Russia's new rules for alcoholic beverage imports will increase
costs by as much as 10 times for EU and North American exporters to
the country according to a report on the changes.
Danish packaging company Superfos says it is expanding its
packaging production in Poland as part of a focused growth strategy
that targets all consumer packaging including food and drink
products, reports Simon Pitman.
Russian natural sauce producer Sostra believes a high quality
production technique called 'hot bottling' has led directly to the
success of its expanded premium product range, yet high pricing may
still deter consumers,...
Iconic soft drinks firm Coca-Cola, hit by slowing sales of its
trademark fizzy cola, is set to buy up a leading fruit juice
producer in Russia, handing the firm key access to an important
emerging market, reports Chris Mercer.
Russian brewer Pikra has installed a new bottling line which will
allow it to produce beer in aluminium cans for the first time - a
move calculated to help it gain an increasing share of the beer
market in Siberia, Angela Drujinina...
Coca-Cola, whose sugary soft drinks have left it open to
accusations of contributing to the global obesity epidemic, has
made little secret of its desire to move into product sectors such
as juice and water, viewed as less 'high...
Oygenated water is becoming increasingly popular in the
health-crazy west of Europe, but its presence in the east of the
continent has been relatively limited, until now. Russian company
SoiuzSnab is to be the first local firm to...
Aluminium packaging firm Alcoa, just named as one of the top three
most sustainable corporations in the world, has bought two
factories in Russia with a view to both dominating the region and
using its rich aluminium resources to...
United Confectioners Holding has initiated a complex
standardisation programme across its product range, a fact that
will allow products at different factories to be manufactured to
the same stable quality and taste, Angela Drujinina...
Russian alcoholic beverage giant Regatta is concentrating on
marketing a number of key vodka brands in a bid to exploit what it
sees as sector of the beverage market that remains underdeveloped,
writes Angela Drujinina.
The licence to the trademarks 'Supplier' and Official Supplier to
the Moscow Kremlin', which are owned by the KGB, can be bought
easily and simply by food manufacturers wishing to use the
trademark in their logos. But...
China has been the dominant supplier of many herbs, spices and
ingredients to the Russian market for the last 10 years, but a
reduction in Chinese crop areas to make way for more profitable
products has given local growers from the...
Despite the unresolved legal battle over rights to the brand,
Allied Domecq is to take on global distribution of Stolichnaya
vodka, writes Kim Hunter Gordon.
The Russian Union of Grapes and Wine Producers is launching an
annual exhibition and conference to address the challenges of
inadequate raw material supplies that have decimated the Russian
wine industry in recent years, writes Angela...
Russia's Sedmoi Kontinent has become the country's first retail
group to float on the stock market - a move widely seen as a bid to
raise cash for expansion before the expected influx of western
chains, as Chris Jones reports.
Ukraine's largest malt house is to receive more than €9 million in
outside funding to double its production capacity - helping French
company Soufflet to dominate the region and make the factory a
stable source of income for...
Russia's burgeoning grain ouput, which has risen by 9 million tons
in the last year alone, has lured a major international food
company to set up a new grain export terminal in the country,
despite industry fears over long-term...
Vodka is more than just another drink to most Russians - it is a
way of life, an embodiment of the national sprit. But such a
fanatical following also has a downside, with per capita
consumption at the very limit of acceptable norms...
Illegal production of refined sugar in Russia has had a devastating
impact on prices there, with 'underground' producers able to
undercut official processors by a substantial margin through the
use of much lower quality...
Double-digit growth rates are expected in the beverage sector
throughout central and eastern Europe over the next decade, fuelled
by growing consumer spending power and the arrival en masse
of major western drinks groups. But it is...
The need of ingredients and equipment suppliers to reach Russian
food manufacturers is becoming increasingly urgent, but in the
absence of established B2B advertising channels, few avenues have
been open. Now a new alliance between...
Perfetti Van Melle (PVM), the Dutch-Italian confectionery producer,
is to open a new production facility in the Moscow region as it
seeks to exploit market growth and narrow the gap with rival
producers already established there,...
Three major European brewing companies are competing to purchase a
small brewery in the previously unexplored region of Russia's far
east, as the scrap to profit from one of the world's
fastest-growing beer markets hots...
Russian fish consumption is rising as consumers turn to healthier,
safer and cheaper alternatives to meat, but with good quality fish
products hard to come by in some parts of the vast country, a new
fish sausage formula created by...
Baltika,
Russia's leading beer brewery, has announced the start of
production at its newly constructed malt processing facility in
Tula, central European Russia. The project aims to up the company's
own supply of...
The Russian government has introduced new laws restricting the
advertisement of beer in the country. The rules for the previously
unregulated market are said to go even further than EU regulations,
but despite being seemingly heavy-handed...
Heineken has
today confirmed that it has acquired 100 per cent of the Russian
group Central European Brewing Company (CEBCO), giving it a
controlling stakes in two of Russia's leading brewery facilities.
Baltic Beverage Holding (BBH), the Russian company that is jointly
owned by S&N and Carlsberg, is planning to invest £34.2 (€50m)
million in the Ukraine in a move that is hoped to improve the
company's market share in the...
Wheat has always been an integral part of Russian agriculture and
its food industry. However, a limited domestic market, reduction in
Russian livestock and a slow down in the consumption of bakery
products is forcing the industry...
The Russian dairy market has seen phenomenal growth in recent
years, driven largely by the development of Wimm-Bill-Dann and
other western dairy companies. France-based dairy equpment supplier
Erca-Formseal shares its experiences...
As the days of blindingly fast growth in the Russian beer industry
begin to ebb away the market is starting to show signs of maturity.
In turn it is the premium and super premium sectors that are
increasingly showing signs of promise...
French beverage group Castel is clearly confident of future growth
in Russia and the CIS. The company recently announced that it is to
invest heavily in BIH Brasseries Internationales Holding (Eastern),
its holding company in Armenia,...
It would appear that Eastern Europe's appetite for yoghurts and
milk-based desserts is growing. Russian dairy giant Wimm-Bill-Dann
(WBD) has just installed a new €7 million production line at its
Kharkov dairy plant in Kharkov,...
Tea has become a way of life in Russia. The beverage, which was
first imported to Russia nearly four centuries ago at the time of
Mikhail Romanov, has woven itself into the fabric of everyday
Russian life.
Russian restaurant and brewery group Tinkoff has announced that
together with leading German brewer Krones it is to build a $75
million brewery near St. Petersburg.
Consulting agency Market Advice carried out an in-depth review of
the Russian brewing industry this month, with an emphasis on the
country's malt market. The findings reveal that imported malt is
consistently seen as being superior...
Premium beers are driving growth in western and eastern Europe, but
they are by no means the only products faring well in the highly
fragmented market, claims a new report from Canadean.
Russia is now the world's fifth largest beer market, but with per
capita consumption less than half that of more mature markets in
the west, there is still considerable room for growth.
Baltika, the leading Russian beer brand, is to launch its own brand
of bottled water, Khrustalnaya, in a bid to win a share of the
fast-growing mineral water market in Russia.
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.
Russia's largest beer group, OAO Baltika Brewery, has said that it
will use its own gas power station to supply power for its brewery
in Rostov, once it is up and running later this summer.
Cognac Godet is pushing ahead with its exports to the potentially
huge Russian market following an agreement with its new distributor
there, Ladoga. The St Petersburg-based firm will now market three
Godet brands in major Russian...
Baltic Beverages Holding, the 50-50 joint venture between Hartwall
and Carlsberg, has taken a 76 per cent stake in the Kazakhstan
brewery Irbis - a move which will help improve BBH's already
considerable influence on results...
Strong performances in Poland and Russia helped French spirits
group Belvedere to end the first half of the year back in the
black, at the operating level at least. Further restructuring and
acquisitions in Eastern Europe also bode...
