Published: Jul 12, 2012

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.

Published: Jul 12, 2012

In a special interview given to Australian Food News this week, the Marketing Manager of Vok Beverages Chris Illman shared some of the secrets of the success story of his nimble South Australian group.

Published: Jul 11, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Danish brewer Carlsberg said 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.

Published: Jul 11, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

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.

Published: Jul 11, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

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 instead.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

The shareowners of The Coca-Cola Co. on July 10 approved a two-for-one stock split and an increase to 11.2 billion from 5.6 billion in the number of authorized shares of the company’s common stock.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Active Health Foods, Inc. has received approval to acquire Manos Beverages, Inc., the maker of All Natural Flavors, a sparkling, flavored, sugar-free beverage that contains no carbohydrates, no calories, no caffeine, no sodium and no aspartame or Nutra-Sw

Published: Jul 11, 2012

PepsiCo, Inc. has opened a new food manufacturing facility in Wuhan, China.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Two recent major acquisitions in the U.S. by well-known beverage brands may indicate new trends in diversification.

Published: Jul 10, 2012

The Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) has bagged a Rs 2.68 crore worth project on Development of Spectroscopy Methods for Detection and Quantification of Adulterants and Contaminants in Fruit Juices and Milk.

Published: Jul 10, 2012

The Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) has called for the disbandment of the Alcohol Advertising Review Board (AARB).

Published: Jul 07, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

More consistent kerbside collection of plastics is necessary to raise the "poor" recycling levels in the UK, according to the md of Britain's largest soft drinks bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE)

Published: Jul 07, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

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.

Published: Jul 07, 2012

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.

Published: Jul 06, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Portola Packaging is to focus on its beverage closures business after announcing its cosmetics segment will shut by the end of the year.

Published: Jul 06, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Diageo said that the initial European launch focus for its Chinese ‘baijiu’ brand Shui Jing Fang will be UK ‘meal occasions’, although success will see it pursue sales in other channels that retain the drink's premium positioning.

Published: Jul 06, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

Medium-sized food and drink manufacturing firms are losing out on energy savings because of a lack of expertise, according to a report from energy supplier npower.

Published: Jul 05, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

PepsiCo Japan launched of 'Pepsi Extra' as an addition to its Nex range in Japan on June 26, with the drink packed in 200ml cans and reformulated to feature added caffeine and increased sweetness.

Published: Jul 05, 2012

Sidel said that its new High Speed Combi Predis FMa filling system was designed meet the high volumes demanded by the single-serve PET beverage market in countries like China.

Published: Jul 05, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has declined to confirm whether it plans to apply to the UK Supreme Court for permission to appeal after losing the latest round of a bitter trademark dispute to Czech rival Budějovický Budvar over the ‘Budweiser’ name.