Each day about 1.3 billion consumers in 200 countries eat or drink a product manufactured by PepsiCo, the second-largest food and beverage company in the world. Figuring out what those diverse consumers want today and tomorrow plus the means to get it to them is...
McDonald's is struggling to get back on top. The fast food giant reported this week that global same-store sales dropped 3.3% in the third quarter. The company has lost market share to fast-casual brands like Chipotle and better-burger restaurants like Five Guys.
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Nestlé reports that it has opened its most water efficient factory in the world, sited in Mexico, in a move that the company plans to replicate in other Nestlé factories globally.
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Understanding the ever growing needs of South Africans consumer who are concerned with their well-being and nutrition, SASKO, in the Pioneer Foods group, has launched a range of speciality dumpy loaves, SASKO Plus+.
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Food preservation is as old as mankind. One of the latest techniques reaching commercialisation in the US involves bioengineered films for fruit, fresh produce and flowers. Scientists at startup Apeel Sciences have figured out a secret to doubling their lifespans. And they do it naturally.
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Use the word "technology" in a discussion about cellphones, motor cars, manufacturing, education – every subject you can think of – and you get universal appreciation. Use the word in reference to food and beverages, and half the population will turn on you. This article...
Middle-class South Africans are getting fatter and lazier, despite having access to discounted gyms and knowing the dangers of being overweight. This is according to the 2014 Discovery Vitality ObeCity Index, which measures eating habits, weight, time spent exercising and the mental wellbeing of...
In the "craft cocktail" era, drinks with hefty price tags are the norm. And now, to complement fancy craft drinks, American entrepreneurs have come up with artisanal ice - a large, crystal-clear cube or rectangle that melts unhurriedly in your glass.
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Many factors can cause a product category to fall out of favour and lose popularity with consumers; demographic shifts, health trends, changes in consumer taste. When this happens marketers are faced with tough questions: Which product innovations and messaging can win consumers back? What current...
Earlier this month, a Dutch project, Salt Farm Texel, beat 560 competitors from 90 countries to win the prestigious USAid grand challenge award for its salt-tolerant potato. "It's a game changer," said Dr Arjen de Vos of the Free University in Amsterdam. "We don't...
An international FMCG firm in South Africa is on the hunt for a radically new form or complete alternative to crystal sugar as raw ingredient in industrial food production, and anything that might be labelled "non-nutritive sweetener" will not cut it. It has presented this...
Today, many efforts to "market to Mom" appear to address an imaginary central household anchor who calmly monitors all social, nutritional and domestic needs of her children, and shops routinely and leisurely every week with her handy list. The truth is this Rockwellian portrayal of...
Welcome to the new age of eating. Our love of food is exploding in proportion to its shrinking interest in cooking from scratch – or apparently, eating food someone else cooked from scratch. Great insights from The Hartman Group...
17 October 2014 We hunt down the latest food-drinks news and trends so you don't have to! SmartStuff: "The measure...
The natural foods industry is deep into the anti-aging business, and it’s all based on two lies—one about pesticides and toxins, the other about anti-oxidants. Neither toxins nor oxidation are the reason that we get old, and we can’t live longer by eating less toxins...
Polyoak Packaging, a leading supplier of rigid plastic containers to SA's food-beverage sectors, has announced that all of its main manufacturing sites in Cape Town, Gauteng and Durban are now FSSC 22000-certified. It is the first local packaging company to win this stringent international food...
A leading California fresh vegetable company is touting a new product, BroccoLeaf, as the next kale.
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Illegal colourants have again found their way into the SA food chain, with Tiger Brands announcing today that it is recalling some of its cooking sauces and rice products after tests found traces of banned methyl yellow and Sudan 1.
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A report released by Oxfam this week calls epic food insecurity and hunger in this country a "national scandal". As World Food Day (oct 16) approaches, the report "Hidden Hunger in South Africa: the faces of hunger and malnutrition in a food secure nation" reveals...
At present the food and agriculture sector is struggling in an operating environment characterised by slow growth, soft demand and ample supply, a combination that's challenging business confidence. Yet the sector has a bright future, asserts Rabobank in a new report.
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