News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
France's lawmakers have banned soft drink and chocolate bar vending machines in schools from the beginning of the 2005/06 school year, a measure designed to nip the growing childhood obesity problem in the bud.
Packaging firm Krones has reported increased sales for the first half of 2004, but the return on sales has been hit by the steep increases in raw material prices.
Malt- and chocolate-based drinks are often seen as relatively unsophisticated in developed markets in the west, but in many countries, in particular in Latin America, they are big business indeed, marketed mostly as an excellent source of nutrition in...