13 Feb Nampak puts R1.6bn into can and bottle production
Nampak, Africa’s largest packaging group, has announced it is investing R1,6bn in two businesses that produce bottles and cans for the "growing" beverage market.
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30 Jan Amarula continues to star on international stage
Amarula has emerged as a favourite amongst the world's best bars located in many of the trendiest cities, from London to Paris, Milan, Moscow, New York, Singapore, Tokyo and Buenos Aires. An international survey, polling the top 100 go-to glamour drinks spots, has placed the...
06 Dec Du Toitskloof Chenin Blanc is South Africa’s box wine champion
Du Toitskloof’s Chenin Blanc has been named the best boxed white wine at the third annual Spit or Swallow Box Wine Awards held in Cape Town on November 29. The cellar’s Pinotage Merlot Ruby Cabernet took the Best Red Box Wine award in 2010.
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23 Nov SA to move to all-aluminium cans
South Africa is to follow the global trend of replacing tin-plated steel beverage cans with aluminium-bodied cans, with the first locally produced all-aluminium cans set to hit the market mid-2013.
...20 Nov Bacardi launches Eristoff Vodka in South Africa
ERISTOFF Vodka, one of the fastest-growing vodka brands in the world, has been launched in South Africa. ERISTOFF forms part of the global Bacardi brand portfolio, which also includes Bacardi Superior, Bombay Sapphire, Grey Goose and Martini.
...01 Nov Clover takes ESL milk to new level
After many years investigating the technology, Clover, SA's biggest dairy player, took the plunge into ESL (extended shelf life) milk in late 2006 with the launch of its SealFresh-branded milk in the Tetra Top package, and with a 14-day shelf life. Six years on, it...
18 Oct Tapping into South Africa’s largest liquor market
Drinking in the township is no longer limited to the quart and beer crate scene of before. Now, young people want stylish nightspots and the best alcohol money can buy. There’s also a growing wine culture. It’s all about experience...
20 Sep Whisky soars in South Africa
Marketing and recruiting new drinkers is a priority for beverage makers thanks to slowing demand in the US and Europe as the economic turmoil takes its toll. Whisky is proving particularly lucrative in South Africa...
19 Jul SA: Plastic bottle trash generates 26 000 jobs
Recycling PET, the plastic used to manufacture beverage bottles as well as many food containers, has helped generate almost 26 000 indirect jobs, and the plastics recycling industry can help reduce poverty across South Africa and contribute to GDP growth.
...06 Jul Italy’s Guala in closures deal with SA’s MCG
Italy's Guala Closures has announced the acquisition of the Metal Closures division of MCG Industries for an undisclosed amount, part of a strategy to boost its presence in the fast-growing sub-Saharan African market. Operating out of Paarden Eiland in Cape Town, Metal Closures is a...
26 Jun New cider makes a debut
The 6% ABV off-dry thirst-quencher is named after William Tell, the expert marksman of Swiss legend who shot an apple off his son’s head with a crossbow, to save them both from execution at the hands of an Austrian tyrant whose hat they had refused to bow to.