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.
The world's first fino wine made exclusively from organic grapes is
set to be launched this year by Spain's Bodegas Robles, one of the
country's leading producers of organic wines.
In an effort to give a boost to the stagnant beverage can market,
SIG Cantec has come up with several developments aimed at producing
more innovative and interesting shapes.
The UK's first strawberry vodka has been launched by Stolichnaya,
the Russian vodka brand at the centre of an ongoing trademark
dispute. Stoli Strasberi contains real strawberries, and is being
marketed as an excellent cocktail...
Growth rates for soft drink sales in Eastern Europe are
outstripping those in the West by as much as four times, according
to a new report. Packaged water is showing the greatest growth, but
carbonates still dominate the market as...
A decline in demand for three-piece metal welded food cans has
forced US-based packaging group Ball to close one of its production
facilities in Arkansas and transfer production to another nearby
site.
Functional drinks are growing in popularity across the world, but
the products which sell best in Japan are not necessarily the same
as those which do well in Europe or the US, meaning that there is
plenty of room for growth in all...
California-based SWF Companies has launched a new drop case packer
designed to help make the packaging of dairy and beverage products
easier and quicker.
Increasing awareness of the need for proper hydration and other
potential health benefits of drinking bottled water are driving
market growth in the UK, but there is still a long way to go before
Continental consumption levels are...
Cafédirect, the UK's leading producer of Fairtrade tea and coffee,
is to launch a major promotional campaign for its new range of
roast and ground coffee to coincide with Fairtrade Fortnight next
month.
Foss, the Danish based quality assurance equipment provider, has
announced the relaunch of its Winescan sampling and testing system
with an improved quality assurance module.
