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The UK has committed to providing developing countries with £4-million to drive down harmful emissions from outdated air conditioning units, cooling refrigeration and cold supply chains.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

Industry organisation the Franchise Association of South Africa (FASA) is concerned that giving relief to only one section of the food chain, namely food manufacturers, is unfair to retailers,... 

Diversified fish protein company Oceana Group has been approved for a secondary listing on A2X Markets in South Africa, with its shares to be available for trade on A2X from April 3. “From an... 

Premier Group rose from its listing price as the company, which makes South African staples such as Blue Ribbon bread and Snowflake flour, started trading on Johannesburg’s stock exchange Friday.... 

The Gledhow sugar mill in Stanger, KwaZulu-Natal, which services more than 245 sugarcane growers, has been placed in business rescue. Industry body the South African Cane Growers Association (SA... 

Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) producer Tiger Brands has launched a new multipurpose centre – the Sensorium, which is designed and intended to foster a culture of innovation in the business and... 

South African learners and schools continue to benefit measurably, meaningfully as a result of holistic health and nutrition initiative the Health in Action (HIA) programme. The number of children... 

In a media statement release last month industry representative The Beverage Association of South Africa (BevSA) on behalf of the industry, said it welcomes Finance Minister Enoch Godogwana 2023... 

South African Fruit and Vegetables Canners Export Council (SAFVEC) GM Jill Atwood-Palm says the Gulfood Exhibition that took place in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from February 20 to... 

Earlier this month, multinational brewing company Heineken South Africa spearheaded the launch of an initiative, Taverns of the Future, at The Spot 1818 in Phiri, Soweto.  The Spot 1818 is one of... 

Using vacuum cycling technology, local liquor manufacturer Doña Distillery has helped beverage producer and marketer Redford Beverages fast-track the development of its two new proudly South... 

JSE-listed consumer packaged goods giant Libstar has posted an 11.8% year-on-year decrease in normalised headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the year ended December 31. The company says trading... 

South Africa’s government has contingency plans in place to safeguard key food-production facilities against an escalation in power cuts that are already at record levels, the nation’s agriculture... 

Following what has been an extremely tough year for citrus growers, the Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) predicts another year of export declines may be in store, ahead of the...