PACK’D frozen Smoothie Kits owner wins Young Entrepreneur Award
Luke Johnstone, founder of PACK’D frozen Smoothie Kits, has won Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the 18th annual national Amazon Growing Business Awards.
Archives for December 7, 2016
Nascens signs deal to supply wholesale tea to German retailer in India
The maker of Planta specialty teas will tap into German wholesale giant Metro’s cash-and-carry network in India.
Spain and Estonia to tax sugary drinks
Spain and Estonia are the latest EU countries to announce plans for a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.
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Byron Bay botanicals give punch to crowdfunded gin start-up
Australia’s newest distillery start-up has been using crowdfunding to bring to market a dry gin made from a wealth of local botanicals developed with the help of Scottish whisky master distiller Jim McEwan.
And the award goes to... What did Dutch consumers choose as 2016's most misleading product?
Dutch watchdog FoodWatch has announced the winners of its annual ‘GoldenEgg’ award for the year’s most misleading product, as voted by members of the public.
‘Immense opportunity for alcohol brands to engage with US shoppers in store’: IRI
While many beverage brands focus their products and marketing on millennials, they may be unknowingly neglecting an ‘enormous portion of consumer dollars’ in the Generation X and baby boomer categories, according to IRI.
EU economy loses €35bn a year due to counterfeiting
Counterfeiting is predicted to increase 3% per year worldwide leading to a rise in the anti-counterfeiting market over the next five years with CAGRs ranging from 12.8% to 16%, says PMMI (Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies).