The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) is evaluating the packaging standards for commodities like flour and rice. Consumers will be inspired to only purchase products, which meet the packaging and labeling criteria. BSJ standards ...
Tags: packaging standards, flour, rice
Crown Bevcan Europe and Middle East has developed new can design for British record label Island Records’ Session IPA Beer. Crown said its partnership with Island uses consumers’ propensity to explore the packaging of their ...
Heineken’s subsidiary and Jamaican brewer Desnoes and Geddes (D&G), which produces Red Stripe, is planning to resume production of the beer in Jamaica by the end of 2016. The initiative is part of a bigger strategy of Heineken to ...
Tags: Red Stripe, Heineken
UK-based drinks company Diageo has completed the sale of Jamaican lager Red Stripe to Heineken for $780.5m. The deal, which was announced in October, entails Diageo offloading its brewing companies in Jamaica, Malaysia and Singapore, to ...
Tags: Diageo, Jamaican lager Red Stripe, Food
London-based Diageo and Dutch firm Heineken plan to exchange brewing assets in emerging markets, a move which will help Diageo generate a profit of £440m ($671m). Diageo is divesting its stakes in its joint ventures in Jamaica and ...
McLanahan’s grocery store is located in Jamaica Junction or Chromic Town and it is here where the rise of electronic cigarettes is quite evident. The grocery store displays popular electronic cigarettes and a multitude of accessories ...
Tags: Electronic Cigarettes, Cigarettes
Gruppo Campari has agreed to divest Limoncetta di Sorrento liqueur business to Lucano 1894. The move is in line with Gruppo Campari's strategy to bolster its focus on its core high-margin spirits business by streamlining non-core ...
Tags: Gruppo Campari, liqueur
Vipal's Feira de Santana factory incorporates environmentally friendly practices such as rainwater collection and a wastewater treatment system. Vipal Rubber Corp. announced that it recently hosted retreading companies, including White's ...
Tags: Vipal, Retreaders, Auto Parts
For want of the right label, ConAgra Foods is recalling 54,673 pounds – about 27 tons – of chicken noodle soup products made in one day at its facility in Milton, PA. A "Healthy Choice Chicken with Rice" soup label, which does ...
The International Fashion Showcase launched in 2012 and celebrates London’s position as an international fashion city with a reputation for nurturing emerging talent. Organised by the British Council and British Fashion Council, the ...
Tags: International Fashion Showcase, Fashion, multicultural
Due to high global oversupply and stock, the aluminum prices fell by 1.4% to US$1,748/ton on November 27th, the the lowest since July 2009. Decline in aluminum prices may cause the Jamaican major aluminum producers Rusal and Alcoa to ...
Tags: Jamaican, Economy Damaged, Aluminum Prices
Top 10 bedding producer Therapedic International has launched a partnership with Polyron, a foam mattress manufacturer in Israel. The company will begin producing and selling mattresses and box springs under the Therapedic brand in January. ...
Tags: Therapedic, Partners with Polyron
Reportedly, Jamalco, one of Jamaica's major bauxite and alumina companies said that the industry is undergoing its longest crisis. Compared to six years ago, the metal price today is only half than it. The price of metal on the LME has ...
Tags: Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, metal
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the U.S. East Coast bunkering business of Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES). This transaction, for a purchase price of $30 ...
Tags: Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, acquire, bunkering, business
The next big opportunity for growth in the global solar business lies in small, emerging markets where photovoltaic (PV) installations are forecast to rise at about triple the global average during the period from 2012-2017. Annual ...