26 Oct Why craft is the US liquor industry’s next big thing
The US spirits industry is seeing a craft movement take hold across bars and retail outlets in a way that could mirror the success craft brewers.
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20 Oct Dunkin’ Donuts bets on SA’s sweet tooth
Rising demand for quality coffees and sweet treats has lured yet another American favourite to SA’s shores.
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12 Oct Leading US health activist has his say on SA’s proposed sugar tax
One of the US's fiercest food industry critics, Michael Jacobson, president of the Centre for Science in the Public Interest in Washington DC, has been in South Africa. Here's his take on SA's proposed sugar tax sweetened beverages.
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12 Oct Coca-Cola to acquire SABMiller’s former stake in CCBA
Coca-Cola has announced that it will exercise a change-of-control clause, allowing it to acquire SABMiller's former interest in the soft-drink company’s largest African bottling company.
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11 Oct WHO: Taxing sugary drinks will reduce obesity
A report published by WHO urges governments around the world to tax sugary drinks by 20% in order to curb obesity.
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10 Oct The maturation of craft beer
The European and US craft beer sector has exploded in the last ten years – in fact micro is now mainstream, as highlighted by recent acquisitions of craft brewers by the big players in the industry.
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10 Oct Defining coffee’s waves of innovation
The US/the world is currently in the third wave coffee movement, but what exactly are these “waves”? Mintel’s expert analysts share a brief history of the different coffee waves and their predictions on what’s to come.
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10 Oct SA’s SoftBev: Looking a trifle troubled?
An unexpectedly flat performance from plastic packaging specialist Bowler Metcalf's 43%-owned soft-drink bottling subsidiary, SoftBev, has resulted in a swathe of speculation, reports the Financial Mail.
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10 Oct Clover launches lactose-free milk
Clover has introduced a dairy solution for lactose intolerant people: new Clover NoLac lactose-free milk. (In a country where millions cannot digest milk, one has to ask why this took so long? Ed)
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10 Oct How the business of bottled water went mad
How did a substance that falls from the air, springs from the earth and comes out of your tap become a hyperactive multibillion-dollar business?
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07 Oct Chill Beverages debuts lower sugar soft drink
Peachee is new, sparkling peach-flavoured lemonade that has just been launched by Stellenbosch-based Chill Beverages International.
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06 Oct Fabulous new flavours for red espresso
More innovation from red espresso: its capsule range now includes four new flavours.
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06 Oct Wine in smaller packages is the next big thing
There’s a growing trend in the world of wine that many wine producers have been slow to catch up to. It doesn’t have anything to do with grapes, blends or finishes. It has to do with size, asserts a senior Tetra Pak marketing executive.
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05 Oct Distell’s aspiration to become the No 1 cider company in the world
Distell’s profit base has largely been underpinned by the enormous success achieved in the cider category over the past two decades. It aims to replicate this on a global scale, first stop China.
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05 Oct Reactions to new draft Liquor Amendment Bill
Will raising the legal drinking age in SA to 21 help curb alcohol abuse? Is this effectively prohibition? It’s a question being fiercely debated as the nation weighs-in on government’s draft Liquor Amendment Bill,...
05 Oct Tough alcohol controls proposed in draft Liquor Amendment Bill
Government's has turned its assault attention from sugar tax on SSBs to alcohol again - proposing to raise the legal minimum age of drinking from 18 to 21 years and to prohibit liquor advertising which targets youth in a bid to curb alcohol abuse.
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30 Sep Charles Glass Half Full: The end of SABMiller, but what comes next?
Behold the largest mega-merger in beer drinking history. But is it anything to drink to? Great read in the Daily Maverick, penned by Diana Neille and Richard Poplak.
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29 Sep Bigger, better, bolder: BOS ice tea launches the Big BOS
BOS ice tea has launched a new 3-litre BOS pack, just in time for summer.
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29 Sep US: Nestle launches protein-packed Nesquik choc milk for ‘kidults’
Nestle’s has debuted Nesquik Protein Plus, a product targeted toward the "kidult" demographic rather than the brand's typically younger audience.
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29 Sep Carlsberg’s Green Fibre Bottle now in prototype
Carlsberg has unveiled a protoype of its Green Fibre Bottle in what it hails as a ‘milestone’ breakthrough within an ‘ambitious’ three-year project.
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