Food safety hygiene, equipment efficiency, plant modernisation, sustainability and upgrades to reduce downtime are the key focus areas for the food and beverage industry, following increased local... 

The publication of the 'Draft Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill', which includes an increase in the Health Promotion Levy (HPL) that is due to take effect on April 1,... 

JSE-listed food service group Bidcorp increased group trading profits by 38.4% to R10.5-billion for the year ended June 30 and increased headline earnings a share by 35.4% to R20.82, up from R15.38... 

Beverage producer Coca-Cola Africa has welcomed Sergio Vieira as the new VP of Franchise Operations South Africa. He joins the Coca-Cola Africa Operating Unit in Johannesburg. 

Poultry company Rainbow on August 28 marked the commemoration of its sixtieth anniversary with an event held in Hammarsdale, in KwaZulu-Natal. This occasion served as a tribute to Rainbow's six... 

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has, in its latest 'Food Inflation Brief', highlighted that South Africa’s food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation – hereafter to be... 

Industry body Vinpro’s flagship Gen-Z Vineyard Project has highlighted in a report for the 2022/23 period the efforts of the project across its demonstration sites, including on innovation,... 

Food and beverage company Nestlé South Africa in July showcased a new production plant at its site in Babalegi, Hammanskraal, to locally produce the Nescafé Gold range of coffee mixes. The... 

Beer maker South African Breweries and South Africa’s first majority black-owned glass container manufacturer Isanti Glass marked three years of partnership at a commemorative event on July 11.... 

Anti-dumping duties on frozen bone-in portions of chicken originating in or imported from Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, Poland and Spain have been reinstated after the lapse of the 12-month... 

Further to merger conditions imposed by the South African competition authorities, beer maker Heineken Beverages South Africa has announced the launch of an employee share ownership plan (ESOP)... 

Dairy producer Lactalis South Africa has appointed Herman Janse van Rensburg as its new GM with effect from July 18. Janse van Rensburg succeeds Alban Damour, who has taken up his new assignment as... 

South Africa’s food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) – hereafter, for short, to be referred to as just food – inflation continued to decelerate in June, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy... 

JSE-listed Tiger Brands has announced that Deepa Sita has resigned as CFO and executive director of the company to pursue a new opportunity in Australia. Her notice of resignation applies to all... 

JSE-listed Tongaat Hulett’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) have announced that Kagera Sugar has been selected as the preferred strategic equity partner (SEP) to acquire all of Tongaat’s sugar... 

Global lighting solutions manufacturer ams OSRAM bolstered its horticultural lighting offerings in June, announcing the addition of two new products. The company continues to provide important... 

Industry organisation the South African Poultry Association (SAPA) has released a report showing that the imposition of antidumping duties of 30% will contribute to a price increase of between 0.9%... 

Food and beverage company Nestlé South Africa has invested R79-million into localising the production of its Nescafé Gold range of coffee mixes. The company inaugurated its new plant in Babelegi,... 

Alcoholic beverage maker South African Breweries (SAB) and South Africa’s first majority black-owned glass container manufacturer Isanti Glass marked three years of partnership at a commemorative... 

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has highlighted, in a brief report, that, while the total South African economy avoided a technical recession during the first quarter of this... 

Innovation is key to driving change in the work environment and in communities, Illovo Sugar Africa group community services manager Jason Baker told attendees of the three-day Deloitte... 

Industrial equipment supplier BMG is a pivotal player in the sugar sector, and its regional workshop in Riverhorse Valley, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), recently completed a refurbishment, fabrication and... 

Water management solutions provider Sewtreat has successfully completed two “ground-breaking” projects at fast moving consumer goods retail giant Pick n Pay's Eastport Logistics Park, in Kempton... 

  Industrial solutions supplier Bearings International (BI) has been supplying industrial power transmission products to the sugar industry for 65 years, with its chains selection for the sugar... 

South African food producers, among the biggest on the continent, are spending hundreds of millions of rand mitigating prolonged rolling power blackouts, water supply issues and crumbling... 

Food importer Hume International logistics and operations director Roy Thomas stresses that the looming threat of South Africa’s expulsion from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) trade... 

Fast-moving consumer goods retailer Pick n Pay has concluded an agreement to acquire the business operations of abattoir and meat processing and packaging company the Tomis group of companies for... 

South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation – hereafter to be referred to simply as food inflation – dropped “sharply” last month, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, to 11.8%, the... 

There are various trends that are currently impacting the food and beverage (F&B) industry and digital automation and energy management company Schneider Electric has solutions that can assist to... 

Beverage manufacturer South African Breweries (SAB) has invited applicants for the 100+ Accelerator programme, which supports solutions that will contribute to addressing sustainability challenges... 

Embattled sugar manufacturer Tongaat Hulett has advised that the meeting for creditors to vote on the amended business rescue plans of the group, as well as two subsidiaries, has been moved to... 

Dairy producer Woodlands Dairy has commissioned a second biomass boiler that will use local sawdust and chip timber waste for steam generation, which will further reduce the company's heavy fuel... 

Boiler and steam generator supplier Steam Generation Africa’s work and partnership with German industrial equipment supplier CERTUSS has resulted in numerous projects and opportunities considering... 

Manufacturing production increased by 3.4% year-on-year in April, Statistics South Africa has reported. The largest contributions were made by the basic iron and steel, nonferrous metal products,... 

JSE-listed Bidcorp is “very pleased” with the business’ performance in the four months to April 30, with CEO Bernard Berson saying the business was performing well and delivering a record result to...