LONDON, UK: Global premium spirits business and independent, family-owned distiller William Grant & Sons has won the top Masters award for Glenfiddich and The Balvenie at this year's Scotch Whisky Masters, a competition by international trade drinks publication and leading global market authority, The Spirits Business. 20 Jul 2010
Game Stores has come a long way since it opened its first store in Durban in 1970 in cramped premises in the city's CBD, ringing up sales of R78 000 in its first month of trading. Its founders believed that shopping had become a tedious and boring pastime. They wanted to create a fun shopping environment and so conceptualised retailing as a game. The signature bright pink prevails to this day. 19 Jul 2010
The South African Breweries (SAB), the local arm of global brewing giant SABMiller plc, said Thursday, 15 July 2010, that its sales volumes during the FIFA World Cup were slightly ahead of expectations. 16 Jul 2010
The new mobi site for Welmoed wines, developed by Cell Smart, features an interface that is easily accessible using a basic cellphone with WAP (wireless access protocol), and comes with a variety of content modified for cellphones. 16 Jul 2010
Tom Ford Eyewear, distributed by Carl Zeiss Vision SA, has appointed Lindiwe Suttle as its South African brand ambassador, to exclusively wear this fashion designer's eyewear. 13 Jul 2010
Huggies recently launched a new mini-pack, consisting of three Huggies Dry Comfort nappies, which will be available in the traditional trade from general dealers and spaza shops. 7 Jul 2010
Savanna, one of South Africa's leading premium cider brands, has won a gold medal in its class, at Singapore's 2010 Beerfest Asia held late last month. It competed against a range of cider offerings produced all over the world. 6 Jul 2010
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: SABMiller Russia is to launch a new beer brand aimed at women. The new brand will be known as Essa, a premium beer flavoured with pineapple and grapefruit. It is to be produced at the brewery in Kaluga. 5 Jul 2010
Sparkl.co.za, the Appletiser website, has a new look and a variety of new functionalities to make members' lives easier. The lifestyle site now also includes a measurement converter, improved search functions across the site, a quick and easy recipe glossary and a useful services listing of recommended suppliers. 5 Jul 2010
Woolworths has launched Eco Walkmates Recycled, children's shoes made from recycled materials offering not environmentally friendly shoes but also kids' feet friendly, carrying the seal of approval of the South African Podiatry Association. This product is part of the company's Good business journey, where it is committed to finding new ways to recycle, re-use and re-purpose materials that might otherwise go to landfill. 5 Jul 2010
Amarula Cream, which created a special commemorative bottling to mark South Africa's hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, has recorded double-digit volume growth for the 12 months to May 2010, compared with the comparable period the year before, according to Caroline Snyman, who heads Distell's spirits business division. 2 Jul 2010
Luxury goods group Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA Depositary Receipts (CFR) on Tuesday, 29 June 2010, expressed its "deep sorrow" at the sudden death of Swatch founder Nicolas Hayek. 30 Jun 2010
Woolworths has launched a range of yoghurts made with traditional African botanicals including baobab, buchu and rooibos and paired with South African fruits. In keeping with the group's Good business journey goals (and like its other yoghurts) they are packed in recyclable containers and the buchu & baobab extracts have been sustainably sourced. The yoghurts contain HOWARU probiotic cultures, which are clinically proven to stimulate the immune system and aid lactose digestion when eaten regularly. 29 Jun 2010
The Kasteelberg range will become the flagship range of wines for Riebeek Cellar, which produced its first Méthod Cap Classique, Kasteelberg MCC in 2007. 28 Jun 2010
Zizo Beda is a hot property right now. The beautiful lass has just been snapped up to be the face of a major beauty campaign. 25 Jun 2010
Chilla Beverage Co. has launched its latest innovation, the Chilla Choco Stick - made from pure Belgium chocolate. Available in milk and dark chocolate variants, the chocolate block on a stick is designed to be stirred into a glass of warm milk to create the ultimate hot chocolate drink. 25 Jun 2010
Elize Coetzee, the new winemaker at Zonnebloem wines, who takes over the responsibility of making all the white wines from cellar manager Deon Boshoff, who was promoted to cellar manager at Adam Tas Cellar earlier in the year. 25 Jun 2010
To become a member of the Biodiversity & Wine Initiative (BWI), unspoilt land from five Swartland producers, Babylonstoren, Nooitgedacht, Doornfontein, Rondomskrik and Orangerie, was identified for conservation equating to more than 2800ha. 24 Jun 2010
PARIS, FRANCE: French food giant Danone and Russia's Unimilk announced on Friday, 18 June 2010, they were combining their fresh milk interests in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. 23 Jun 2010
HERZOGENAURACH, GERMANY: German sportswear and equipment group Adidas said Monday, 21 June 2010, that it expected record 2010 football-related sales thanks to the World Cup in South Africa. 23 Jun 2010
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