18 Aug Starbucks announces location for SA shop #3
Taste Holdings and Starbucks have announced the location of their third store in South Africa...
18 Aug Taxing sugar producers would be sweetest solution
SA Treasury's proposed sugar tax has a laudable objective, but as it stands, the tax is "unwieldy, it will be near impossible to police and, critically, would do little to target hidden sugars in many of the other foods we consume". Some cogent comment from...
17 Aug Local wine industry blooms as world seeks more SA wines
South African wine exports are projected to grow 13% in the next decade, according to the latest Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy baseline report, which provides a snapshot of the country’s wine industry and the broader agricultural sector.
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17 Aug Beverage association study says sugar tax could cost 70,000 jobs
The Beverage Association of SA, whose members include almost all manufacturers of non-alcoholic drinks in the country, has warned that up to 70,000 jobs in the industry could be lost if the Treasury’s mooted tax on sugar-sweetened drinks were implemented in its current form.
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10 Aug Countdown to fdt-Africa 2016 expo
Food and beverages are an important economic factor for Southern Africa. food & drink technology Africa, the trade fair for processing, filling, packaging and logistics, will present the industry’s latest developments on September 14 -15, 2016.
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03 Aug How four cousins made wine a classless drink
Van Loveren Vineyard's Four Cousins brand hit the shelves 15 years ago and is now a leader in SA's mass-market glass bottle category.
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03 Aug SA’s sugar tax = soda wars?
National Treasury’s proposed sugar tax will discriminate sharply between different parts of the soft drink market, with an effective tax rate of anything between 8% and 50% on different products, reports City Press.
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13 Jul CGCSA: Sugar tax poses ‘real and unforeseen risks’
The Consumer Goods Council of SA and its members are concerned about the rising levels of obesity in SA, but believe that the proposed taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages and sugar-sweetened food pose real and unforeseen risks to the industry and wider economy.
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12 Jul OP-ED: Nanny Gordhan’s sugar tax-grab
The nannies in government are falling over themselves trying to regulate what South Africans may or may not eat. Pravin Gordhan, who is in charge of tax collection, is the latest to wage a war against a major food ingredient. This time the victim is...
12 Jul New range of live probiotic drinks hits SA shelves
Probyo is a newly launched brand and range of all-natural, cultured functional drinks, which aim to promote general health and wellbeing.
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12 Jul PepsiCo’s new Zimbabwean plant: to open with a presidential twist
After years of administrative delays, PepsiCo, the world’s second-largest food and beverage company by revenue, is finally building a $30m bottling plant in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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11 Jul SA’s sugar tax: Govt outlines its proposed rate
SA’s new sugar tax could add 20% to the price of a Coca-Cola, but would exempt Liquifruit and other 100% fruit juices, along with unsweetened milk and bottled water.
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11 Jul Under close scrutiny: SA’s protein shake supplements
The place for sports supplements within the current South African legislative framework is currently in discussion. Within this context, University of Pretoria researchers have found that muscle-building shakes don’t always have as much protein as they claim to.
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04 Jul New African Coca-Cola company gets going
The African Coca-Cola operation unbundled from SABMiller started operating today.
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30 Jun AB InBev’s SABMiller purchase gets nod in SA, with tweaks
"Megabrew" has overcome a major obstacle - AB Inbev's R1,5tn takeover of FTSE 100 rival SABMiller has won the approval of South Africa’s competition authorities, with conditions.
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30 Jun The SAB vs Heineken beer war
Talk to long-serving executives at SAB and they’ll tell you the "dirtiest trick" played in the battle between Heineken and SAB was the manner in which Heineken "stole" Amstel from them in 2007. Talk to long-serving South African beer drinkers and they might tell you...
29 Jun Coca-Cola Sabco opens Southern Africa’s newest bottling plant
Matola Gare, on the outskirts of Maputo, Mozambique, is now home to a new $130-million world-class bottling plant - the latest milestone in a 10-year, $17-billion investment plan by the Coca-Cola system in Africa.
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20 Jun The amazing story of SA’s carrot kings
The humble carrot has celebrity status at Greenway Farms where man and machine work in fine-tuned harmony and where the owners are embarking on a bold new high-tech adventure in juicing.
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07 Jun Stellenbosch vineyard uses delightful ‘quack squad’ to control pests
At 9.45am each day, more than 1 000 Indian Runner ducks are released for the first of two sorties at South Africa's Vergenoegd vineyard in Stellenbosch. Their mission: seek and eat thousands of tiny white dune snails feasting on budding vines.
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06 Jun The fabulous revival of SA’s ugly duckling Cinsaut
One of the most fascinating stories fuelling the current South African wine revolution is the rise of Cinsaut, or Cinsault.
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