News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
Heineken has taken a giant leap forwards in its bid to take full control of Asia Pacific Breweries (APB), after rival ThaiBev and its concert parties said today they would support the Dutch firm’s offer.
Britvic Ireland admits that its old 1.25L double concentrate bottle was not meeting key category cues, which led it to revamp the range with a new 1L bottle launched in August.
Two chemical companies are locked in an ongoing legal battle over the production of bio-based isobutanol, a substance used in the production of plastic bottles for soft drinks.
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is advising travelers to the Czech Republic to avoid locally produced bootleg spirits following a spate of methanol poisonings the country and over 20 deaths, as one local producer said the crisis had hit his business hard.