Fast-track BOS Brands has entered the sports drink arena with the launch of rooibos-based BOS Sport. The product reinforces its philosophy of creating healthy, colourant free and preservative free beverages - using only natural flavours and premium ingredients. [Click pic to enlarge]
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Graham Mackay used to say his performance review as CEO of SABMiller was simple, and available for everyone to examine: the company's share price, which grew from R50 in early 2003, to R537 in early 2014. Journalist, David Williams, pays tribute.
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Many shareholders in Pioneer Foods may need to pluck up their courage to participate in the unbundling and separate listing of its poultry and egg business, Quantum Foods, later this year. The poultry industry is not having a good time. On the other hand, the...
Graham Mackay, the man credited for turning SABMiller into the world’s second-largest brewer, died on December 18, 2013, at the age of 64, after battling a brain tumour.
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South Africa’s iconic winemakers have come together in a rare display of unity to create a new association intended to build South Africa’s reputation as a producer of world-class wines and promote the Cape’s unique wine heritage.
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Soweto Gold – Superior Lager was released into retail at Shoprite Liquor Diepkloof at the beginning of December 2013 and sold out within the first day of launch.
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The price of rooibos tea will rise by 15 percent from January next year because of supply constraints and growing demand, producer Rooibos Limited has said.
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SA's WINE and hospitality industry has attracted the attention of Indian billionaire Analjit Singh (59), who has bought three adjoining Franschhoek farms as well as a substantial stake in Mullineux Family Wines, which is Platter's Winery of the Year for 2013.
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Former SABMiller executive, Richard Rushton, has taken over the reins of Distell this month, succeeding long-serving Jan Scannell as MD.
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November has seen the launch by Coca-Cola South Africa of the hugely-successful international "Share a Coke" campaign - and has inspired hordes of people to seek out 550ml Coke bottles and 330ml cans with their names on them.
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Nampak Glass has become the first company in South Africa to win ISO 50001: 2011 certification, the energy management standard, as audited and certified by SGS South Africa.
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Mauricio Leyva is not a man to be overwhelmed by tradition. He appears to have given little thought to the fact that he is the first non-South African to head up a local company that can, at a stretch, trace its origins back to 1895.
...Looking to boost the deserved reputation of premium South African wines, top-notch independent wineries in the Western Cape are collaborating through PIWOSA, Premium Independent Winemakers of South Africa, to boost their wine sales in the UK; SA’s leading wine export market.
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SAB’s World of Beer has announced the winners of the inaugural South African National Craft Brewers Championship. [Interesting move for SAB to award and recognise its competition, albeit tiny! Ed]
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Moralistic busybodies can all rattle off reasons why alcohol is bad. They’d ban it, if they hadn’t learnt the hard way that prohibition turned out to be counter-productive. So they go after alcohol advertising instead. It may or may not help some people, but it...
Every two years, the Packaging Council of South Africa (PACSA) names its ‘Packaging Achiever’ – an accolade that’s traditionally presented at IPSA’s biennial Gold Pack Awards (announced late October). This is a significant honour and this year’s winner is Jeremy Mackintosh, MD of Polyoak Packaging,...
South Africa's packaging Oscars were announced last night at a gala function in Jo'burg - and the ultimate winner is the world’s first multi-functional two-piece injection moulded closure for spice bottles! See all the beverage category winners...
In a first for the South African beer category, SAB has introduced a new brand, Flying Fish Premium Flavoured Beer.
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Leave the mountains and valleys of the Western Cape which are the heart and soul of the South African wine industry and travel north-east towards the green fields of KwaZulu-Natal - where three new vineyards have produced their first vintage.
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A legendary brand within SA's white spirits category, Distell has launched two new Mainstay line extensions, a super-premium vodka, Mainstay 54 Island Vodka, as well as a flavoured derivative, Mainstay Fusion. [Click pic to enlarge]
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