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Nile Breweries builds waste treatment plant
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July 28: SABMiller subsidiary, Nile Breweries Limited (NBL), is in the final stages of building an effluent waste treatment plant at its brewery in Kampala, Uganda.
The company launched a sustainable development plan in July with about US$8million invested in the waste treatment project.
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Pepsi bottler adds Dubai plant
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July 27: Dubai Refreshment Company (DRC), the sole franchisee and distributor of PepsiCo products in the United Arab Emirates, is planning to build a $109m integrated soft drinks filling plant and warehouse in Dubai.
The company has acquired 140,000 sq m of industrial land at Dubai Investments Park (DIP) to build the integrated facility.
An agreement between DIP and Dubai Refreshments was signed between Omar Al Mesmar, general manager of DIP, and Mana Al Mulla, managing director of Dubai Refreshment Company.
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Nestlé to invest in African markets
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July 23: Nestlé is planning to invest almost $140 million in East, Central and Southern Africa over the next three years.
The Swiss-based world-leading food and drinks manufacturer wants to increase the proportion of sales in emerging markets from the present 35 to 45 percent over the next 10 years.
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Coca-Cola halts volume decline in North America
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July 22: Coca-Cola’s case volumes grew in North America for the first time in four years as the soft drink giant reported increased global revenues and profits.
Although volumes for the first six months were flat, the 2 percent lift – which accelerated in the latter half of the second quarter – could indicate a recovery in North America, where Coca-Cola is integrating with the Coca-Cola Enterprises bottling operations.
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Sapporo looks to the US for brand expansion
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July 22: Japanese brewer Sapporo wants to acquire a premium beer brand in the US as slow sales on the domestic market dog its expansion plans.
The brewer has narrowed down its list of potential targets to three or so, a Sapporo spokesman said last week.
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Brewer Adnams to save costs with bio-gas
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July 21: UK brewer Adnams will be one of the key beneficiaries of a renewable gas production system that uses brewery and domestic food waste as feedstock.
Construction of an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant near Southwold in Suffolk has been completed by Adnams Bio Energy Limited, a collaboration between Bio Energy and the brewer. The cost of the investment was not revealed.
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Stevia first for organic bottled tea
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 July 20: What is claimed to be the first ready-to-drink organic bottled tea naturally sweetened with organic stevia has been launched by Honest Tea in the US.
Passion Fruit Green Tea with Maqui Berry is said to be the first zero-calorie tea sweetened with organic stevia extract, a leafy plant native to South America that is sweeter than sugar, but does not contain any calories, to join Honest Tea’s PET line of teas.
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Von Teese adorns range of Perrier packs
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 July 19: Burlesque star Dita von Teese has been signed up by sparkling water brand Perrier to feature on a new range of packaging.
Cans, glass and PET bottles featuring the American model in a number of risqué poses will be sold in France and, from the beginning of August, in Selfridges stores in the UK.
Owned by Nestlé Waters, Perrier is calling the marketing campaign Paparazzi, with packs featuring black-and-white images of Von Teese next to newspaper-style graphics.
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More double-digit drinks growth for Vietnam
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July 19: Vietnam’s soft drinks sales grew by 16 percent last year, despite the uncertainties in other markets around the world.
According to the Vietnam Soft Drinks Industry Report from UK-based Canadean, growth outpaced China, but with an annual per capita of just under 19 litres its consumption remains less than a quarter of the global average.
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Heinz to go BPA-free for baby food in Australia
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July 15: Heinz is extending its use of bisphenol-A-free internal coatings for canned baby foods in the Australian market amid consumer concerns about the impact of the chemical on human health.
This is despite assurances from a number of worldwide regulatory bodies that bisphenol-A (BPA) is safe for use in the manufacture of epoxy phenolic coatings for cans and polycarbonate drinking bottles.
Heinz baked beans and pastas could also become BPA-free after the UK arm of the company said it was committed to changing the coatings on all of its cans.
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| Wednesday, July 14 | | · | Zero waste at two MillerCoors breweries |
| Tuesday, July 13 | | · | No-malt beers help Asahi lead Kirin in Japan |
| Monday, July 12 | | · | Hermann Kronseder, founder of Krones, dies |
| Friday, July 09 | | · | Cott Corporation to buy juice maker Cliffstar |
| · | Nestlé denies exit from Philippines: invests $93m in Coffee Mate |
| · | Del Monte sells fruit canning operations in South Africa |
| Thursday, July 08 | | · | Bottled water volume slips in US |
| Wednesday, July 07 | | · | Coca-Cola to double investment in Africa |
| · | Drinks producers join forces in India |
| Tuesday, July 06 | | · | Air care business at Sara Lee sold to P&G |
| · | Expansion in Equatorial Africa for Nestlé |
| · | Unilever commits to paper packaging sustainability |
| Thursday, July 01 | | · | SABMiller supports recycling in Colombia |
| Wednesday, June 30 | | · | JBT FoodTech expands into South East Asia |
| · | Brewer Pabst gets a new owner |
| · | Tulip's pork meat products launched in plastics containers |
| Tuesday, June 29 | | · | UK consumers quench thirst with more mango |
| · | Stay cool with refrigerated sidecars |
| Thursday, June 24 | | · | Aujan Industries targets drinks sales of $1bn |
| Wednesday, June 23 | | · | Sara Lee insecticides business to be sold to SC Johnson |
| · | Bluetongue Brewery in Australia starts production |
| · | Heinz buys Chinese soy sauce maker |
| Tuesday, June 22 | | · | Key line up for EuroPack conference |
| · | Danone and Unimilk in Russian merger |
| · | Survey reveals variations in the state of being green |
| · | New chief executive for Gerresheimer |
| Friday, June 18 | | · | Coca-Cola Hellenic improves its green credentials |
| Thursday, June 17 | | · | Drinks investment for Myanmar |
| Wednesday, June 16 | | · | Carlsberg ups stake in major Chinese brewery |
| Tuesday, June 15 | | · | Nestlé launches lightly carbonated juices in cans |
| · | SIG Combibloc’s carton investment in Brazil |
| Monday, June 14 | | · | Strong results, share repurchases for Del Monte |
| · | Stevia-sweetened Breton cola goes on sale |
| · | AmBev expands capacity in growing Brazil market |
| Tuesday, June 08 | | · | Coca-Cola to pay Dr Pepper $715m for distribution rights |
| · | Moroccan anchovy shortages impact French processors |
| Friday, June 04 | | · | BPA not a health risk, says Canadian health authority |
| Thursday, June 03 | | · | Wine divestment could trigger Foster’s beer takeover |
| Tuesday, June 01 | | · | Strong fourth quarter for Heinz |
| · | C&D Foods buys Nestlé canning plant |
| Thursday, May 27 | | · | Norway’s King Oscar canned seafood changes hands |
| Tuesday, May 25 | | · | Canned soups grow but profits pegged at Campbell |
| · | China’s Tsingtao plans its 54th brewery |
| · | Heineken stays top brand in Western Europe |
| Monday, May 24 | | · | Latin America boosts SABMiller earnings |
| · | Anheuser-Busch InBev regains Budweiser in Russia |
| Friday, May 21 | | · | PepsiCo plans to invest another $2.5bn in China |
| Thursday, May 20 | | · | One-off costs hit Hormel’s earnings |
| Wednesday, May 19 | | · | Britvic eyes Europe with French acquisition |
| · | Lowest US per capita CSD consumption for 20 years |
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