One industry source tells BeverageDaily.com that Britvic could be a takeover target following its ‘Magicap’ Fruit Shoot recall debacle, but doubts whether Unilever or Diageo would be likely suitors.
Ball Packaging Europe says the recent fire at its beverage can production facility in North Wales was caused by a machine that applied a coating to can rims, as the plant resumes full production.
Coca-Cola Enterprises has told BeverageDaily.com that a fire at Ball Packaging Europe's beverage can facility in Wrexham will not affect end consumers, since the firm was not a current UK supplier.
Ball Packaging Europe has suffered a fire at a UK beverage can production facility, and insists it is still evaluating the damage with a view to restoring the massive plant to full production as soon as possible.
Danish brewer Carlsberg has told BeverageDaily.com that its first UK cider launch Somersby provides a ‘genuine alternative’ to standard mainstream brands and hinted that consumers preferred it in taste tests to Heineken's market leader Strongbow.
Smurfit Kappa (SK) said a £98m (€118m) investment in one of its major paper mills will both boost and secure supply of materials for its entire packaging operations in the UK and Ireland.
A Chinese academic and entrepreneur has developed a super premium 'tea' made from panda faeces, according to The Mail, in a bid to turn 'trash into treasure'.
Tetra Pak president and CEO Dennis Jönsson has admitted that his company didn’t do enough to raise awareness of the recycling potential of cartons during their crucial formative years in the UK market.
A new aspartame distribution deal will benefit the UK and Irish food and drink sector through security of supply, claims leading player Atlantic Chemicals Trading (ACT).
The entire 4.7m tonnes of rigid polyolefin (PO) waste produced in Europe annually could be diverted from landfill if the political will existed among governments across the region, according to a leading plastics producer trade body.
Sonoco has the completed the takeover of UK-based Robinson Paperboard Packaging for ₤2.6m in a bid to expand its paperboard container presence in Europe.
Twinings workers are “genuinely dismayed” by news that the firm has signed a contract to recieve €12m of EU funding for a new Polish site that will see UK jobs slashed.
European packaging converters could be facing gaps in supply of recycled PET (rPET) as a perfect storm of soaring exports to the Far East combined with other market conditions has hit material availability, warned one trade body.
New research which compared labour practice in the French and UK food processing industries found French permanent employees are better paid, worker fewer hours and were better off in terms of both job quality and security that their UK counterparts.
Tetra Pak has given a boost to its green credentials after announcing that more than 1.5 billion of its cartons on sale in the UK and Ireland in the next year will carry the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) label.
Nampak Plastics Europe has announced it is to cut 80 jobs in the UK following the collapse of the huge co-operative Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFB) – one of the company’s major customers.
Associated British Foods (ABF) has sold its Polish sugar business to Pfeifer & Langen for an estimated £120 to £130m in preparation for the opening up of EU sugar trade.
National governments are increasingly taking the lead from Scotland in looking to clamp down on the sales and marketing practices of alcoholic drinks makers, throwing further uncertainty over their livelihoods, according to one trade group.
The UK is set to have its first Own Label Show next November, billed as a forum for sourcing new product lines, finding partners and tracking developments.
The growing prevalence of smoothies and other fruit based-beverages
in Britain's soft drinks market failed to prevent overall sales
volumes declines within the industry during 2007, according to the
British Soft Drink Association...
In the latest news round-up, Campari remains in good spirits
despite a decline in soft drinks sales, Czech beer is on the rise
and brewer Heineken is still lost in translation over its Rugby
World Cup sponsorship.
Consumers in the EU will not be able to buy low tax alcohol from
other member states over the internet, the Court of Justice has
ruled, pleasing both the UK government and drinks industry.
Rapid growth for the Magners cider brand has prompted its maker,
C&C Group, to announce it will spend €200m to double production
capacity for the drink within 18 months.
Manufacturers in Ireland have recalled two diet drinks from the
market, after testing by the country's food regulator found high
levels of the cancer-causing chemical in their products.
If hell freezes over and Australia wins football's World Cup, then
Scottish & Newcastle will be on the hook for splashing out a
lot of Foster's beer in Germany.
It is time to admit that society is fighting a part-time battle
against the bulge, willingly lambasting soft drinks, burgers and
chocolate, while shuffling silently away from a fairly dismal
exercise rate.
The waiting is over for private label soft drinks supplier Cott
Corporation, after it received the blessing of British competition
authorities to buy its biggest UK rival, Macaw.
Britain's biggest brewer, Scottish & Newcastle, has spun off
its distribution arm into a new joint venture firm, as it looks to
lose rising costs and focus on building brands.
Strong performances in Russia and the UK helped brewer Scottish
& Newcastle to improve sales and profits in 2005, helping to
offset the market slump in mainland Western Europe.
Accreditation by an international organisation has given a malt
tracking scheme the backing it needs to assure its customers
they're getting the correct supplies.
World wine giant Constellation Brands continued to profit from its
takeover of Robert Mondavi wine in its third quarter as the group
looks to focus more seriously on Europe.
Private label soft drinks giant Cott Corporation will have to wait
to get its hands on UK rival Macaw after Britain's competition
watchdog raised monopoly concerns.
UK family baker Warburtons has bought up the Rathbones bakery in
Rogerstone, Wales, in a move to keep up with growing demand for its
products, the group announced last week.
Coca-Cola has launched Powerade Aqua+ in the UK, aiming to grab
more of the blossoming healthy drinks market as part of a new push
on non-carbonated drinks in Europe.
Consumers are rapidly falling in love with bona fide, 100 per cent
juice across developed markets, yet it is private labels that are
reaping the benefits in Western Europe, says new research,
writes Chris Mercer.
Proposals to slash EU sugar prices make sense, but jobs will
continue to go in UK food and drink firms unless bolder moves to
abolish quota systems are introduced, says the UK Soft Drinks
Association to Chris Mercer.
Food and drink makers could soon expect cheaper sugar ingredients
with Brussels expected to publish its proposals on EU sugar reform
today, writes Lindsey Partos.
