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In today's capricious economic times, all governments are concerned about food security - and it is also very much on the agenda of South African food retailers and companies. A provocative editorial inThe Daily Maverick notes that while food security is already very much on the agenda...
This year marks the moment when the world’s population will pass the seven billion mark. It will be the first time in recorded history that the number of people will have doubled in the span of one generation....
As in most of the western world, marriage, monogamy and the nuclear family have been the social mainstay mostly because of religious, and especially Judaeo-Christian, values. We still automatically assume monogamy is “normal”, but this is contrary to our...
National Geographic magazine is running “7 Billion”, a special year-long series on global population. This video in particular asks who is the world’s most “typical” person, taking income, cell phone usage, personal finance, gender, age, ethnicity and more into account. Turns out the world’s most...
You could eat Japan's so-called ‘radioactive spinach’ for a whole year and it still wouldn’t cause you much harm, argues Bill Durodié, writing on spiked-online.com....
Three years after Radical Waters pioneered the supply of electrochemically-activated water (ECA) technology as ground- breaking green technology for cleaning in place (CIP) applications in the carbonated soft drink (CSD) Industry, the company reports it has satisfied the stringent requirements of SABMiller and achieved proven...
Jeff Dunn (left) believes he can double the $1-billion US baby-carrot business -- and promote healthy eating -- by marketing the vegetable like Doritos. His secret weapon? He knows every snack-marketing trick in the book...
Cape Town coffee connoisseurs — and the city is definitely home to a formidable concentration of coffee snobs — can finally relax. For a mere R80/cup, they too can now indulge in one of the world’s most ...
KFC’s success in opening and operating fast food restaurants in China is such that one analyst declared it to be “the most successful foreign company in China.” Now, here’s one of the broader effects of that achievement — a huge surge in chicken consumption among...
After missing one of the biggest marketing opportunities in a generation, PepsiCo says it is not about to make the same mistake twice. Pepsi is ponying up more than $60 million to sponsor "X Factor," Simon Cowell's new talent show set to debut this fall...
SA Breweries (SAB), in partnership with Rhodes University, has successfully treated brewery waste-water to standards suitable for re-use in irrigation and other secondary water uses using an environmentally sustainable approach....
While South Africa feeds its growing addiction to the specialty coffee trend – seen through the local burgeoning of cafes, micro-roasters and a multitude of coffee chains – it seems, that in other parts of the world, tea is starting to give the caffeinated brew...
Stellenbosch-based design company, Just Design, has undertaken a stylish revamp of Distell's Hunter's cider brand.
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Kraft SA has launched the Jacobs Connect Café, bringing the coffee's famous "Verwohnaroma" to the doorstep of consumers in a novel sampling campaign.
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This product has nothing to do with food, but it's a stroke of ingenious frugal engineering, designed and developed in SA, that could greatly enhance the lives of billions of women and is thus worthy of exposure to all audiences! Introducing the iziWasha, an innovative...
British cereal companies, Weetabix, Kellogg's and Jordans have all taken steps to change to packaging that does not contain mineral oils, according a report from the BBC. The possible health threat from mineral oils - that come from inks and chemicals used in...
Pick n Pay, SA’s second largest retailer by market capitalisation, has launched a customer loyalty scheme in a bid to win back market share and boost slow growing turnover. The looming arrival of Walmart on SA’s shores was also a call to action....
Fast-food chain McDonald's Corporation has appointed Shanduka Group chairman Cyril Ramaphosa as new developmental licensee for SA, and he will be responsible for the operation of McDonald's restaurants in SA.
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Q: What do the car industry and reduced calorie beverages have in common?
A: Tribology, or the science of interactive surfaces in relative motion, according to Cargill, which is using it to determine the textural characteristics to be rebuilt in reduced calorie...
The Competition Commission in January cleared SA's so-called Big Four - Pick n Pay, Shoprite Holdings, Woolworths and Spar - of price fixing and other antitrust issues, but it did express concerns about several other issues: long-term exclusive leases, information exchange, category...