Low-sugar, stevia-sweetened Coca Cola Life is to be phased out in Britain in June after its sales have nosedived.
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Amorim’s HELIX cork concept is now available locally in its entirety, with Consol Glass reporting it is producing the bottles required for the novel closure.
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Government has so weakened its proposed tax on sugary drinks that it might not be enough to encourage consumers to switch to healthier drinks, say health activists.
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Today’s consumers are a demanding bunch and shelf impact is no longer enough to win them over. Tetra Pak has outlined five macro-trends that are having an impact on consumer behaviour and their interaction with brands and products.
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Anheuser-Busch InBev has said it will source 100% of its energy from renewable sources by 2025, an announcement that comes as US president Donald Trump is working to dismantle Barack Obama's environmental legislation.
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In what is surely a take on the old favourite, brandy and ginger ale, Distell has launched Klipdrift Ngqo, a new ready-to-drink beverage designed to satisfy South Africa’s 'thirst for refreshment and flavour'.
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As health and wellness has progressed from a niche interest to mass consumer appeal, this beverage segment has reaped the benefits.
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Johnnie Walker is the world’s most valuable whisky brand, while Bud Light tops the charts in beer. But 2017 is the year of China's baijiu brands, says Brand Finance, with the drink now accounting for a greater share of brand value than...
Heineken South Africa has signed a deal with Stellenbosch-based brewery, Stellenbrau, making it part of the global brewing concern.
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Wine lovers can rejoice! Thanks to inventor Daniel Perlamn, a biophysicist at Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts) who’s also a wine enthusiast, a world with drip-free wine bottles could be within our grasp.
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Americans now officially drink more bottled water than soda. It’s a shift that decades ago might have seemed unthinkable—that consumers would buy a packaged version of something they could get free from a tap.
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G&T lovers rejoice! The Fitch & Leedes brand, known for its range of authentic mixers, has a new variant, South Africa's first pink tonic.
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Pierre Jourdan Popsicles, the never-been-done-before in South Africa wine popsicles, hit shelves in South Africa in September 2016 and have since garnered upwards of R1-million in sales.
...The advent of synthetic stoppers and screwcaps has challenged cork producers to improve their product and explore new sources of revenue.
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The US monster SABMiller created by acquiring Millers and then merging it with Molson Coors is now set to attack the former SAB in its home market in alliance with arch-enemy Heineken.
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US biotech firm, Senomyx has identified a new zero-calorie, high-potency sweetening compound found in trace levels in monk fruit, which it plans to produce on a commercial scale via fermentation.
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More used to battling it out over mineral water and baby milk, Swiss group Nestlé and its smaller French rival Danone have joined forces to create a greener plastic bottle.
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Nestlé will end its 50-50 tea venture with Coca-Cola – Beverage Partners Worldwide (BPW) – and concentrate on growing brands like Nestea on its own.
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In a nice marketing initiative, Cathay Pacific has introduced Betsy Beer – the world’s first hand-crafted bottled beer brewed to be enjoyed at 35,000ft.
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In an independent report released by the International Wine and Spirit Research (IWSR) end 2016, Distell's wine brand, 4th STREET, has been rated as the top growth brand internationally and positioned 29th overall in the world.
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