Cheers to Cape Town for being one of the cheapest places in the world in which to share a beer. [Surely the whole of SA? Ed]
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Whether it's a desire for an improved diet or a need to avoid disease spread by contaminated water sources, the bottled water industry is reaping the rewards worldwide with global consumption expected to overtake carbonated beverage consumption for the first time this year.
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PepsiCo has a very successful snacks business in South Africa, but its core drink has not gone down as well in the battle for market supremacy. [This is another in a series of articles on the African and South African soda markets published recently by...
Clover has got the green light from the competition authorities to acquire the fresh dairy business of Nkunzi Milkyway, allowing SA’s biggest dairy distributor to manufacture and pack Ayrshire organic milk and dairy products, including lactose-free yoghurt, for Woolworths. The approval was made in late...
For Coca-Cola, Africa was open for business a long time ago. The progress and potential of its economies now gives it more reason to raise a glass. [This is one in a series of articles on the African and South African soda markets published recently...
Without hops, there can be no beer - and South Africa's hops farms are in serious trouble because of climate change.
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Distell, Africa's leading producer and marketer of packaged wines, is in the process of carrying out a limited trade recall because of "certain very small glass particles being detected" in some of its bottled wine products during quality assurance tests carried out by its agent...
Backing the SA wine industry's new export bottling campaign, called Creating Value at Origin, the Institute of Packaging South Africa (IPSA)’s Western Cape Region is hosting a half-day Wine & Packaging Industry Workshop on June 23 in Stellenbosch.
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With processing and packaging technology in food and beverage industries advancing at a rapid rate, Africa's Big Seven (AB7) 2015 will be hosting several relevant conferences and workshops focusing on the latest technologies and the opportunities they present. AB7 takes place from June 21-23, 2015,...
AECI has agreed to acquire 100% of Southern Canned Products (SCP), a leading manufacturer and distributor of juice-based drinks and products, from Gerber Goldschmidt South Africa, a private equity investment company, and the management of SCP.
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Sales of South African wine are booming in China, having grown 63% last year as producers up their investment in the market and create unique bottlings. Hein Koegelenberg of Leopard’s Leap and La Motte in the Franschhoek Valley got a foot in the...
Savanna, Distell's premium cider, has undergone a major pack upgrade and is strutting a bold new look.
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Winery 2015, the 7th IWA Specialised Conference on Sustainable Viticulture, Winery Wastes and Agri-Industrial Wastewater Management, will be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, from November 1–5, 2015.
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The super-premium beer market in South Africa (ie craft beer) may still be in the fledgling stages of its development, but the market is estimated by Standard Bank to grow 30% this year and another 35% in 2016.
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Brandhouse Beverages, the brand owner of Amstel beer in South Africa, has announced that its Amstel Lite beer can design will not be replaced nor amended in the market, as it was recently ordered to do by the Advertising Standards Authority of SA (ASA).
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Innovations in beverage packaging in South Africa are changing consumers' drinking habits.
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The international rise of coffee culture has spread rapidly throughout urban centres and has become one of the most competitive markets in the food and beverage industry. With competition for the customers' coffee Rand at an all-time high, convenience stores have become one of the...
Towards the end of last year, Rekorderlig, a leading Swedish fruit cider, entered the South African cider market with three of its flagship flavours, including; Strawberry and Lime, Wild Berries and Pear.
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How's this for a lovely, disruptive take on an age-old SA favourite tipple? A Stellenbosch company has launched a new type of 'Brandy 'n Coke'...
Former rugby Springbok Guy Kebble - brother of the infamous Brett - is hoping to clean up in the US with a business based on purity. Kebble runs liquid purification company SurePure, which is listed on the New York exchange OTC Markets which in turn...