Brewers pounce on China's market liberation
Global brewing giants SABMiller and Anheuser Busch have increased their stakes in Chinese brewers by taking advantage of China's crawl towards a more liberal market, reports Chris Mercer.
Archives for April 17, 2005
Malting plant aims for optimum quality control and cost-savings
The world's largest barley storage and malting plant combination has installed innovative technology in order to realise cost savings and real-time quality control.
Starbucks takes renewable energy lead
Coffeehouse icon Starbucks will buy five per cent of its energy for US stores from renewable sources as the firm takes a lead on climate change and lays down the gauntlet for other big players to follow suit, reports Chris Mercer.
Stricken French vintners plan more protests
French wine makers, set for another round of protests, today met with the country's agriculture minister in their campaign to get more state aid to protect their industry from falling consumption, foreign competition and overproduction, reports Chris...
Inter Link achieves plant traceabililty in Poland
Inter Link Foods has installed a multi-station Vantage recipe formulation and traceability system at its newly acquired facility in Poland in order to satisfy the stringent requirements of the Tesco audit on quality and traceability.