack, a simple alternative to plastic six-pack rings.
04 Sep Starbucks puts Frappuccino on a diet
Starbucks has put its popular and super-decadent Frappuccino through a calorie makeover, looking to reduce the drink’s high sugar levels that have scared away increasingly health-conscious consumers and hurt sales.
04 Sep UK government proposes banning energy drink sales to kids
In England, 16-year-olds can down a pint in a pub, if having a meal in adult company. But under a new government proposal, it would be illegal for them to buy an energy drink like Red Bull.
04 Sep German startup turns tap water into mineral water
With the war on single-use plastic raging, there's growing interest in alternative water systems - to wit PepsiCo's recent purchase of SodaStream - and now comes news of Mitte, a German startup with a ‘first of its kind’ smart home water system.
04 Sep Twizza launches premium mixer range
SA's soft drinks company, Twizza, has launched Clark & Sons, a new brand of mixers named after the company's founder, and seemingly following the successful mould of Chill Beverages' Fitch & Leedes range.
04 Sep Why did Coca-Cola pay so much for Costa Coffee?
Coca-Cola’s swoop for Costa Coffee will cut its exposure to sugar and plastic bottles.... another take on the Coke-Costa story.
01 Sep The future of beer, soda and coffee is colourless – at least in Japan
Japanese beverage makers are increasingly producing products that look like water but taste like other drinks, betting that consumers want the taste of Coke or beer in a healthier-looking clear liquid.
31 Aug Coca-Cola makes a big play into coffee
Coca-Cola is to buy the Costa Coffee chain from UK leisure group Whitbread, in a £3.9bn ($5,1bn) deal that sets up the world’s biggest beverage maker to take on Starbucks, Nestlé and JAB Holdings in the global battle for coffee sales.
23 Aug How have millennials reshaped the beverage industry?
The UK [and SA] sugar tax, which came into force in April 2018, has profoundly changed the outlook of the beverage industry. Some say that a wave of legislation is being driven by millennial concerns.
23 Aug New craft cider from De Grendel
While the craft and specialty cider market in South Africa is still relatively untapped, several vendors are trying to change the game for cider lovers, the latest being De Grendel with the winery’s new Three Spades Cider.
23 Aug Countdown to fdt Africa 2018
The third edition of food & drink technology Africa (fdt Africa) takes place from September 4 to 6, 2018. This is arguably the most important expo for the Southern African F&B market covering the entire process chain – from raw materials to processing, bottling, packaging and logistics.
21 Aug What Pepsico’s purchase of SodaStream tells us about the changing world of FMCG brands
SodaStream has built a modern blended retail model that goes beyond traditional outlets and ecommerce.
20 Aug PepsiCo buys SodaStream for $3.2bn
PepsiCo is branching out into new territory with the $3.2bn purchase of SodaStream, the Israeli maker of home fizzy drink dispensers, just weeks after the US consumer group announced that its chief executive, Indra Nooyi, would step down this year.
16 Aug UK: Tesco launches canned water amid war on plastic
Tesco has become the first Big 4 UK supermarkets to offer customers water in aluminium cans in a bid to provide an environmentally-friendly alternative to plastic water bottles.Â
10 Aug New highs: Heineken launches brew made with marijuana
Big Beer is showing keen interest in cannabis, with latest news being Heineken's launch of Hi-Fi Hops, from California beer brand Lagunitas, and which is made with marijuana instead of alcohol.
10 Aug US: Big Beer is in a squeeze, and millennials are to blame
Millennials are creating a mounting crisis for some of the most iconic beer brands in America.
10 Aug PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi to leave CEO post after 12 years at the helm
PepsiCo has announced that respected CEO, Indra Nooyi, will step down after 12 years leading the food and beverage company. She will remain chairman until early 2019.
08 Aug Perfectly natural, perfectly healthy wine
Here's an interesting take on hangover-free wine: produce it so that it creates all of the pleasures but none of the after affects associated with imbibing alcohol... and it's dead-on trend with five key market-defining characteristics: authentic, natural, clean label, healthy, low sugar.
08 Aug Unpacking size and growth of SA’s bottled water market
Recent figures released by the European Federation of Bottled Waters (EFBW) show that the global market for packaged water has grown at a faster rate than soft drinks, and will continue to do so until 2022. SA's industry is likely to follow suit says SANBWA, the SA National Bottled Water Association.