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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Peachee is new, sparkling peach-flavoured lemonade that has just been launched by Stellenbosch-based Chill Beverages International.
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More innovation from red espresso: its capsule range now includes four new flavours.
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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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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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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,...
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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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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BOS ice tea has launched a new 3-litre BOS pack, just in time for summer.
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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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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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This new ready-to-drink virgin gin and tonic, a teetotaler's dream come true, is the brainchild of a Cape Town entpreneur.
Three Ships Whisky has launched the world and SA’s first whisky finished in a cask previously used for the maturation of Pinotage - the uniquely South African wine cultivar.
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Are there any health drawbacks related to drinking a lot of sparkling water or seltzer? This health question was one answered by New York Times' journalists and experts in the paper's Well blog.
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