News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
Hain Europe, a division of the US natural and organic food company the Hain Celestial group, is set to launch a range of healthy drinks, made from a mix of fruit juice and soy, on the European market in coming months.
Despite a decline in consumer spending since 11 September, bottled water volumes in the mature west European markets continued to grow last year - and there is no sign of the growth slowing.
The European Commission has been forced to drop its case against brewers Heineken and Carlsberg after failing to find any recent evidence that they agreed not to compete in each others' markets. Both companies have long protested their innocence, but...