Polyoak Packaging is a major supplier of PET bottles to the SA beverage sector - here it discusses the role of PET and optimal choices brands should consider for recycling. Polyoak has been a contributing member of Petco, the PET industry’s recycling body, since its inception...
Sammy Mhaule got his first taste of entrepreneurship as a 14-year-old when he sold ice cream on the streets of Tembisa. Today, he's the CEO of his own company, Skyrule Drink, supplier of sparkling juices to the Checkers group.
Shares in SA's biggest sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett, plunged more than 20% on Friday 22 February after the company warned that full-year earnings would fall as much as 250% because of low global sugar prices, the impact of the sugar tax and...
With food safety and factory hygiene the flashing stars atop the SA food industry's priority pyramid, there was never a more apt time for the relaunch of Carbotect, an innovative, locally-developed factory hygiene management tool that offers a multitude of benefits.
Here's a great FREE report from market research house, IRI, that offers useful insights into three key trends shaking and moving SA's liquor market.
After four months of speculation, a consortium called Milco is offering Clover shareholders R25 per share - a 25% premium to Friday’s R20 closing price and valuing Clover at R4.8bn - and, if approved, will delist it from the JSE.
This is the catchy title of the 17th annual SAAFFI seminar - that will be looking at how these trends affect the flavour and fragrance and allied industries.
Wine and spirits producer Distell has launched a stand-alone company specifically focused on the premium and super-premium wine category, adding some significant corporate muscle behind SA’s efforts to raise its global wine profile.
The world is counting on agriculture to produce more nutritious food, and SA's iconic Rooibos tea fits the mould, according to Nicie Vorster, spokesperson for the SA Rooibos Council (SARC).
Africa’s leading packaging, food processing, plastics, printing and labelling exhibition will be taking place at the Expo Centre in Nasrec, Johannesburg, from 12-15 March 2019.
Stellenbosch's Chill Beverages has launched into the alcoholic arena with Chateau Del Rei, is a new sparkling wine conveniently packaged in a can.
Jacques Vermeulen has been appointed group CEO of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), effective from 1 December 2018.
Coca-Cola SA's recent public apology for the soda-tonic labelling blunder on its Schweppes range of mixers has been hailed by marketing analysts... BUT, the company now stands accused of a similar gaffe with other brands that could have some dangerous consequences.
Robertson-based family-owned wine farm, Van Loveren, is a noted wine innovator - with its latest release being Almost Zero, a new lower-kilojoule summer drink with close to no alcohol.
The South African economy suffered a fiscal loss of R6.4-billion ($492-million) in 2017 due to illicit alcohol activities that generate an annual revenue of R12.9-billion and goes unregulated, asserts a new Euromonitor International Study.
food & drink technology Africa (fdt Africa) will return to Johannesburg next year, bringing with it an extended expo focus and thus much more value to exhibitors and visitors...
SAB-AB InBev Africa has delivered a strong vote of confidence in Port Elizabeth’s vibrant manufacturing industry with the launch of a brand new R438-million ($30-million) production line at its Ibhayi Brewery based in the coastal town’s industrial area of Perseverance.
JSE-listed beverages group, Distell, has agreed to distribute and market a cannabis-infused beer backed by RCL Foods CEO, Miles Dally, and Spar CEO, Graham O’Connor.
In a savvy bit of social media marketing, drinks brand Schweppes has lampooned itself in a Twitter advert after months of complaints from consumers who hated a new bottle branding change that created confusion when buying soda and tonic water.
Fitch & Leedes Blue Tonic from Chill Beverages International is the latest variant of its popular brand of craft tonics and other mixers to hit the shelves.