News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
C&C Group admits its main US hard apple cider brand Woodchuck bucked the overall industry growth trend with falling sales in 2013/14 as big beer player AB InBev enters the category with Jonny Appleseed, but insists it has a plan to get back on track.
Naturex has announced the acquisition of Chicago-based Vegetable Juices Inc., a move which sees the French botanical giant double the size of its US food and beverage operations.
Haidlmair is acquiring an additional 50% share in Mould & Matic Solutions (MMS) from Greiner Packaging International to become the sole owner of the company.
‘ALEX SALMOND WAS INVITED AS SCOTTISH FIRST MINISTER’, COMPANY INSISTS
Coca-Cola Enterprises insists it is celebrating a 'Year of Homecoming' as its own 50th anniversary following a suggestion that it offered Scottish Nationalist Party leader Alex Salmond tacit support by letting him hail Scotland's 'spectacular homecoming...
US technology startup Next Glass says it has developed the first ‘universal language’ for beer and wine that tells consumers which drinks they’re certain to enjoy, and claims classical ratings systems such as Parker’s simply do not work.
ASA: “Our referrals to Trading Standards are a clear warning to those who won’t stick to the rules that they face the prospect of legal sanctions. And these are just the first referrals"
The UK advertising watchdog has referred two UK supplement makers to enforcement authorities for, “persistent misleading advertising health claims in breach of the Advertising Code.” More are set to follow, it said, as the agency cracks down on EU...
Ball Corporation will build a one-line beverage can manufacturing plant in Myanmar for Coca-Cola Pinya drinks and several other regional and multi-national customers.
In depth: Packaging associations comment on environmental performance pilots
Packaging will form part of 11 food and beverage-based pilot projects starting next month to measure and communicate a products environmental performance.