SAB has reported sales growth of “mid-single digits” in the six months to end-June 2023, driven by strong consumer demand for its brands while volumes grew ahead of the industry, leading to an increase in global share.
The industry has endured for over 200 years... this article looks at how it continues to thrive – and just like a good Scotch, the answers are complex.
Food and beverage companies seeking younger consumers eschew marketing the old for inventing the new...
Many brands just 'don't get the Gen Z crowd', but they are their future customers..... an excellent article by SA's futurist/trend meister, Jon Cherry.
Cold drinks are hotter than ever - interesting trend reshaping coffee in the US....
Multinational packaging and recycling commpany, ALPLA, is building a state-of-the-art recycling plant near the coastal town of Ballito, north of Durban.
So the deadline of July 21 for comment on the infamous R3337 has passed and, having spent a great deal of time in the last few months providing assistance to companies and organisations that will be affected by the new proposals on labelling and advertising, labelling expert Nigel Sunley takes stock and speculates on what will happen next.
The SAB plant in Pretoria is now home to one of the fastest bottling lines in the country, recently installed by Krones to boost production of AB InBev's Corona beer.
Pick n Pay has introduced two new coffee brands to meet the growing demand as South Africa's love affair with coffee intensifies....,
The WHO’s recent announcement that aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic” is unlikely to meaningfully impact sales at Coca-Cola and PepsiCo or cause the beverage companies to suddenly abandon the hotly debated ingredient in favour of another sugar alternative.
Nestlé SA has commissioned a R79-million Nescafé coffee mixes plant at its Hammanskraal factory, opening the new facility near Pretoria on July 18, coinciding with Mandela Day.
Nestlé reports it has introduced a versatile and cost-effective sugar reduction technology that can be applied across different product categories, with benefits beyond sugar reduction.
While this correspondent's consumption is not on the level of Donald Trump’s, she’s still concerned about its possible links to cancer. Here's a great exploration of the history of diet drinks, why more women drink them, and whether it's prudent to stop.
The past decade has seen the consumption of alcohol by category change significantly in South Africa. Here are some insights from Eighty20, a consumer strategy, research and analytics business, that specialises in helping brands better understand customers.
The two most important international trade fairs for the beverage and liquid food industries will join forces to strengthen their positions in the world market.
With the cost of living crisis has seen particularly hard on food and drink prices in the past 18 months, some producers have responded by reducing the size of their products, while keeping prices the same – known as “shrinkflation”. Enter. too, now drinkflation....
Lovers of Diet Coke have little to fear....
Coffee's ability to boost alertness is commonly attributed to caffeine, but new research suggests there may be other underlying mechanisms that explain this effect.
Conflicting information from two groups at the health organization is likely to sow further confusion over whether it’s safe to consume the sugar alternative used in many thousands of products globally.
Dairy-mix beverage company, Nairsons, is waxing proud over its newly-launched energy drink market that it describes as "a game-changer in the world of carbonated energy drinks".