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$1.6bn Mauser Group acquisition
Private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice will buy Mauser Group for $1.6bn.
Archives for May 12, 2014
Australia
Bracing for a tough year, new Coca-Cola Amatil MD begins restructure
Acknowledging that growth will be tougher to achieve than it has in the past, Australasian bottler Coca-Cola Amatil’s new managing director has announced a shake up of the company under the guise of a strategic review.
Jens Winkler, business development manager, CCL Label
Coca-Cola launch will fire US shrink sleeve growth: CCL Label
CCL Label tells BeverageDaily.com that Coke’s successful Christmas holiday promotion using its sustainable TD shrink sleeve material will spur the market still further and assist hard-pressed recyclers.
DISPATCHES FROM VITAFOODS EUROPE 2014
Old age and HEALTHY old age, there’s a difference industry should address: Euromonitor
In 2012 there were over 577 million people aged over 65 globally, but there remains a 7-year gap between life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, according to a Euromonitor analyst.
'Like so many others he is completely ignorant about the truth of Palcohol': Mark Phillips
Powdered alcohol creator blasts Sen. Schumer’s ‘completely ignorant’ attack
The colourful creator of Palcohol powdered alcohol has hit out at New York senator Charles Schumer after the politician wrote to the US FDA calling on it to ban controversial product Palcohol before the prospect of US sales by autumn 2014.
Direct-to-sheet PET consumes 65% less energy
DPET, a direct-to-sheet packaging material from OCTAL, promises cost and energy savings over conventional PET.
‘Self-cooling beverage cans? Perhaps they’re a niche product’: Consultant
Sainsbury’s former environmental affairs manager Alison Austin says she is skeptical about a mainstream future for self-cooling beverage cans with mainstream brands such as Coke.
SWALLOW OR SLING? Oatworks Fruit Smoothie, Pomegranate Blueberry
This new BeverageDaily.com slot sees us scour the supermarket shelves for exciting NPD, with drinks scored for taste, texture, packaging, branding and price. Oatworks Oat-Powered Fruit Smoothies are first in the firing line!
NHCR enforcement
Ribena claim ban leaves ‘little margin for flexibility’: Legal expert
Last week’s UK ruling that health claims made on Ribena’s website were ‘exaggerated’ suggests there is not as much flexibility as the industry might have hoped when it comes to rewording authorised health claims to make them more understandable to...