JSE-listed food services franchisor Famous Brands has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of and claims against Steers Properties and the entire share capital of and... 

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has warned that the South African fruit farming sector, which is the largest employer of farm workers in the country, was, over the next decade... 

A substantial portion of plastic waste is not recycled and ends up in landfills, contributing greatly to plastics being regarded as the biggest environmental threat, says industry body Plastics SA... 

The need for and uptake of the circular economy mindset by larger organisations locally and globally was addressed during a webinar hosted by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy... 

South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation surged 1.8% in month-on-month (m-o-m) terms in August, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has reported in its latest... 

JSE-listed Oceana’s board has appointed Zafar Mahomed as CFO designate and executive director effective from November 1. He will succeed interim CFO and executive director Ralph Buddle. Following... 

Beverage producer South African Breweries (SAB) has launched its first environment, social and governance (ESG) strategy, and will release its first Global Reporting Initiative-compliant ESG report... 

Investment holding company Remgro recorded a strong financial year ended June 30, despite headwinds that the company says can be regarded as extreme events, which disrupted the global and local... 

With load-shedding escalating as South Africa enters the summer crop planting season, the current energy crisis may have implications for food security into the coming year unless farmers can put... 

Wine production, from growing to packaging and selling, has a heavy carbon footprint despite having “green” vineyards and, therefore, the winemaking industry has turned its attention to reducing... 

Former executives of struggling sugar producer Tongaat Hulett made their first appearance in the Durban High Court on Thursday, facing charges related to fraud amounting to about R3.5-billion.... 

Industry organisation the Beer Association of South Africa (Basa), in submissions made on the 2022 Draft Tax Bills, strongly advocates for, at minimum, an increase in excise duties that is... 

Consumer packaged goods group Libstar’s diverse category-led and multichannel operating model has, once again, proved its mettle with the company posting 14.1% year-on-year growth in normalised... 

Consumer packaged goods group Libstar has announced its CFO Charl de Villiers will take over as CEO, effective January 1, 2023. This follows after CEO and co-founder Andries van Rensburg... 

The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve, with conditions, the proposed transaction whereby the Heineken Group through Sunside Acquisitions (Newco) intends... 

JSE-listed agriculture and agroprocessing company Tongaat Hulett this week said it was making progress with its debt restructuring plan, which has resulted in a new R600-million borrowing base... 

JSE-listed diversified food company RCL Foods’ revenue increased by 10.2% to R34.9-billion for the financial year ended June 30. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation... 

Hostex took place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 26 to 28 June, just a few days after the Covid-19 mask-wearing restrictions were lifted. Gary Corin, MD of Specialised Exhibitions - a... 

In the food and beverage packaging industry, authenticity is essential. Consumers need to know that the foods they are purchasing consist of the things listed on their labels, because food... 

The introduction of the Fourth Industrial Revolution has shifted the focus towards enabling better monitoring of some critical and noncritical processes in the food and beverage industry, with... 

Modern machinery used in the food and beverage sector often requires chains of the same length to be used in pairs or other multiples. For these applications, specialists from industrial equipment... 

While multinational companies in the local food and beverage industry have implemented integrated multidiscipline control systems for their operations, small, medium-sized and microenterprises... 

The war between Russia and the Ukraine has impacted the local food and beverage sector on several fronts, says bearings and power transmission supplier Bearings International (BI) market segment... 

South African food and non-alcoholic beverage inflation hit 9.7%, in year-on-year terms, in July, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has reported. This is the highest level since... 

JSE-listed seafood and aquaculture company Sea Harvest achieved a 29% year-on-year increase in revenue to R2.7-billion for the six months to June 30, as revenue grew across all segments. Gross... 

Despite the global impact of the war in the Ukraine on shipping rates, the impact of commodity prices and the effects of general inflation on JSE-listed aluminium supplier Hulamin’s production... 

Industry organisation the Beer Association of South Africa (Basa) is appealing to government to redress the disparities in the application of excise duties within the alcohol industry, which have... 

South African drinks maker Distell reported a 36.7% jump in annual profit on Thursday as consumers bought more wine, ciders and spirits despite cost of living pressures, but said rising costs were... 

JSE-listed foodservice multinational Bidcorp's 25 000 employees deserve the credit for a “phenomenal job” during the financial year ended June 30, during which net revenue increased by 28.2% to... 

JSE-listed fishing company Oceana has been granted a dispensation for the extension of interim CFO Ralph Buddle’s tenure until January 31, 2023. Oceana suspended CFO Hajra Karrim on February 7 and... 

According to the ‘Essential Food Pricing Monitoring Report’, released by the Competition Commission on August 24, South African consumers may be facing opportunistic price increases in sunflower... 

Food and beverage manufacturer Tiger Brands is moving to procure 2 MW of solar across four manufacturing sites as part of a broader initiative to introduce renewable energy across 35 sites by 2030... 

A 99-year lease in Shongweni, KwaZulu-Natal, has been announced between local development company Fundamentum Property Group and sugar producer Tongaat Hulett.  The transaction, which has been... 

Packaged goods manufacturer Libstar says it has experienced another period of supply chain disruptions, significant cost inflation and consumer pressures in the six months ended June 30, but still... 

The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) says it is disappointed in the suspension of anti-dumping duties on certain imported chicken products, adding that the South African industry has...