24 May SA’s bottled water’s surprising water footprint
Bottled water is often vilified as wasting water. However, other beverages and foods are far bigger users of water....
19 May Van Loveren flood impact 2026
Here's a look at some of the devastation suffered by wine farms and cellars on the Breede River in the recent floods....
13 May South Africans are drinking differently
Changing patterns of spending and consuming mean the alcohol industry is being forced to rethink its playbook....
12 May Clover and USN team up for high‑protein Super M shake
Clover has taken its iconic Super M brand into the fast‑growing functional drinks space....
10 May Big boost for rooibos fortunes
China has removed the final 6% import tariff on South African Rooibos, effective 1 May 2026..... a shift the local industry is calling one of the most meaningful trade wins in years.
30 Apr Don’t miss the 2026 Food Safety Summit in Jo’burg
Leading international and South African experts will gather in Johannesburg on 2–3 June 2026 for the highly anticipated Food Safety Summit 2026, a premier event focused on advancing food safety through stronger alignment between science, policy, and industry practice.
29 Apr Checkers Hyper opens first Nespresso shop-in-shop
In a grocery retail first for South Africa, Checkers Hyper has opened a Nespresso shop‑in‑shop at its Centurion Mall store in Tshwane, bringing a specialist, premium coffee experience into a supermarket environment....
01 Apr HealthSmart Solutions acquires GAME drinks brand
A long-time Tiger Brands product moves to Cape Town's HealthSmart Solutions....
30 Mar Varun Beverages triples down in SA with Crickley Dairy takeover
Varun Beverages, the India‑based PepsiCo bottler accelerating its African expansion, has agreed to acquire Eastern Cape–based Crickley Dairy in a deal valued at around R238‑million.
25 Feb Heineken cuts 6 000 jobs globally as SA becomes a rare growth engine
Heineken’s new EverGreen 2030 strategy comes with a major restructuring: up to 6 000 jobs will be cut worldwide as the brewer pushes for €500-million in savings....
25 Feb SA cannot afford “water bankruptcy”, warns SANBWA
South Africans are being urged to understand a new and alarming global reality: water bankruptcy. This is the point where water systems are so overused and mismanaged that they can no longer recover.....
24 Feb Tetley’s new Condensed Milk Chai Latte
Introducing Tetley’s most indulgent chai latte yet....
24 Feb First Choice expands its high-protein offer
First Choice High Protein range, SA’s number one high-protein, ready-to-drink milk-based beverage, has unveiled an exciting new range...
12 Feb Soufflet Malt’s vote of confidence in SA’s beer market
French multinational maltster Soufflet Malt is constructing a new R2-billion malting facility - adjacent to Heineken's Sedibeng Brewery in the Midvaal municipality....
04 Feb Gold Pack Beverage Winners 2025!
Over the past five decades, SA’s Gold Pack Awards have become the packaging industry’s premier stage to celebrate innovation and excellence….. here are the beverage winners announced late last year.....
18 Jan Bold new chapter for Schweppes
In a move that has turned the regular into eye-stopping, you have to love the new-old Schweppes skittle bottles and shimmering cans now on shelf....
02 Jan The flat wine bottle – Packamama – now made in SA!
Who said wine bottles had to be round? What a great eco-friendly addition to the SA wine packaging arena...!
31 Dec SA’s Twizza sold to India’s Varun Beverages in R2.1bn deal
Varun Beverages, led by Indian billionaire Ravi Jaipuria, is accelerating its African expansion with the acquisition Twizza for roughly $125-million.
03 Dec Hydration at full throttle: CCBSA’s Midrand masterpiece
Earlier this year, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) unveiled a high-speed PET bottling line at its Midrand plant that operates at an almost cinematic 72 000 bottles/hour - here's the story from Packaging & Print Media....
30 Nov Inzalo Agave Spirits: bold new local challenger to tequila
After 25 years abroad, Sebastian O’Keefe has returned home to SA with a mission: to put the country on the global agave map, using plants introduced in colonial times that are now used as cattle feed....