The Confucius Institute at Abomey-Calavi University in Benin has celebrated the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese festival that falls on June 9 this year. On the occasion, four mixed teams of the Confucius Institute ...
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South African competition commission has given conditional approval of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $100bn acquisition of SABMiller. The Commission has given to the recommendations to the Competition Tribunal following an investigation ...
The US Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance for public comment that provides practical, voluntary sodium reduction targets for the food industry. Average sodium intake in the U.S. is approximately 3,400 mg/day. The draft ...
Ben & Jerry’s has chosen North Carolina to launch its newest flavor and “Democracy Is In Your Hands’ campaign because it is at the epicenter of the fight for voting rights in the US. Almost immediately following the 2013 ...
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Around the globe consumers are finding that juices and sports drinks are a healthy alternative to what are often rather sugary soft drinks. Bottlers who want to muscle in on this growth market have to satisfy the special technical demands ...
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Associated British Foods (ABF) is reportedly contemplating the sale of its unprofitable sugar business in China to remain focused on its sugar operations in Europe and Africa. For this purpose, the food company has invited bids for five ...
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Global canmaker Rexam has developed new can designs for three new flavours of Schwarze Eule, an energy drink brand of German company BLC Black Labels. The 250ml slim format cans display three new designs, which reflect the premium nature ...
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Japanese drinks company Asahi Group has agreed to acquire SABMiller’s Peroni, Grolsch, Meantime brands for $2.9bn, clearing another hurdle for the Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller’s $108bn merger. The acquisition is ...
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Amcor will discuss its approach to sustainability and highlight a broad range of innovative packaging solutions at the SustPack 2016 conference planned to be held from 11-13 April at McCormick Place in Chicago. Under its theme of ...
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Archer Daniels Midland Company has begun a significant expansion and modernization of its export terminal in Santos, in the Brazilian state of So Paulo. The project will expand the facility's annual storage and grain handling capacity ...
Packaging machinery firm Rotoflex has received a contract to supply die-cutting machines to local label printer firm N & R Labels. As per the contract, South African provider of label & printing systems SArepco will serve as the ...
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Ford has invested $170m at its Silverton Assembly plant in Pretoria, South Africa to manufacture new Ford Everest and Ford Ranger. The American car-maker says that this investment will create about 1200 jobs in Ford South Africa and in ...
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Audi has started a project for young drivers in motorsport. The Audi Sport racing academy will promote talented youngsters by assisting them with the brand's professional squad. The objective of the two-year program is for the ...
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Chromatin and Zaad Holdings have entered into a long-term alliance to produce and distribute planting seed for grain and forage sorghum throughout the African continent. Zaad, a vertically integrated agriculture company, distributes seed ...
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The supermarket will now set about its mission to create a ' ulti-product, multi-channel' retailer with around 200 stores. Sainsbury’s has won the four-month battle to buy Argos after the Home Retail Group’s owner agreed to a ...
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