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... 

JSE-listed Premier Group and its subsidiaries delivered a robust performance for the financial year ended March 31, under dynamic market and trading conditions. The group states that exceptionally... 

JSE-listed poultry producer Astral Foods has announced that its ordinary shares will be traded on A2X with effect from June 7. The company will retain its primary listing on the JSE and its issued... 

Food and beverage company PepsiCo South Africa, through its subsidiary Pioneer Foods, will acquire the remaining 50% stake in Futurelife Health Products. It bought an initial 50% interest in... 

Energy solutions company Energy Partners has constructed a R360-million integrated refrigeration, power and steam plant at dairy company Clover South Africa's Queensburgh factory, which it will... 

The JSE share price of branded food, home care and personal care products manufacturer Tiger Brands fell by nearly 16% on May 30, following the release of its financial results for the six months... 

In its latest “Food Inflation Brief”, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) reported that South Africa’s food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation (hereafter to be referred to... 

Food services franchisor Famous Brands has recorded an uptick in its operating profit for the year ended February 28, to R861-million, from R630-million in the prior year. The group declared a... 

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has decided to reinstate import duties on frozen potato chips after tariffs lapsed earlier this year. The decision,... 

The 2023 wine grape season in South Africa commenced harvesting at the usual time in early February, at which point experts were impressed by grape analysis, which showed low pH levels and high... 

To safeguard the future of sugarcane growers and the sugar sector as a whole, industry body SA Canegrowers believes it is critical that both government and all industry stakeholders commit to... 

Food and beverage company PepsiCo South Africa has announced the appointment of Riaan Heyl as its new CEO, effective May 1, to succeed Tertius Carstens, who is retiring after 29 years with the... 

Industry body The Road Freight Association’s (RFA’s) yearly convention, which will be held later this month, seeks to attract top executives in the trucking, logistics and warehousing sectors to... 

JSE-listed integrated poultry producer Astral Foods expects to report an 87% to 92% decrease in headline earnings per share (HEPs) for the six months ended March 31. The company advises that HEPS... 

Frozen food manufacturer McCain Foods has officially launched the second of three Farm of the Future farms in Lichtenburg, North West. This follows the launch of the group’s first Farm of the... 

Global commodity prices are expected to decline this year at the fastest clip since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, clouding the growth prospects of almost two-thirds of developing economies... 

The new umbrella body for the wine and brandy industry, SA Wine, has appointed Rico Basson as its CEO, effective June 1. Basson also serves as the MD of another industry body, Vinpro. 

The Bureau for Food and Agriculture Policy (BFAP) on Tuesday highlighted, in its latest “Food Inflation Brief”, that South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation (hereafter,... 

The UK has committed to providing developing countries with £4-million to drive down harmful emissions from outdated air conditioning units, cooling refrigeration and cold supply chains. In... 

Frozen foods importer, exporter and distributor Hume International said South Africa urgently needs to agree on a heat treatment protocol for mechanically deboned meat (MDM), such as the protocol... 

Industry body South African Canegrowers Association (SA Canegrowers) has decried the 8% drop in the final accurate recoverable value (RV) price for the 2022/23 season and asked Industry, Trade and... 

Industry body Vinpro has announced its support for a new wine tourism research pilot programme, which intends to generate tourism intelligence and help wineries use this information to grow their... 

The South African Breweries (SAB) has announced a R5.8-billion commitment to investment in the South African economy this year in addition to the R11.7-billion invested in the preceding two years.... 

Fast moving consumer goods manufacturer Tiger Brands launched a new centre to promote research and innovation within the groups various divisions on March 16. 

Dairy producer Lactalis South Africa has invested R140-million in a new evaporator dryer powder plant facility at its cheese manufacturing plant in Bonnievale, in the Western Cape, which will... 

Africa’s largest bank by assets Standard Bank has participated in a $300-million dual-currency revolving credit facility (RCF) extended to multinational fresh fruit and related products supplier... 

Grocery retailer Pick n Pay (PnP) has managed to reduce the volume of food waste in its operations by 28% in the past four years. The company is working towards reducing food waste by 50% by 2030.  

A new report into ongoing tariff investigations in South Africa indicates that it is taking an average of 22 months to finalise decisions on whether to either increase or remove an import duty,... 

The Competition Commission notes in its latest ‘Essential Food Pricing Monitoring (EFPM)’ report for 2021 and 2022 that maize meal, sunflower oil and white and brown bread had seen opportunistic... 

South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (hereafter: food) inflation jumped 1% in month-on-month terms in February, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has reported. In...