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SAB reiterates calls for revised approach to excessive beer excise tax increases
16th September 2024 By: Darren Parker

Government is disproportionately reliant on the beer-making industry for excise duties, which accounted for 34.7% of total excise revenues in the 2023/24 financial year, JSE-listed beer maker South... 


South Africa Wine launches latest graduate placement programme
12th September 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Industry body South Africa Wine has launched the 2024 iteration of its Graduate Placement Programme, which is designed to advance professionals in the local wine industry. The programme aims to... 


Premier's Waltloo factory based in Pretoria
Premier showcases world-class Waltloo bakery
12th September 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Bread continues to be a staple food in many South African households and consumer packaged goods company Premier has showcased, to the media, its automated Waltloo bakery that produces between 370... 


Libstar CEO Charl de Villiers
Libstar continues portfolio simplification, as difficult market conditions persist
10th September 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In continuing the simplification of its portfolio and positioning the group for the best growth opportunities, JSE-listed consumer packaged goods company Libstar Holdings has announced the disposal... 


Stats SA industry statistics director Nicolai Claassen
Manufacturing production increased by 1.7% y/y in July
10th September 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

In its preliminary Manufacturing: Production and Sales report, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reveals that manufacturing production increased by 1.7% year-on-year in July. Stats SA industry... 


Tiger Brands beverages factory
Law firm campaigning to have Tiger Brands compensate those affected by 2017/18 listeriosis outbreak
9th September 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Law firm RSI Attorneys has urged fast-moving consumer goods manufacturer Tiger Brands to accept liability for the world’s largest listeriosis outbreak in 2017/18 and compensate the victims that... 


RCL meat-free and vegan foods
Sugar drives resilience for RCL despite softer consumer demand
3rd September 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed food manufacturer RCL Foods has delivered solid results in the financial year ended June 30 despite softer consumer demand, with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and... 


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Rotation device enhances safety
30th August 2024

Industrial equipment supplier BMG’s power transmission division has found a solution to avoid the dangers during installation and maintenance procedures in the food and beverage sector - an... 


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Wine packaging shifting from glass to cartons
30th August 2024

Trends have shifted of late, with winemakers and wineries introducing packaging such as roll-on pilfer-proof (ROPP) screw tops, bag-in-a-box, liquid cartons and cans, as opposed to the traditional... 


The above image depicts the repurposed high-impact polystyrene that is turned into lightweight bricks that are certified by the Green Building Council South Africa and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Manufacturer embarks on sustainability drive
30th August 2024 By: Lynne Davies

Food safety helps to prevent illness, reduce healthcare burdens and ensure consumer protection, but long-term sustainability has also gained prominence of late, resulting in multinational food... 


The above image depicts the Vesconite thrust washer on the Bucher CM50 grinding machine
Vesconite product outperforms bronze thrust washer
30th August 2024

Polymer supplier Vesconite Bearings’ thrust washer has managed to outlast the bronze thrust washer on a Bucher CM50 grinding machine at a large fruit juice concentrate producer. The reports that... 


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Innovations in processing improve food safety
30th August 2024

With the world still adapting to post-pandemic consumer demand for farm-to-plate freshness, variety and convenience, pumps manufacturer Verder notes there are two factors that continue to drive... 


Action needed to reverse SA canned deciduous fruit sector’s declining competitiveness
29th August 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa’s canned deciduous fruit sector has, with one exception, been on a declining international competitiveness trajectory since 2016, a PhD research project at Stellenbosch University has... 


Bidcorp achieves higher full-year earnings, trading profit
28th August 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

International broad-line foodservice group Bidcorp has reported a 15.9% increase in group trading profit to R12.2-billion for the financial year ended June 30. Headline earnings per share (HEPS)... 


South African food inflation continued to decelerate last month
27th August 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation (hereafter to be referred to just as food inflation, for short) decelerated again in July, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, to 4.5%, the... 


GCCA Africa director Paul Matthew.
GCCA issues ‘Call to Action’ on food supply chain resilience
22nd August 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

African policy leaders must support robust growth in the cold chain for the success of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and to boost prosperity, food supply chain resilience and... 


Tiger Brands CEO Tjaart Kruger
Tiger Brands extends CEO Tjaart Kruger’s tenure by three years
19th August 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed fast-moving consumer goods manufacturer Tiger Brands has announced an extension of CEO Tjaart Kruger’s tenure for an additional three years, up to December 31, 2028. The original... 


Dr Sian Proctor
Freeze-drying could boost food sustainability and security
14th August 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

Food freeze-drying technology has the potential to help create sustainable food practices, increase food security and cut food waste (caused by decay), even in rural areas of Africa. That is the... 


Tomato farm in Musina
Tiger Brands supports more than 70 small-scale tomato farmers in Musina
14th August 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Since the launch of the All Gold Tomato Sauce brand in 1908, Africa’s largest fast-moving consumer goods manufacturer Tiger Brands has grown to support two prominent tomato-growing regions in the... 


Astral Foods CEO and executive director Chris Schutte
Astral CEO retires after leading for 16 years
8th August 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

After working in the poultry industry for 41 years, JSE-listed integrated poultry producer Astral Foods CEO and executive director Chris Schutte has announced his retirement, effective January 30,... 


Workers in sugarcane field
Agri economist worried about Tongaat’s future
8th August 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Ahead of an August 8 vote by Tongaat Hulett shareholders on whether to proceed with an equity subscription by the Vision Group consortium, agricultural economist Dr Kobus Laubscher has expressed... 


An image depicting a celebration of the opening of Engen's seven-hundredth Quickshop & Co store
Engen opens seven-hundredth Quickshop & Co store
5th August 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Fuel and convenience retailer Engen opened its seven-hundredth Quickshop & Co store at Engen Summit Convenience Centre, in Midrand, on August 1. Open 24 hours a day, the site’s convenience bouquet... 


Sugarcane fields
Tongaat Hulett's appeal of levies to the detriment of sugarcane growers – SA Canegrowers
2nd August 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Sugar producer Tongaat Hulett's business rescue practitioners said they had been granted the right to appeal a December 2023 decision by the Durban High Court that the company had to pay... 


South African food inflation decelerated in June
1st August 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African food inflation in June decelerated to 4.6%, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has reported, in its latest 'BFAP Food Inflation Brief'.... 


Rainbow frozen chicken
SAPA asks, once again, that chicken products be made VAT-free
29th July 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

With President Cyril Ramaphosa looking to expand the basket of essential food items that are exempt from value-added tax (VAT) under the Government of National Unity, the South African Poultry... 


Quantum Foods chairperson Wouter Hanekom
Another Quantum shareholder demands meeting to remove chairperson
25th July 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed Quantum Foods has advised that Country Bird Holdings (CBH), which holds an 18% stake in the company, has demanded that a shareholder meeting be convened to discuss the proposed removal... 


Raw sugar at Durban export terminal
Uasa signs one-year wage agreement in sugar sector
19th July 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Trade union Uasa has signed a one-year wage agreement with the Sugar Manufacturing and Refining Employers Association (Samrea), on behalf of members in the sugar sector. The agreement, which is... 


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SAB profiles impact of responsible consumption platform
2nd July 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

At an event held at the group’s premises in Bryanston, Johannesburg, on July 2, beverage manufacturing group South African Breweries (SAB) showcased progress achieved by its responsible consumption... 


Potatoes in soil
South African food inflation remained below CPI headline inflation in May
27th June 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

In May, for the third month in a row, South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation, hereafter to be referred to simply as food inflation, ran at a level below that of consumer... 


Bühler pursuing sustainable solutions for regional food security, safety
Bühler pursuing sustainable solutions for regional food security, safety
26th June 2024

Process solutions provider Bühler Southern Africa is looking to leverage the group’s global experience and innovation expertise, as well as its entrenched position in South Africa, to provide... 


Packs of frozen chicken
Rainbow Chicken lists on South Africa's JSE
26th June 2024 By: Reuters

Leading South African poultry producer Rainbow Chicken listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Wednesday, as part of its unbundling from RCL Foods. RCL Foods, whose brands include Selati... 


Tinned seafood
Massmart funds seafood sampling research at Wits
25th June 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Retail group Massmart will sponsor Honours level postgraduate research in the University of Witwatersrand’s (Wits’) Department of Molecular and Cell Biology aimed at improving the technique used to... 


Sugarcane
SA Canegrowers implores new Tongaat owners to pay outstanding levies
25th June 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Following the Competition Commission recommendation that the Competition Commission approve Vision consortium’s proposed takeover of embattled sugar producer Tongaat Hulett, industry body SA... 


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Nestlé’s South African dairy farm, factory exemplifiers of group’s sustainability goals
24th June 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

As Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate Nestlé’s seeks to reach its ambitious global target of waste-free operations and net-zero emissions by 2050, two of the group’s South... 


RCL vegan foods
RCL expects 75% y/y growth in headline earnings
24th June 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed consumer goods group RCL Foods expects to report a 75% year-on-year increase in headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the financial year ending June 30, supported by higher earnings in... 


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South Africa finds high prices, lack of competition in its fresh produce market
19th June 2024 By: Reuters

South Africa's competition watchdog has uncovered barriers to entry, distorted competition and price mark-ups in its fresh produce market, according to a provisional report released on Tuesday... 


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