KWV is set to take on the white spirits market as the new, exclusive distributor of Stolichnaya Premium Vodka and elit by Stolichnaya, for Stoli Group, part of the SPI Group who own these two iconic brands.
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The Coca-Cola Co is to axe up to 1,800 jobs across the world as a cost-cutting programme designed to save $3bn over the next four years kicks in to gear.
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Rhodes Food Group has announced it's buying the Wellington-based Pacmar fruit juice business for R165m, its first major acquisition since the company raised R600m when listing on the JSE in October last year.
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Three days of national mourning were under way in Mozambique today after 67 people died as a result of drinking contaminated beer at a funeral over the weekend.
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There's a revolution happening in South Africa's winelands where a handful of young impassioned friends are turning their backs on the very practices that have made the country's wine industry such a success.
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Chinese businessperson William Wu has purchased a 51% stake in Swartland Winery, one of South Africa's leading wineries based outside the Western Cape town of Malmesbury.
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Renowned for its quality fruit juice blends, Ceres has added new value to eight variants of its 100% premium fruit juice range, by adding fruit cells for texture and repackaging the entire range in the stylish Tetra Pak Prisma.
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The Coca-Cola Company believes the Appletiser brand has "lots of legs" and the US-headquartered firm will look for opportunities to grow the niche brand, its regional head has said.
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UHT milk volumes overtook fresh milk for the first time in 2013 to account for the larger volume share of the South African white milk market and, according to BMi Research's Shawn Henning, the growth trend noted in long-life milk is set to continue.
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SABMiller and Coca-Cola plan to form one of the world's largest bottling operations with annual revenue of almost $3 billion (R33bn) in 12 markets across southern and east Africa under the name of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa. Coca-Cola will also acquire the Appletiser brand from SABMIller.
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Pioneer Food, the maker of Ceres fruit drinks and dozens of other food and beverage brands, says it will exit the deal that gives it bottling rights for PepsiCo in South Africa by the middle of next year.
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KWV has launched the world's first 'natural' Pinotage wine, Earth's Essence, that has 'no sulphites or preservatives added', made possible by utilising world-first technology. This follows KWV's joint acquisition of the patent for a revolutionary process using indigenous rooibos and honeybush wood during...
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KWV has unveiled SA's first and only XO Cognac produced under a South African brand name, the KWV Héritage XO Cognac, and KWV Nexus 30 year old brandy, the world's first commercially available 30 year old brandy containing potstill up to 42 years old.
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IFEA 2014 - Africa's food and drink event, taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg next week (05 - 07 November) will see top South African companies showcasing their finest new products and services. Among them are Unilever Food Solutions, Rhodes Food Group,...
Swedish cider company, Rekorderlig, which entered the South African market last month, is looking to tap into the same trend which is buoying craft beer producers — changing consumer palates in favour of "new and different" beverages.
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Over the past decade, the cork industry has cleaned up its act. Levels of taint are less now than they were 15 years ago when you could comfortably write off one bottle in every case on account of the corks. However, reducing contamination only partially...
Appletiser has added to its range of premium beverages with the launch of two new flavours in the Appletiser Colours range: Appletiser Colours Pink (Apple & Strawberry) and Appletiser Colours Amber (Apple & Peach).
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Stellenbosch-based Red Dawn IP Holdings has announced that it has patented "a game changing way" of producing alcoholic beverages using fynbos plants ie, rooibos and honeybush.
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Namibia Breweries has launched VIGO, a premium malt based cooler described as "an invigorating, lightly sparkling soft drink", and claimed as the first blonde malt soft drink made in Southern Africa.
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