The backlash against the story of the emerging middle class in Africa has begun.
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The news that Starbucks will be entering South Africa is positive - after all the Starbucks brand is known to be a quality coffee brand. Will the global brand be able to achieve sustainable success locally?
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SABMiller Namibia's brewery in Okahandja was officially opened today. Doing the honours was Immanuel Ngatjizeko, Namibian minister of industrialisation, trade and SME development, on behalf of Dr Nickey Iyambo, vice president of Namibia.
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A relatively unknown small local enterprise, Breva Beverages Co, has launched an alcohol-free malt beverage, BREVA, and claims it's the first South African company to manufacture and bottle a malt beverage. [Don't think so - Soda King has been doing it for some...
Starbucks is jumping into the surging coffee market in South Africa and will open shop here in mid 2016.
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As has been widely anticipated, PepsiCo has announced the appointment of SoftBev, the national soft drinks company, as its sole licensed bottler in South Africa, Lesotho and Swazilandand with distribution rights in Botswana and Namibia.
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Mageu, the 'Red Bull of Africa" and one of the oldest beverages in Southern Africa, had a decline in volume in 2014 for the first time in over five years, reports BMI Research.
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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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