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La Montanara cheesemaker wins Woolworths Cheese Makers Challenge

The inaugural Woolworths Cheese Makers Challenge has been won by dairy farmer, turned cheese maker, Eckard Leicher of La Montanara, a small cheesery near Ashton in the Breede River valley, with his Royal...

Kerry Ingredients & Flavours acquires Durban-based FlavourCraft

Kerry Ingredients & Flavours today confirmed that is has completed the acquisition of the Durban-based flavours company, FlavourCraft, for an undisclosed sum. This sees Kerry expand its presence not...

Chicken dumping fee to hit consumers

The chicken market has been in the headlines this week over alleged dumping by Brazilian producers. SARS has imposed a provisional levy on Brazilian chicken following an investigation by the International...

Woolies to open full-line supermarkets

Upmarket retailer Woolworths will try to woo its well-heeled customers into buying more than just meat and fresh produce from its stores by introducing more categories and bulk value buys in its new full-line...

New cider makes a debut

Stellen Fine Wines has entered the competitive cider market with...

Way Better - inside Clover's rebranding

Branded foods and beverages company, Clover, recently launched the “Way Better” campaign to communicate its new brand positioning statement to consumers. Fast-moving interviewed Clover’s Brands and...

British beef set to return to SA shelves

A UK trade mission is hoping to convince South Africans to once again...

Most urban South Africans confident about the safety of tap water

Most South Africans living in urban areas believe that their tap water is safe to drink, a study commissioned by the Water Research Commission (WRC) and the South African Local Government Association has...

FST, SAAFoST’s official publication, is launched

The first issue of SAAFoST’s very own quarterly magazine, FST (South African...

Three weeks to go to labelling D-Day: notes from the front

Food labelling consultants, as well as many manufacturers and packaging vendors, are likely in a spin of busy-ness as March 1 approaches and R146 kicks into action. Two leading labelling experts, Nigel...

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