14 Jan Beverage Trend Tracker 2015
The end/start of a year always brings voluminous trend insights and predictions — from research companies, newspapers, chefs, flavour-makers, food companies, bloggers...
13 Jan US: Cider having a BIG moment
Right now, there’s a product in America growing at an astronomical rate. In the past three years, its market share has surged more than fivefold. While this product is anything but new, it's now recovering from a near-death experience and, in fact, is making a...
13 Jan Coca-Cola to cut up to 1,800 jobs to pare costs amid sales slump
The Coca-Cola Co is to axe up to 1,800 jobs across the world as a cost-cutting programme designed to save $3bn over the next four years kicks in to gear.
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13 Jan Rhodes Food to buy fruit juice firm Pacmar
Rhodes Food Group has announced it's buying the Wellington-based Pacmar fruit juice business for R165m, its first major acquisition since the company raised R600m when listing on the JSE in October last year.
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12 Jan Beer possibly poisoned with crocodile bile kills 67 in Mozambique
Three days of national mourning were under way in Mozambique today after 67 people died as a result of drinking contaminated beer at a funeral over the weekend.
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09 Jan The quiet wine revolution happening in SA’s Swartland region
There's a revolution happening in South Africa's winelands where a handful of young impassioned friends are turning their backs on the very practices that have made the country's wine industry such a success.
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06 Jan Swartland Winery sets its sights on the Far East
Chinese businessperson William Wu has purchased a 51% stake in Swartland Winery, one of South Africa's leading wineries based outside the Western Cape town of Malmesbury.
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05 Jan Passion for vodka kills Russian men in their thousands
A quarter of all Russian men die before they reach their mid-fifties and their passion for alcohol - particularly vodka - is largely to blame, according to new research published last week.
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05 Jan Pepsi tries out Drinkfinity in Brazil: a personal, portable hydration system
PepsiCo is trying out a fruit-flavoured water brand called Drinkfinity developed in Brazil and initially only available in that country. The company refers to the new product as a "personal and portable hydration system", consisting of pods that are inserted into the top of a...
11 Dec Sleek new look for Ceres’ premium fruit juice
Renowned for its quality fruit juice blends, Ceres has added new value to eight variants of its 100% premium fruit juice range, by adding fruit cells for texture and repackaging the entire range in the stylish Tetra Pak Prisma.
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11 Dec Immediate detection of the main cause of contamination in beverage factories
Local hygiene company, Pescatech, has launched a new product – BioFinder, a product that can detect biofilms in 30 seconds on any surface in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.
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10 Dec COMMENT: Taxing sugar, not alcohol, will lead to a healthier way of life
In mid-November the Treasury hosted a workshop aimed at engaging with stakeholders on the subject of alcohol excise. From the first session it was clear the purpose of the event was to excoriate the demon drink as a prelude to justifying more onerous taxes on...
10 Dec Coca-Cola looks to grow African market for Appletiser
The Coca-Cola Company believes the Appletiser brand has "lots of legs" and the US-headquartered firm will look for opportunities to grow the niche brand, its regional head has said.
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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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