News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
Russia's leading dairy and juice producer Wimm-Bill-Dann has announced it will merge its juice and water businesses as part of a restructuring plan devised to stop rising transport and raw materials costs from damaging profits, reports Chris Mercer.
The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) has slammed new EU packaging standards, claiming they are likely to encourage increased packaging volumes and do little to facilitate greater recycling.
InBev is outsourcing its IT infrastructure on a global basis, arguing that this offers the best combination of cost efficiencies, technical performance and flexibility for future growth.
Italian spirit maker Campari has today confirmed that it is increasing its stake in US unit Skyy Spirits, while earlier in the week it was the turn of brewer SABMiller to increase its stake in Italy's Peroni group, writes Chris Jones.
South African winemakers are keen to capitalise on growing interest in their wines from US consumers - and on the predicted growth in the market there. Their US counterparts, meanwhile, continue to focus on Europe, where sales have grown strongly...