The big ad spender has reportedly joined the advertising boycott of Facebook, as organisers of the Stop Hate for Profit campaign group spread the call across the world.
Grabox – like a similar American company called Cargo – aims to capitalize on the captive audience in rideshare vehicles by selling snacks through a cashless system.
Wise Snacks owner Arca Continental (AC) - the second largest Coca Cola bottler in Latin America - has acquired Deep River Snacks to gain entry into the better-for-you (BFY) segment in the US.
Thanks to drink manufacturers reformulating sugar out of their products, the UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now predicts significantly less revenue from the sugar tax - but does this really signal a change in the public diet?
The General Court of the European Union has dismissed a request by The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) to register a contour bottle without fluting as a Community trademark.
From an E-Z SnackPak by Ampac, Drinkfinity pods by PepsiCo US, Coca Cola’s Contour PET glass and Cadbury Glow by Mondelēz International – We round up the best F&B entries at the WPO (World Packaging Organisation) WorldStar Awards 2016.
Dr Michael Okoroafor, VP, Packaging R&D/Innovation, H.J. Heinz, will open the keynote address at PMMI’s (The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies), East Afripack 2014.
Associated British Foods – worst-in-class in an Oxfam report critical of 10 food giants for essentially operating under a corporate social responsibility (CSR) “veil of secrecy” – has hit back, slamming the report ‘s findings as “ridiculous”.
Sorry guys, the World Cup is not all about football. It’s about food too, and this year’s tournament should kick off a whole new debate about our sporting food culture.
Beverage, meat and snack packaging innovations featured strongly as prize-winners in the DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers awards were announced this week.
Eighty per cent of functional food product launches fail within 18 months, according to a new report that draws lessons from 15 high-profile failures from the likes of Danone, Emmi, Pepsico, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Unilever.
Nestle today refused to confirm reports that they had turned down a
merger with PepsiCo last spring, a deal that would have created one
of the largest and most powerful food and beverage companies in the
world.
Riding the trend for natural ingredients in food and drink
products, Wild says its natural ACE beverage concept - which uses
vitamins exclusively derived from organic sources - is boosting
flagging sales in the beverage sector.
Coca-Cola is launching a lighter-weight bottle for its major brands
in the UK, fulfilling a pledge to reduce the amount of
packaging used for its products, the company said today.
Product development gurus are increasingly attempting to use
consumer trends for natural ingredients and more nutritious
beverages to drive growth in the carbonated soft drinks category.
Women who drink four or more cola beverages per week have a higher
risk of developing the bone disease osteoporosis, finds a new
study, landing another blow on fizzy drinks makers.
Move over caffeine. A new breed of energy drinks are referencing
illegal drugs in their marketing - but without actually containing
them - in a bid to capture the lucrative, party-going youth market.
Coca-Cola is now facing a labour relations problem in the US, after
the Teamsters Union joined protesters calling for boycotts against
the company over alleged human rights violations in Colombia.
PepsiCo's successful diversity and faster action on health has
taken it ahead of Coca-Cola in the market for the first time in 112
years, but don't be fooled into thinking Coca-Cola is dead wood.
In a new brand partnership tie-up, UK ingredients firm Tate &
Lyle hunts for growth in the competitive breakfast market raising
brand awareness for a new product that contains the company's
flagship golden syrup, reports...
Tate and Lyle said today that overall trading had continued to be
strong during the last three months boosted by demand for its high
intensity sweetener Splenda.
Coke war drives innovation in diet drink sweetener formulations
with the number one soft drinks player Coca-Cola rolling out a new
aspartame and acesulfame potassium based cola onto the market,
writes Lindsey Partos.
Pursuit Dynamics has signed an agreement with the UK subsidiary of
Coca-Cola Enterprises to supply innovative fluid processing
technology for the production of soft drinks.
COFCO Coca-Cola Beverage said it has begun construction of a $12
million new production facility in Lanzhou's high technology
district, in the central western region of China.
Most food companies are too short-term focused when it comes to
adopting new technology, claims a packaging expert. They need to
adopt long-term strategic planning and pay closer attention to
changing trends if they wish to stay ahead...
US federal investigators are investigating Coca-Cola's dealings
with Japanese company Takasago International in connection with
allegations of channel stuffing. It is alleged that the beverage
giant overstated financial results...
The last few years have seen a quickening in the pace of new
product launches by the world's top two soft drinks companies, with
new flavour or formula variants of the traditional Coca-Cola and
Pepsi brands leading the way.
Leading beverage can manufacturer Amcor has begun manufacturing
SuperEnd beverage ends Down Under under license from packaging
giant Crown. The high-performance can ends are being filled and
seamed by Coca Cola Amatil and Fosters...
CCHBC, one of the world's largest Coca-Cola bottlers, is now about
to become a leading supplier of savoury snacks, at least in its
home market of Greece.
Arca Systems, which develops products and systems for materials
handling, has developed a new packaging system for soft drink
products together with The Coca-Cola Company.
Hot on the heels of Pepsi-Cola's announcement that it is to update
the labelling of its entire Pepsi range, Coca-Cola has this week
unveiled a new package design for its Diet Coke soft drink.
Coca-Cola is abandoning the "splash graphic" design it
introduced two years ago and returning to the familiar Coke ribbons
for a look on cans and bottles that is traditional but updated, the
company has announced.
Shares of Mexico's Pepsi-Gemex rose sharply on after US-based Pepsi
Bottling Group has confirmed that a deal has been reached to buy
Mexico's main Pepsi products bottler.
