“Drinking Rooibos is cool”, say SA youth. That’s according to the recently released 2022 Sunday Times GenNext Survey, which is the leading barometer of what South African youth find on trend and aspirational.
At age 59, the countdown to the demise of diet soft drink TaB has begun, two years after Coca-Cola first announced it would be canning the brand.
A company started by two Wits graduates has outperformed Amazon, Apple, and Nvidia to top the list of the best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 over the last 30 years.
SAB has tuned into the unfortunate South African zeitgeist of languishing - a sense of stagnation and emptiness - with a great new marketing campaign for Castle Lite.
Over the years the number of South African instant coffee drinkers has grown due to its convenience and time-saving advantages - with this sector projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.91% during the period of 2020-2025.
Umqombothi traditional beer, coupled with a maize-based diet — where maize is not stored properly — may be the leading cause of oesophageal cancer in the Eastern Cape. This is according to the latest findings of researchers at Walter Sisulu University, East London.
SA's Competition Commission has conditionally recommended the Competition Tribunal to approve Heineken’s proposed takeover of parts of Distell, the country's largest alcohol producer.
Wounded by the massive prohibition blows govt inflicted on the booze sector during the pandemic, the beer industry has commissioned a research study to prove just how important brewing is to the SA economy.
The majority of SA's non-alcoholic ready to drink (RTD) beverage sectors that were negatively impacted both by tougher than expected economic conditions in 2021 and the emergence of the Covid-19 variant Omicron are starting to see signs of recovery, according to info released by BMi Research.
Tim Atkin MW, who has released his tenth South Africa Report - with Chenin Blanc and Stellenbosch wines showing particularly well - contends the 2021 vintage could rank as one of the Cape’s best-ever vintages to date.
This Spring, Nando’s is getting very creative with new plant-based range dubbed 'The Great Pretender', plus it has now announced an exclusive restaurant/QSR distribution deal with Rubro Iced Tea, made with Rooibos.
Hear from product developers at innovative BOS Tea how its NPD team goes from dreaming up new BOS flavours to making them a reality.
The South African wine industry had an especially tough time during the pandemic, with challenges including restrictions on exports as well as domestic sales. Two leading industry officers feature in this interview with Wine Business International.
Fast-track local beverage company, PURA Beverages reports it made $1-million worth of sales in one day at a recent US foodbev expo - highlighting how important it is to get out of the office and into the marketplace!
Veteran and hugely respected wine writer, Michael Fridjohn, has penned a rather bleak outlook on SA wine's status in the world... Well, we love it, but do read his provocative essay!
Here is a brief, witty, poignant history of binge-drinking in our crying and hungover country - back in public eye after several recent tavern tragedies.
Your editor loves LinkedIn, such a valuable business tool and one where you can pick up lots of fresh newsy foodbev items. Thanks to LinkedIn, we can bring you early news of the launch of Switch Energy Mageu, a first for SA, surely.
Preliminary toxicology reports are pointing to methanol poisoning as a possible cause of the deaths of 21 young people in the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy, the Eastern Cape government said today.
Wine industry body, Vinpro has welcomed the decision by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development to allow for the use of grape juice in the manufacturing of alcoholic apple beverages, or ciders.
Distell has expanded its famous Amarula cream liqueur brand into a new category with the launch of Amarula African Gin.