Packaging and waste management projects do not always begin with the impulse to improve sustainability. What the PCA demonstrates in its new resource, The Business Case for Packaging Sustainability is that there are benefits in considering ...
Tags: waste management, Packaging
South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper said Chinese alcoholic drinks were taking off among Korean consumers. The sales of Kaoliang spirit, Erguotou and other Chinese wine surpassed Japanese sake in Korean traditional importing alcoholic drinks ...
Tags: Alcoholic Drinks, beer
Dairy Queen, whihc already has over 600 stores in Texas, has reopened its store in Keller, Texas. The 4,065 s.f. restaurant was built by local contractors, is being staffed by local employees (over 70 have been hired), and is owned and ...
Tags: Dairy Queen, Store, Agriculture
Anheuser-Busch has added The Biergarten to its brewery and Tour Center and the Fort Collins beer community. The new Biergarten, an expansion of the Tour Center's footprint, includes indoor and outdoor space reminiscent of traditional ...
Tags: brewery, Tour Center, Agriculture
Japanese retail packaging is as culturally unique to Japan as its language, traditional dress and customs, and it took four days at Tokyo Pack 2014 to begin to make sense of characteristic traits in pack construction and consumer ...
Tags: retail packaging, Packaging
Honest Tea’s line of 16.9 fl. oz. real brewed iced teas has been updated with new varieties, a new bottle, and label graphics while providing organic and Fair Trade Certified teas. America's top-selling organic bottled tea is ...
Tags: Honest Tea, Iced Teas, Agriculture
Sidel, provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging, has launched an online PET savings calculator which is aimed at reducing the amount of PET used in beverage bottles worldwide. The calculator will allow manufacturers to calculate ...
Tags: Calculator, Online PET, Agriculture
The R 900 was designed for the portion packing of drinking water, and it produces up to 160 beakers per minute. Issuing ready-filled beakers speeds up the work of cabin personnel for example in an aircraft, and is also said to reduce the ...
Tags: Portioned Drinks, Packaging
Global beverage giant The Coca-Cola Company has made a deal with South African multinational brewing and beverage company SABMiller to acquire its Appletiser drinks brands on a worldwide basis, and acquire or be licensed rights to a further ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Sabmiller, Agriculture
Walking around your local supermarket aisle should give you a clear indication that many brands need to up their game when it comes to catching the modern shopper’s eye. In the first part of my ‘Supermarket Sweep’ series, ...
The Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller and Gutsche Family Investments (GFI) will combine the bottling operations of their non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages businesses in Southern and East Africa. The new entity, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, bottling operations, Agriculture
The backlash against sugar has changed consumer attitudes is effecting global markets, according to a new report from global market research organisation Euromonitor International. The report identifies 34 global markets, all of which saw ...
Tags: sweeteners, Sugar
It’s the world’s largest manufacturer of carton packaging for the food and beverage industry. Toronto private equity firm, Onex Corporation, the largest buyout firm in Canada, has agreed to buy SIG Combibloc from Rank Group New ...
British food and drinks companies are losing over £11.2bn to fraud and error annually which is equal to over 85% of their total profits. The food and drink industry can boost its profitability by £4.48bn, or more than 34% ...
Tags: Food Firms, Fraud, Agriculture
Packaging solutions provider Multivac has launched a packaging solution R 900 for filling water beakers for the first time. The solution has been designed for the portion packing of drinking water and has the capacity to produce up to ...
Tags: beakers, packaging solution, Agriculture