28 Feb Coca-Cola, Warren Buffett’s ‘forever stock’
The legendary investor started buying Coca-Cola in 1988 and has never sold a single share
27 Feb Diageo unveils ‘Jane Walker’ in the US
Diageo, the world's biggest spirits company, plans to roll out a female-branded version of its Johnnie Walker scotch brand called Jane Walker, the latest move by the liquor giant to woo female drinkers in the US.
26 Feb Coca-Cola’s game plan: reformulate and expand
As health-conscious consumers drink less soda, Coca-Cola has rolled out more waters, teas and juices, part of its goal to be known for something other than soft drinks. The WSJ interviews the company's CFO, Kathy Waller....
26 Feb Distell toasts giddy gin, brandy and Bernini sales
Tipplers across the globe have been turning to gin and South Africa is no exception, with craft distilleries popping up all over. This trend has benefitted wine and spirits group Distell, which sold 21% more gin in the first half of its financial year.
26 Feb How getting a drink can be dirty business
Have you ever thought about what might tag along when you add ice or a lemon slice to your drink? When lemons and ice are served in beverages, they not only bring flavour or a flourish. They can also carry bacteria and viruses.
26 Feb Cape Town distillery Pienaar & Son launches new ‘Drought Edition’ gin
At a time when Cape Town is suffering a major water crisis one local business is doing it’s bit to reduce water consumption and reinforce the message that every drop counts.
23 Feb Chill Beverages launches Xcite Energy Cider
Xcite, a new guarana energy cider 'with attitude', has been launched by Chill Beverages International.
14 Feb Alcoholic drinks: Seven trends for 2018
What trends can the beer, spirits and wine sectors expect to shape the year ahead? Here, Euromonitor's senior alcoholic drinks analyst, Spiros Malandrakis, previews, in lyrical style, what 2018 has in store.
12 Feb Preventing can contamination while drinking
There's a growing global call for consumers to dump straws, but what about people's safety concerns when sipping soda directly from cans? Here's a new possible solution...
12 Feb Going to ground: how used coffee beans can help our gardens and health
The world's passion for coffee contributes six million tonnes of spent coffee grounds going to landfill every year - but there are many opportunities to up-cycle spent coffee grounds into valuable commodities.
12 Feb Diageo’s Tanqueray & Tonic RTD
Diageo has launched its first pre-mixed gin & tonic featuring the Tanqueray brand. The company says that Tanqueray & Tonic has rolled out in popular RTD market, Australia.
12 Feb US: PepsiCo chases sparkling water growth with new ‘bubly’ brand
Move over cola wars. It’s time for the sparkling water battles. PepsiCo is introducing a line of sparkling water called 'bubly' that will take on the uber-trendy fast-track brand, LaCroix, and likely a whole lot of new competitors in this space.
12 Feb Three reasons why scientific advice on drugs is ignored
LSD is far safer than alcohol or tobacco, so why don't drug laws reflect it?
08 Feb Absolut launches hilarious and risque transparency video
Absolut, a brand of Paris-based Pernod Ricard, launched a new film titled “The Vodka with Nothing to Hide” to prove how transparent things are in Åhus, Sweden, and features employees totally in the nude.
08 Feb The Future 100 : Trends and change to watch in 2018
JWT's Innovation Group has again published its always fabulous report, The Future 100 2018, an annual snapshot of the year ahead and the most compelling trends to keep on the radar. Food and drink make up a sizeable part of its cutting-edge insights.
02 Feb Cape Town’s Day Zero: SA’s bottled water industry gears up to help
For Capetonians there is only one topic of conversation: water. The nightmare scenario of Day Zero, when the municipal taps are turned off in April, is ever more likely. SA's bottled water industry is rising to the crisis, reports SANBWA.
02 Feb Soy milk the ‘One Clear Winner’ of plant-based milks: McGill study
A new study from McGill University, Montreal, has looked at the four most-commonly consumed types of milk beverages from plant sources around the world – almond milk, soy milk, rice milk and coconut milk – and compared their nutritional values with those of cow's milk. After cow's milk, which is still the most nutritious, soy milk comes out a clear winner.
01 Feb US: Diet Coke’s surprising new TV ad say ‘life is short’ so you may as well drink it
New-look Diet Coke’s new commercial doesn’t shy away from the health concerns over the artificially-sweetened soda, part of an expensive new campaign that seeks to inject the struggling soda with a youthful, blunt-talking vibe.
01 Feb Coca-Cola in Cape Town readies for Day Zero
With the impending likelihood of Day Zero in April, Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages has issued a report on its actions to help augment water supplies to Cape Town, as well as how its mitigating the water crisis on its own operations.
31 Jan Can Arctic Coke help invigorate Coca-Cola’s soda sales?
With Coca-Cola facing a market where more people are abandoning soda in favour of healthier beverages, the 132-year old beverage maker has looked for novel ways to make its iconic drinks more appealing to the fickle consumer. NASA scientists have delivered one new possibility.....