SHANGHAI, CHINA: French food giant Danone said Wednesday, 30 September 2009, it had ended its longstanding feud with Wahaha, China's largest soft drink maker, by agreeing to sell its 51% stake in their joint ventures. 1 Oct 2009
Mars Africa, the wholly owned division of Mars Inc a family owned business established in 1911 producing some of the world's leading confectionery, was named as one of the five best companies to work for in South Africa. This was according to the Deloitte Best Company to Work for Survey released yesterday, 29 September 2009. 30 Sep 2009
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS: Anglo-Dutch food and cosmetics giant Unilever said it had made a binding offer of €1.28 billion (US$1.83 billion) for the personal care operations of US giant Sara Lee Corp. 29 Sep 2009
Robert Riedel, a veteran of the liquor trade, joined Swartland Winery in September 2009 as the new marketing manager. He is known for the successes of Oude Meester brandy and Amarula Cream, and their rise in the global market, during his time at the KWV and early years in Bergkelder. 29 Sep 2009
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: British confectionery maker Cadbury denied that the group had softened its hostile stance towards a takeover bid from US giant Kraft Foods, despite recent press reports to the contrary. 28 Sep 2009
Nestlé, the world's biggest food group, last week announced a new chairman and managing director of Nestlé South Africa, effective from the beginning of next month. 28 Sep 2009
Shoprite announced its winner of Perishable Supplier of the Year last week and, out of six contestants, the award went to Fair Cape Dairies, manufacturers of Fair Cape Free Range milk and dairy products. 28 Sep 2009
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: The share price of British confectioner Cadbury climbed on Tuesday, 22 September 2009, after its chief executive admitted that a tie-up with US giant Kraft Foods made "some strategic sense." 25 Sep 2009
Tiger Brands said on Tuesday, 22 September 2009, it is launching an accelerated bookbuild placing of 10.327 million ordinary shares of Adcock Ingram Holdings to global and South African institutional investors. 23 Sep 2009
SA Olive, the governing body of the olive industry and Consol, the competition sponsor, announced the results of the 2009 SA Olive Awards on Wednesday, 16 September 2009. This year's entries saw a 54% increase over 2008, as entrants competed in Commercial and Boutique classes of olive oil and 10 extra virgin olive oils were named the finest of the current South African vintage. 22 Sep 2009
A new high-end parfum, Idiom by Tammy, is possibly the world's first to be inspired by wine and is the result of a partnership between the Bottega family's Idiom wines and Tammy Frazer of Frazer Parfum. 18 Sep 2009
The Darsot Food Corporation has launched two new Chakalaka variants, Dürsots Mild Chakalaka and Dürsots Hot Chakalaka. 16 Sep 2009
SHANGHAI, CHINA: Coca-Cola said on Tuesday, 15 September 2009, two former employees of its Shanghai bottling company had been arrested for corruption. 16 Sep 2009
LONDON, UK: British confectioner Cadbury criticised US food giant Kraft Foods for having a "low growth" business model in rejecting their "unappealing" takeover bid, a letter on its website showed. 14 Sep 2009
Following on from the very successful 2008 LG Life Tastes Good Cooking Competition, LG Electronics is again calling all the best amateur chefs in South Africa to enter their favourite recipes online with a photo of the dish. 10 Sep 2009
Baby food brand, Purity has launched two new organic teas for babies and toddlers: Organic Rooibos & Strawberry Tea and Organic Good Nights Rooibos & Chamomile Tea. 9 Sep 2009
NEW YORK, USA: US chocolate maker Hershey could jump into a takeover battle with a bid for Cadbury after the British confectioner rejected an offer from food giant Kraft Foods, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, 8 September 2009. 9 Sep 2009
Sony Ericsson confirmed its adoption of the newly announced Sony brand message ‘make.believe' in all consumer communication in order to reinforce its entertainment credentials and collaboration with the Sony Group. It announced this on Friday 4 September 2009, as part of its on-going business transformation, with realignment of its external visual identity and brand values, to deliver its vision of becoming the communication entertainment brand. 8 Sep 2009
The Penny Black, the flagship in the Post House wine range, is a bold red blend that has contained the same cultivar components for its first four vintages, a merlot- and shiraz-led blend with cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot and a little Chenin Blanc (never more than 5-6%). 4 Sep 2009
Steri Stumpie, South Africa's iconic flavoured milk brand, has launched two new flavours with the help of an interactive social media campaign to reveal its latest taste - Marshmallow and Raspberry. 3 Sep 2009
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