07 Jul New No Sugar Coke goes flat in Oz: leading retailer refuses to stock it
Leading Australian supermarket, Woolworths, has made the shock announcement that it won’t be stocking Coca-Cola’s new No Sugar variant.
07 Jul SodaStream’s sparkling water offensive brings healthy payola
SodaStream International, which makes machines to carbonate tap water at home, is looking to acquire companies and beef up marketing in key countries to keep its turnaround going.
04 Jul Appletiser plant in Elgin ramps up production
The Appletiser plant in Elgin is ready to almost double its annual production by October, following its merger last year of the non-alcoholic ready-to-drink bottling operations of the Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller and Gutsche Family Investments to form Coca Cola Beverages SA (CCBSA).
28 Jun Durbanville Hills comes up with a local gem
Following an array of successful Sauvignon Blanc vintages, Durbanville Hills has expanded its range to launch a vibrant Sauvignon Blanc sparkling wine with stunning packaging.
28 Jun Top ten trends that are shaping the beverage industry
With the most important event of the 2017 beverage calendar – the World Beverage Innovation Awards – around the corner, here are ten predictions for trends that will keep brands ahead of the curve this year. All winners and finalists will be announced at drinktec on September 14, 2017.
24 Jun RIP Coke Zero? New drink Coca-Cola No Sugar launching in Australia
Coca-Cola is getting rid of Coke Zero, starting in Australia - or so the launch of a new sugar-free variant would indicate.
24 Jun Diageo buys George Clooney tequila brand for $1bn
George Clooney may be the face of fancy coffee, but it’s in premium tequila that he's just hit the real jackpot.
23 Jun Hot choc first for SA from NoMU
Cape Town's ever-innovative NoMU Foods has launched a new drink in time for SA's winter, an unsweetened hot chocolate variant to its hot choc range.
23 Jun Fanta’s clever new asymmetric bottle a world-first
Fanta is the UK’s favourite fruit-flavoured sparkling soft drink. And this year, the brand has been transformed – with a new look and logo and an industry-first bottle design across the whole Fanta range. Plus a new reduced-sugar recipe for Fanta Orange.
23 Jun Distell planning to trim its huge wine brand portfolio?
Liquor giant, Distell, looks determined to reinforce a profitable position for its wine division in a tough consumer market by reducing the number of brands.
22 Jun Treasury rejects claims of calamitous job losses from sugar tax
SA's Treasury has rejected claims of calamitous job losses resulting from the imposition of a health promotion levy.
20 Jun Lessons from SAB’s story: turning adversity into global strengths
On 28 September 2016, the shareholders of South African born international brewer, SABMiller, approved the company’s acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev for $104-billion (R1.5-trillion). The deal paved the way for the creation of what is now by far the world’s largest brewing company.
10 Jun SA’s madly popular artisanal gin trend
June 10 is World Gin Day – an excuse (as if one were needed in light of its current popularity) to indulge in a beverage whose history is more fraught than most other alcoholic drinks.
20 May Starbucks’ Schultz shares his ‘Ubuntu’ story
Starbucks founder Howard Schultz recently presented a stirring commencement speach at Arizona State University. Raised in poverty and driven by a higher purpose to create his massive multinational which now employs 300 000 people, Schultz told the story of his South African Ubuntu discovery, encouraging the graduates of the US’s biggest university to apply its lesson in their own lives.
17 May The case for drinking coffee is stronger than ever
There are few things more more ritualistic — and to many, more sacred — than a morning cup of joe. 64% of Americans drink at least one cup a day — a statistic that's barely budged since the '90s.
17 May An alternative to plastic: new range of edible straws
A UK-based disposables manufacturer has developed a novel range of edible straws, which consumers can eat – rather than discard – after use.
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17 May Heineken launches new zero alcohol beer
Dutch brewer Heineken has launched a non-alcoholic version of its namesake beer with the aim of becoming the global leader in a part of the market growing faster than the average.
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17 May When is a craft beverage no longer considered “craft”?
By definition, craft beverages are small-batch drinks and owned independently -- but in some cases, the breweries that make them eventually flourish and become so successful that they’re considered bigger brands.
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16 May Making beer with leftover bread
At the end of a typical day, bakeries have so much extra bread that even food banks can’t use all of it. Here’s another way to keep it out of landfills: make it into beer.
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16 May Hpp, hpp, high pressure processing comes to SA!
A state-of-the-art high-pressure processing/pasteurisation ‘tollgate’ has opened in Midrand. What’s all the excitement about? HPP technology, long and slow to take off, has become a game-changer for the food and beverage industry and is gaining rapid momentum worldwide.
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