21 Oct ‘Strap in and hold on’ – Sean Summers’ plan to save Pick n Pay
Pick n Pay’s new CEO, Sean Summers, plans to turn the retailer around by employing a ‘store-to-store’ strategy and returning momentum to the company.
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17 Oct First it was eggs, now chicken shortages loom in SA
While eggs are in short supply or rationed in many stores across SA, the outlook for plentiful and affordable chicken is now bleak, too....
17 Oct Building a vegan brand in SA: podcast
Worklife Matters, hosted by Daily Maverick's Siv Ngesi chats to David Chait, founder and CEO of Okja, a plant-based food and beverage business in Cape Town...
16 Oct Ultra processed food and the NOVA system
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The term Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) has moved mainstream into the consumer mindset, for better and worse. Expert SA food scientist and consultant, Nigel Sunley, has penned this article for SAAFoST’s Food Advisory Consumer Service, outlining the concept and its inherent scientific weaknesses.
15 Oct New Mintel report: 2024 global food and drink trends
Understand what’s new and next in global consumer behaviour and the impact on food and drink marketing and innovation....
15 Oct Innovations and trends from Anuga 2023
The biggest global food trade fair, Anuga in Cologne, has just come and gone ... here's a snapshot of innovative products on the expo....
14 Oct New taste: Sweet, salty, bitter, sour, umami and … ammonium chloride?
Researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which our taste buds detect ammonium chloride, exemplified by the distinct taste of salty licorice, popular in Scandinavia and the Netherlands. They say the discovery provides evidence for the existence of a sixth basic taste....
14 Oct Talking food trends and challenges with Givaudan’s head of startup innovation
Having spent more than 20 years working in the food industry, Alexandre Bastos has certainly seen what external factors like inflation, war and environmental damage can do to food and ag systems.
14 Oct Dairymaid adds some new zest to its lineup
Dairymaid, in the Foneri ice cream stable, has introduced a new flavour to its popular Country Fresh brand: Lemon Cream.
14 Oct Weight loss drugs dampening food sales, says Walmart
The US food industry is apparently in a small tizzy over Ozempic and its appetite-suppressing qualities — and even the megastore Walmart is feeling the burn....
13 Oct UK: Mondelēz discontinues low-sugar Cadbury Dairy Milk
In a development that seems so contrary to the sugar-reduction mega trend, Mondelēz International will discontinue the production of a low-sugar version of its popular chocolate brand Cadbury Dairy Milk due to a dip in demand.
10 Oct Trends driving growth in the South African packaging industry
Visitors to the show will be able to engage on all the latest packaging trends and growth drivers at play in the local packaging market over the next five years....
19 Sep Kellogg’s separates into two companies as cereals and snacks split
The board of directors of Kellogg’s has given the green light to its planned division into two separate public companies.....
18 Sep It’s the breakfast of champions no more: cereal is in long-term decline
Kellogg’s plan to ditch its cereal business highlights the depressed outlook for what was once America’s morning staple.....
18 Sep Meet MycoSure – putting SA on the alt protein map
South African startup MycoSure is growing protein-packed mycelium using biomass fermentation. Here's the story behind it....
18 Sep Top 4 ingredient trends from IFT’s 2023 Food Expo
A team of Food Technology editors visited the IFT FIRST Food Expo floor in search of the latest ingredient innovations — and found four top trends that are exciting both industry innovators and consumer palates.
16 Sep The world’s first 3D-printed salmon is hitting store shelves
This milestone marks the debut of a 3D-printed meat alternative in supermarkets....
08 Sep Up beet: Plant-based food group Fry’s wins appeal against government clampdown
SA's largest plant-based food producer, Fry's, has won its appeal against a government directive claiming six of its meat alternative products did not comply with processed meat regulations.
07 Sep OBITUARY: Raymond Ackerman: the retail king with a heart
It's hard to imagine life in SA without Pick n Pay. Here's a wonderful tribute to a remarkable innovator, retailer, philanthropist and South African patriot.....
07 Sep Snapshots from SAAFoST Congress 2023
It was a wonderful gathering of food industrialists in Cape Town last week - the first in four years! Your editor was there - and while it's an impossible task to report on such a large and diverse event, here are some shots and snippets from the three days.
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