21 Apr SA’s sugar tax is having an impact – new research
Three years ago South Africa introduced Africa's first major tax on sugar-sweetened beverages based on grams of sugar. The tax now stands at about 11% of the price per litre.
20 Apr SA wine industry was trending down – before Covid
In the past five years, the local wine industry has shrunk by 10%. This is almost expected, because the global wine industry has lost 2.5-million hectares of grape vineyards since the 1990s.
20 Apr Coca-Cola’s Africa bottler heading to the JSE
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa's planned JSE listing is set to hand investors ownership in the continent's largest bottler of non-alcoholic products.
19 Apr South Africa has the cheapest beer in the world
Here's some good news as antidote to the daily deluge of bad news that South Africans suffer: there is no country where beer costs less than right here in SA, according to new research!
05 Apr Winners of SA Plastics Pact Reuse Innovation Challenge 2021
The South African Plastics Pact in partnership with the MAVA Foundation recently held a contest for innovative reusable packaging solutions. Here is news of the winners....
04 Apr SAAFFI seminar 2021! Great programme for this (virtual) annual event
The 2021 annual SAAFFI seminar themed “Save the Planet – WAKE UP, GROW UP, SPEAK UP!”, aims to highlight the initiatives in the flavour, fragrance and related sectors that are influencing thought and practice in the areas of environmental awareness and sustainability.
03 Apr Introducing Freely – another local hard seltzer hits shelves
With hard seltzers now a buzzword on the South African drinks scene, Freely has been launched in step with the growing global trend towards alternative refreshment for a lighter, more balanced lifestyle.
29 Mar Bag-in-box wine takes another step up in SA
Keeping in line with consumers’ need for value without compromising on taste or quality, two well-known premium brands have launched their wine in convenient bag-in-box packaging.
15 Mar Shoprite & Checkers aid struggling local wine industry
Shoprite and Checkers have purchased more than 1.5 million litres of wine from South African farms to help ease the burden brought on by Covid-19.
14 Mar Global hard seltzer craze hits South Africa
SAB's has launched Flying Fish Seltzer - officially entering this fast-track global category - and simultaneously with beverage giant Distell's entry!
14 Mar Distell enters the hard seltzer game!
Vawter Hard Seltzer has been newly launched by Distell, a move that's taken a surprising while for the market leader in the ready-to-drink (RTD) category in South Africa.
01 Mar Stylish packaging revamp for Esprit
Distell's 36-year old Esprit brand, is sporting new-look packaging and a conversion from paper to pressure-sensitive labels.
01 Mar The Switch Energy Drinks story
Have you heard of Switch Energy Drinks? Me neither... but here is a local company but six years old that's selling millions of its cans in 12 countries. Here's an interview with its founder and MD....
28 Feb SA’s TaB drinkers still have time to say farewell
Coca-Cola South Africa has confirmed that the nation’s TaB fans still have almost two years to wean themselves off the drink.
28 Feb Cape Town to move ahead with new alcohol laws
Western Cape premier Alan Winde says that the province plans to introduce further regulations around the sale of alcohol in an effort to curb abuse.
24 Feb Boxed wine in SA outsold bottles for the first time in 2020
Due to long bans on alcohol sales during the pandemic, South Africa wine sales in the local market shrank by a fifth last year – but so-called “bag in box” wines proved more resilient than bottled wine.
12 Feb Covid can fest for Nampak
Nampak, Africa's biggest packaging and somewhat beleaguered packaging manufacturer, is enjoying a surge in demand for its aluminium beverage cans as booze drinkers take their favourite drinks home - in a can.
11 Feb Alcohol industry recovery – glass half full
The second Covid wave in SA, Govt's tighter lockdown and yet another Prohibition proved a triple Festive Season Grinch for an exasperated population. And where to now for a shattered industry?
11 Feb Vinpro: Sustainability the priority for the wine industry
Wine industry body Vinpro welcomes the lifting of SA's third lockdown Prohibition, and will continue various actions to boost the wine industry's long-term sustainability.
11 Feb Coca-Cola South Africa gets new boss
Phillipine Mtikitiki has been appointed as Coca-Cola Africa’s Vice President for its South Africa franchise.