Outsourced solutions provider Programmed Process Outsourcing (PPO) moved more than 600 000 stock items to a new warehouse facility for a client in September while maintaining full sales capacity... 

Distributor of consumer goods to Africa, Massmart, has opened its new flagship Riversands distribution centre in Riversands, Gauteng. The company announced that it had officially opened its new... 

In South Africa, a country where 'braais' are a national pastime, plant-based substitutes are making surprising inroads despite a deep cultural love of meat and hostility from the regulator. That... 

International trade consultant XA Global Trade Advisors has called on government to conduct an urgent review of the impact of import duties on the increasing cost of food and to remove newly... 

South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the UK’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquatic Science (CEFAS) – an executive agency of the UK Department for... 

Brewing company South African Breweries (SAB), in partnership with the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), has handed over seven new Gauteng-based mobile Alcohol Evidence Centres... 

Flavour manufacturer Givaudan South Africa has inaugurated a new Consumer & Sensory Insights (CSI) centre at its production facility in Tulisa Park, Johannesburg, marking the first CSI centre for... 

Beer manufacturer Heineken this week unveiled a 6.5 MW solar power plant at its Sedibeng brewery, in Midvaal. The solar power plant was built as part of the company’s Build a Better World... 

Agroprocessing group Tongaat Hulett's board has determined that the company is in financial distress and has decided to start voluntary business rescue proceedings. The company reiterates in an... 

Food services franchisor Famous Brands reported an improved financial performance in the six months ending August 31, with headline earnings a share having increased by 121% year-on-year to R2.15.... 

Wine industry organisation Vinpro and industry body Winetech People Development have launched an e-learning platform through which South African wine industry vineyard workers can hone their... 

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has highlighted, in its latest “Food Inflation Brief”, that South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (hereafter to be referred to simply as... 

Packaging and processing company Tetra Pak published its annual Sustainability Report in August this year, which highlights the company’s achievements and ongoing initiatives to protect food,... 

Consumer packaged goods group Libstar invests in a sustainable packaging range – its Precious Plant packaging range - along with other biodegradable and compostable products, to reduce waste and... 

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), Swiss bank BIC-BRED (Suisse) and Swiss commodity trading group Agro Companies International (ACI) have partnered to help finance the importation of... 

Industry organisation the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of South Africa (AMIE) is calling for a comprehensive review of import tariffs on poultry, saying “duties are simply another... 

JSE-listed food services franchisor Famous Brands has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of and claims against Steers Properties and the entire share capital of and... 

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has warned that the South African fruit farming sector, which is the largest employer of farm workers in the country, was, over the next decade... 

A substantial portion of plastic waste is not recycled and ends up in landfills, contributing greatly to plastics being regarded as the biggest environmental threat, says industry body Plastics SA... 

The need for and uptake of the circular economy mindset by larger organisations locally and globally was addressed during a webinar hosted by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy... 

South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation surged 1.8% in month-on-month (m-o-m) terms in August, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has reported in its latest... 

JSE-listed Oceana’s board has appointed Zafar Mahomed as CFO designate and executive director effective from November 1. He will succeed interim CFO and executive director Ralph Buddle. Following... 

Beverage producer South African Breweries (SAB) has launched its first environment, social and governance (ESG) strategy, and will release its first Global Reporting Initiative-compliant ESG report... 

Investment holding company Remgro recorded a strong financial year ended June 30, despite headwinds that the company says can be regarded as extreme events, which disrupted the global and local... 

With load-shedding escalating as South Africa enters the summer crop planting season, the current energy crisis may have implications for food security into the coming year unless farmers can put... 

Wine production, from growing to packaging and selling, has a heavy carbon footprint despite having “green” vineyards and, therefore, the winemaking industry has turned its attention to reducing... 

Former executives of struggling sugar producer Tongaat Hulett made their first appearance in the Durban High Court on Thursday, facing charges related to fraud amounting to about R3.5-billion.... 

Industry organisation the Beer Association of South Africa (Basa), in submissions made on the 2022 Draft Tax Bills, strongly advocates for, at minimum, an increase in excise duties that is... 

Consumer packaged goods group Libstar’s diverse category-led and multichannel operating model has, once again, proved its mettle with the company posting 14.1% year-on-year growth in normalised... 

Consumer packaged goods group Libstar has announced its CFO Charl de Villiers will take over as CEO, effective January 1, 2023. This follows after CEO and co-founder Andries van Rensburg... 

The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve, with conditions, the proposed transaction whereby the Heineken Group through Sunside Acquisitions (Newco) intends... 

JSE-listed agriculture and agroprocessing company Tongaat Hulett this week said it was making progress with its debt restructuring plan, which has resulted in a new R600-million borrowing base... 

JSE-listed diversified food company RCL Foods’ revenue increased by 10.2% to R34.9-billion for the financial year ended June 30. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation... 

Hostex took place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 26 to 28 June, just a few days after the Covid-19 mask-wearing restrictions were lifted. Gary Corin, MD of Specialised Exhibitions - a... 

In the food and beverage packaging industry, authenticity is essential. Consumers need to know that the foods they are purchasing consist of the things listed on their labels, because food...