Ardagh has announced it will acquire Anchor Glass Container Corporation for US$880m (€721m) which will raise their share of the US glass industry to almost a quarter of the market.
Weather woes, UK promotional pressure and the gravity of Britvic’s Fruit Shoot recall due to flawed packaging design have put a dampener on the firm’s stock rating with analysts.
Two months after Abbott Nutrition described brain food research as “one of our top global priorities”, Nestlé Health Science has acquired a stake in Accera, the US firm behind Axona, a medical food targeted at people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s.
All-in-one PowerCaps may offer speedy entry to market for beverage companies, appealing to a multitude of consumers, says Fortitech as it continues to develop cutting-edge on-the-go beverage formats.
Red Bull has declined to comment on a successful UK High Court judgment that saw the judge rule that rival energy drink maker Sun Mark had infringed its trademarks with a beverage named ‘Bullet’.
A new stand-up beverage pouch range developed by Smurfit Kappa represents a 'natural evolution' in wine packaging, offering a lighter, cheaper alternative to glass, the company claims.
PepsiCo claims that its new malt-based Mountain Dew is unlike any other soft drink on the US market, and predicts consumers will be keen to try the premium-priced limited edition 'craft soda’.
Petcore and EuPR have said that European post-sorting polyethylene terephthalate (PET) collection reached 1.59 million tonnes last year, an increase of 9.4% on 2010.
Coca-Cola has cancelled Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho's $750,000 per year contract after he was sighted with two cans of Pepsi at a recent press conference, according to reports.
Strong Coca-Cola brand performance in India – which saw overall growth of 35% – underpinned three per cent growth in the year to date for the Coke in sparkling beverages, but the firm warned of a 'prolonged crisis' worldwide on the economic...
Moscow stock exchange the MICEX has approved the delisting of Baltika Breweries from October 5, as Danish brewer Carlsberg continues it bid to acquire the company's outstanding share capital.
Fairtrade product sales rose 12% worldwide in 2011 due to ethical sourcing commitments from the food and drink industry and increased consumer awareness.
A new US study has found that bananas were as effective as PepsiCo sports drink Gatorade in providing nutritional support to trained cyclists during prolonged and intensive exercise.
A new Finnish study suggests that xylans and mannans, plant cell wall polysaccharides derived from agricultural and forestry sidestreams, could replace starch as a base material for biodegradable packaging.
Whisky distiller Whyte and Mackay was today hit with a fine by Scottish prosecutors after pleading guilty to leaking almost 20,000 litres of oil from its plant in Invergordon into internationally renowned wildlife habitat the Cromarty Firth.
APPE has refuted reports that parent company La Seda de Barcelona (LSB) has shelved plans to grow the plastics packaging business after failing to raise sufficient share capital.
AB InBev intends to fight a court decision that will force it to remove its Jupiler Blue beer from sale in Belgium, after a ruling that it had infringed a colour trademark held by rival brand Maes, whose ultimate owner is the Heineken Group.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has changed maintenance procedures at Europe's largest soft drinks plant after admitting that defective maintenance led to an accident whereby a worker suffered caustic cleaning solution burns, as trade union Unite hit...
Coca-Cola insists it will launch a 'Southampton Colour' free version of Powerade Cherry - its only retail product still to contain the controversial colourings - by the end of the 2012.
Norway’s largest spirits producer Arcus-Gruppen says it hopes to get its Nordic aquavit business 'moving again' with the acquisition of three aquavit brands from Pernod Ricard for €103m.
Combining different sweet components from the stevia leaf – in a similar way to combining artificial sweeteners – may be the next step toward improving the flavor of stevia-sweetened products, says PureCircle’s vp of global marketing and innovation Jason...
Coca-Cola Great Britain insists that the controversial food colours it has reintroduced to drinks sold in some Burger King outlets via a new dispensing system are safe - and admits they are still used in Powerade Cherry on retail sale - but would be removed...
Rémy Cointreau’s possible acquisition of single malt Scotch distillery Bruichladdich makes ‘good strategic sense’ according to an analyst who said it reduced the chance of it being acquired by a major rival.
SIG Combibloc has highlighted the strong growth potential of RTD coffee drinks in Brazil as it launches 250ml cartons there for the first time, with demand led by a 'dynamic, young consumer group' who consume beverages 'on the go'.
Beam Inc. has failed in a bid to strike out a federal class action alleging it misled consumers over the ‘all natural’ credentials of its Skinnygirl Margarita brand, which contains sodium benzoate.
UK police are reportedly questioning Hans Kristian Rausing – son of the Swedish billionaire who helped develop Tetra Pak and co-heir to the wider €12.6bn business – whose wife was found dead in London on Tuesday.
Cermex has launched a new continuous lane divider called DiviArm and said it has taken a 'strategic decision' to build up its complete range of machines to target sectors such as the beverage industry.
Ball Packaging has managed to break into the Italian market with its new 330ml 'sleek can', with Italian beverage company San Benedetto adopting the packaging across RTD tea, Tonica and Lemon Schweppes lines.
Britvic revealed today that it suspects there may be a 'design issue' with a new packaging cap design that led to a massive Fruit Shoot beverage recall last Tuesday, and predicts the crisis could now cost it between £15m and £25m.
Danish brewer Carlsberg has told BeverageDaily.com that its first UK cider launch Somersby provides a ‘genuine alternative’ to standard mainstream brands and hinted that consumers preferred it in taste tests to Heineken's market leader Strongbow.
A hoax video claiming that the Coca-Cola Company planned to launch a 'Coca-Cola Bag' worldwide has duped the world media, leading the company to rush out a statement yesterday clarifying it was not the author of the media that went viral on...
The Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) says that the nation’s new ‘independent’ Alcohol Advertising Review Board (AARB) should be scrapped for lack of results.
Campbell Soup's acquisition of Bolthouse Farms will create a new $1.2bn healthy beverages platform combining Campbell's V8 veg/fruit brand and Bolthouse's super-premium chilled beverages and boost Campbell’s presence in faster-growing fresh...
A leading UK politician has lashed out at the Olympic Committee for choosing Dutch brand Heineken as the official beer for London 2012, describing it as a 'mass produced, bland, foreign lager' and insisting a UK beer should have been chosen...
High purity stevia volume sales at PureCircle have increased by more than 20% year-on-year, PureCircle reported in a pre-close update for the second half of its financial year.
Bacardi has announced the appointment of Gianpaolo Perego as its new regional president of Latin America, with responsibility or leading all the spirit's giant's operations the region.
With western market sales of cream-based liqueurs turning sour, natural yogurt liqueurs could be one way for brandowners to stem the tide, according to Euromonitor International.
Guala Closures said it has reached an agreement to take over a South African closure manufacturer as part of a strategy to boost its presence in the fast-growing sub-Saharan African market.
