Two international deals were approved last week - the takeover of
Panamco by Coca-Cola Femsa in Mexico and the merger of
Constellation Brands and BRL Hardy in Australia.
War in the Gulf is hardly something to be welcomed, but for
Nautilus Mineral Waters of America it is just that - mainly because
it provides a great marketing opportunity for two of its products.
In a difficult economic climate, Scotch whisky exports topped the
£2 billion mark for the 10th year in a row last year, helped by
increasing interest in malts. There were strong gains in Asian
markets such as Korea and Taiwan, which...
ChampionLyte says it is in the final stages of negotiations with a
former Snapple executive to head up the company's soon-to-be-formed
beverage division.
Freshly squeezed orange juice is as good for us as pasteurised
orange juice, report scientists this week, which begs the question
- is fresh orange juice worth the greater expense?
Riverwood, parent company of Riverwood International, and Graphic
Packaging International have jointly announced a definitive merger
agreement that will create a global paperboard packaging company
with leading market positions serving...
CUB, the Australian beer arm of Foster's, is to extend its
marketing partnership with Diageo to include the latter company's
premixed spirit brands for the first time. The deal should see the
rapid growth of the draught...
US food company Kraft Foods has put its powdered soft drink
concentrate plant in Hyderabad, India up for sale, reports the
Indian paper Financial Express.
British soft drinks group AG Barr has reported a 3 per cent
increase in sales for 2002 - growth which far outstrips the UK
carbonate sector as a whole.
Posimat, the Spain-based provider of unscrambling and conveyor
logistics solutions, is about to launch its Posimaster Multichute
high-speed bottle line unscrambler at the Hispack show in Barcelona
on 31 March.
Proposed changes to the formulation, labelling and advertising of
RTD products in the US could spell trouble for Smirnoff Ice and
other flavoured malt beverages in the long term. But with three
months of consultation ahead, Diageo...
Five wineries from the Spanish region of Extremadura are to
increase their output of organic wine. Some 2,607 hectares of
vineyard in Extremadura have already been classified as organic,
and the companies are keen to gain a foothold...
Next week sees the first major international wine show of the year
open its doors to trade visitors. But the 10th annual ProWein show
in Düsseldorf has much to offer than German wines and spirits -
2,800 exhibitors from 41 different...
Artemis Wines International has launched a new service for large
wine purchasing businesses interested in importing wines directly
from American wineries.
The Swedish courts have ruled that Anheuser-Busch has the sole
rights to the Budweiser name in that country, and that Czech rival
Budejovicky Budvar has to pay nearly $100,000 in compensation to
the US group.
Will we shortly be able to pluck an oat juice from the supermarket
shelf? The answer is, yes perhaps, as evidence continues of the
benefits of soluble dietary fibre.
Irish people the world over will be celebrating St Patrick's Day
today with a pint of stout, but a new report from Datamonitor shows
that Ireland will soon lose its crown as the champion consumer of
the black stuff - South Africa...
Investments and reorganisations are beginning to pay off for
Belgian brewer Duvel Moortgat, which saw an increase in sales in
all of its main markets last year.
Wimm-Bill-Dann is to launch its own brand of bottled mineral water
in Moscow and St Petersburg, marking the company's entry into a
market with significant potential.
Ball, the global beverage and food packaging provider, has
announced that it is to purchase Metal Packaging International, a
US manufacturer of aluminium ends for beverage cans.
Food manufacturers are reconsidering the additives they use in
their products and what alterations need to be made to meet
consumer demand for something sweet that is low in calories, or is
non-carbohydrate.
Australia's Gowrie Mountain Estate is preparing to release wine in
cans to the US, UK and Japan - not a new concept, but one that is
still deemed to be unusual.
LVMH, the Champagne and Cognac producer, posted a 29 per cent
increase in operating profit last year as consumers continued to
spend despite the recession.
Exports of Spanish wine grew by less than 1 per cent last year in
both volume and value, according to the latest data. And at home
the situation is even worse, with consumption there continuing its
unrelenting decline.
Cranberry co-operative Ocean Spray voted on Saturday for a clean
slate - replacing most of its board with a brand new set of faces -
in the wake of lagging cranberry prices and a bid from rival
Northland Cranberries.
Ball, Daiwa Can Company and Mitsui have entered into an exclusive
agreement for the sales and distribution of Daiwa's New Bottle Can
beverage container in North America.
Sidel is to preview five new machines for PET container production
at the upcoming international packaging fair, Hispack, to be held
in Barcelona from 31 March to 4 April.
John Sunderland, the new president of the UK Food and Drink
Federation, has urged the industry to work together to meet the
challenges of the 21st century - including nutrition, food safety
and CAP reform.
Ball, Daiwa Can Company and Mitsui have entered into an exclusive
agreement for the sales and distribution of Daiwa's New Bottle Can
beverage container in North America.
