30 Sep Charles Glass Half Full: The end of SABMiller, but what comes next?
Behold the largest mega-merger in beer drinking history. But is it anything to drink to? Great read in the Daily Maverick, penned by Diana Neille and Richard Poplak.
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29 Sep World’s first alcohol-free, sugar-free, hangover-free gin launches in SA
This new ready-to-drink virgin gin and tonic, a teetotaler's dream come true, is the brainchild of a Cape Town entpreneur.
29 Sep Distell launches world-first whisky with Pinotage finish
Three Ships Whisky has launched the world and SA’s first whisky finished in a cask previously used for the maturation of Pinotage - the uniquely South African wine cultivar.
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22 Sep DGB leads the local Sherry revival: launches authentic Spanish Sherry range
In an on-trend move, Douglas Green (DGB), South Africa’s largest independent wine-spirit producer and distributor, has launched a range of authentic Spanish Sherries.
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21 Sep Revamp for RCL’s super-star mageu brand
Now here's a fine brand to own! On the back of sparkling market and brand growth, RCL Foods has given its leading product, Mageu Number One Smooth, a packaging makeover.
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21 Sep South African whisky imports drop 9% in the first half of 2016
Constricting consumer spending appears to have taken some of the "Cheers" out of SA's whisky market...
21 Sep Noakes Foundation launches new sugar labelling barometer
Eat Better South Africa, The Noakes Foundation’s educational arm, has launched a labelling product, The Sugar Barometer, that it hopes will help change the sugar consumption landscape in South Africa and beyond - and its urging manufacturers and retailers to come on board.
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20 Sep Appletiser marks 50th birthday with limited edition cans
2016 is a special year for South Africa’s iconic Appletiser - in celebration of its Golden Anniversary, it has launched a range of limited edition cans.
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19 Sep Clover to launch low-sugar Tropika
Clover, which controls almost 80% of SA's dairy fruit juices market, will soon launch Tropika Slender, the low-sugar and low- calorie alternative to its bestselling beverage Tropika, as it seeks a safeguard against the looming sugar tax.
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07 Sep Interest in local craft gin blossoms
Gin is very on trend; it has ditched the sobriquet of ‘mother’s ruin’, and is bolstered by its ability to take on so many flavours, its versatility in mixed drinks and how locally it can be made. And South African craft gins are earning high...
06 Sep OP-ED: Sugar tax will have negligible impact on public health
While the media has “fact-checked” claims made by the beverage industry in opposition to a proposed tax on sugary drinks, claims made by the government in support of the tax have not been so scrutinised. They should be, because according to research the government itself...
06 Sep KWV’s world-first wine wins global innovation award
KWV's innovative, preservative-free Pinotage, Earth's Essence, has found more acclaim with a global food award presented by IUFoST, the International Union of Food Science and Technology.
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06 Sep SA début for the water enhancement category
South Africa has been slow to get into the water enhancement category - but that's now changed with a new range launched by East London fruit beverage company, Elvin.
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01 Sep SA’s proposed sugar tax: checking claims about calories & job losses
South Africans may be paying more for sugary drinks if a proposed sugar tax is introduced. Will the implications be as far reaching as the soft drink industry claims? AFRICA CHECK investigated.
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24 Aug Sugar tax would have dire economic consequences, Bevsa says
The proposed levy on sugar-sweetened beverages could cost SA R14bn and destroy 10,000 small businesses, with highly uncertain benefits in terms of tax revenue and health benefits, the Beverage Association of SA (Bevsa) has claimed.
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22 Aug SA brandy: from cheap prop to classy flyer
South African wine enthusiasts, especially those whose preference is for small-batch production of handcrafted wines, conveniently forget for most of the 20th century the Cape wine industry would not have survived without the Cape brandy industry, writes Michael Fridjohn.
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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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