10 Dec PET brought the bottled water revolution
The single-serve plastic water bottle is ubiquitous in today's culture. But that hasn't always been the case. Not by a long shot.
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10 Dec US: Bottled water is projected to be the number one packaged drink by 2016
Every segment of the bottled water industry is growing and the category is currently the most successful in the mass-market beverage in the US, says the Beverage Marketing Corporation, a leading US management consulting and research firm.
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10 Dec Another extraordinary Coke campaign: two million labels, two million designs
The Coca-Cola Company has pushed digital printing to the next level with the Coke Extraordinary Collection — two million bottle labels, each one with its own graphic design.
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10 Dec South Africa’s UHT milk market overtakes fresh
UHT milk volumes overtook fresh milk for the first time in 2013 to account for the larger volume share of the South African white milk market and, according to BMi Research's Shawn Henning, the growth trend noted in long-life milk is set to continue.
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30 Nov Coffee creamer: New Cremora campaign and convenient to-go offering from Nestlé
Coffee is the ultimate “on the go” beverage, generally via restaurants and coffee houses. Packaged coffee creamer products had largely been shut out of this market until the launch of new Nestlé Coffee-Mate 2Go concentrated coffee creamer, a “triple strength” liquid creamer in a spill-resistant,...
28 Nov SABMiller, Coca-Cola form African drinks giant
SABMiller and Coca-Cola plan to form one of the world's largest bottling operations with annual revenue of almost $3 billion (R33bn) in 12 markets across southern and east Africa under the name of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa. Coca-Cola will also acquire the Appletiser brand from SABMIller.
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26 Nov Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism
A new book looking at the success - and cost - behind the Coca-Cola name has been published. Author Bartow Elmore, an historian at the University of Alabama, takes a fresh look at how soda companies managed to make fortunes selling cheap sugar water.
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26 Nov US: Coca-Cola bets the farm on “premium milk”
Could premium milk be the greatest coup for beverage companies since bottled water? Coca-Cola apparently thinks so.
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26 Nov The hype that is bulletproof coffee
For the creator of Bulletproof Coffee, the butter-infused, "low-toxin" coffee that’s created a media storm, the epiphany of the Bulletproof lifestyle came thousands of miles from home after drinking a strange brew.
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25 Nov Innova releases its Top 10 Food-Bev Trends for 2015
"From Clean to Clear Label" and "Convenience for Foodies" lead the Innova Market Insights food and beverage 'Top 10 Trends' list for 2015.
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25 Nov Pioneer to exit its Pepsi business
Pioneer Food, the maker of Ceres fruit drinks and dozens of other food and beverage brands, says it will exit the deal that gives it bottling rights for PepsiCo in South Africa by the middle of next year.
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25 Nov How clean is your CIP really? New Carbotect test will verify in a jiffy
An ingenious new food-beverage safety tool, CARBOTECT is an organic (carbohydrate) detection tool developed by a South African scientist as an instant pass/fail diagnostic test to gauge the efficacy of clean-in-place processes. It should prove a welcome addition to every QA/QC department.
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20 Nov Transforming lesser wine into vintage with the ‘Sonic Decanter’
We all know what it's like to open a bottle of cheap wine and immediately wish we'd spent a bit more money. Instead of throwing the bottle in the bin or using it for cooking, however, a new device promises to make a young or...
20 Nov One man’s epic quest to sanitise filthy, germ-riddled coffee cup lids
This article comes with a WARNING! Because it may well be the last time you drink a take-out coffee with your innocence intact...
19 Nov KWV launches world first ‘natural’ Pinotage using patented preservation technology
KWV has launched the world's first 'natural' Pinotage wine, Earth's Essence, that has 'no sulphites or preservatives added', made possible by utilising world-first technology. This follows KWV's joint acquisition of the patent for a revolutionary process using indigenous rooibos and honeybush wood during...
19 Nov COMMENT: Government on an ad-banning roll
If you ban ads, the world will be a healthier and better place, or so the government seems to think...
19 Nov Distell’s Scottish Leader whisky stands taller, prouder
Scottish Leader, one of the world's favourite blended Scotch whiskies, sold in 60 countries, is revitalising with a new look, an enhanced recipe and the introduction of an additional, premium Signature blend. The brand is now owned by Distell after its purchase of Burn Stewart...
18 Nov The genius of PepsiCo’s gross-out marketing: Doritos-flavoured Mountain Dew
When word got out a fortnight ago that PepsiCo was testing Doritos-flavoured Mountain Dew, the Internet had a brief but intense freakout—online hysteria erupting as if from a shaken bottle of soda. PepsiCo brands have had no reservations about tweaking signature flavours, often to gross...
18 Nov Über Flavour launches a healthy summer brew in SA
New on the South African beverage market is Über Flavour, an all-natural ingredients brew that is made using 100% fresh fruit juice and rooibos tea.
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31 Oct Two SA luxury brandy firsts from KWV
KWV has unveiled SA's first and only XO Cognac produced under a South African brand name, the KWV Héritage XO Cognac, and KWV Nexus 30 year old brandy, the world's first commercially available 30 year old brandy containing potstill up to 42 years old.
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