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Blue Label Media partners with African Bank to roll out new corporate identity across 155 buses

Copper could cure Murray & Roberts cold after De Beers diamond cough

Lindsey Schutters

Data breach alert: Over 100,000 fake accounts linked to SA grant-fraud claim

News24 journalists take top honours in 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

Leadership shakeup at Moderna ahead of major vaccine rollouts

Katja Hamilton

State of the Retail Nation Q3: Consumer confidence starts to recover ahead of Black Friday

Didn't understand the investment policy fine print? New ruling offers no sympathy

Karin MacKenzie

Mattel scrambles after Wicked doll packaging links to explicit site

Boxer formally announces its intention to list on JSE

#OrchidsandOnions: Spar reminds us why we're special with Christmas ad

Brendan Seery

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World food prices dip by 1.9% in December

10 Jan 2023

Major brands failing to meet plastic sustainability goals

3 Nov 2022

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Cadbury-maker Mondelez pumps another $600m into cocoa sustainability programme

1 Nov 2022

Lindt's chocolate bunny trade mark win shows shape matters to consumers

Enrico Bonadio and Alina Trapova 12 Oct 2022

Bisquit & Dubouché's Vincent Chappe on championing Cognac craft and community

Bisquit & Dubouché's Vincent Chappe on championing Cognac craft and community

Lauren Hartzenberg 28 Sep 2022

Outgoing Unilever CEO Alan Jope. Source: Supplied

Unilever CEO Alan Jope to retire

27 Sep 2022

Pentawards 2022: Best in global packaging design revealed

Pentawards 2022: Best in global packaging design revealed

26 Sep 2022

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

15 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied

Diageo buys flavour-matching AI tech company Vivanda

7 Jul 2022

Salmonella halts production at world's biggest chocolate plant

Salmonella halts production at world's biggest chocolate plant

1 Jul 2022

Mondelez International portfolio of brands. Source: Supplied

Mondelez to buy energy bar maker Clif Bar & Company for nearly $3bn

24 Jun 2022

Source: Tormore Scotch Whisky

Pernod Ricard to sell Tormore Scotch Whisky brand and distillery

23 Jun 2022

Mars CEO Grant Reid to retire, Poul Weihrauch named successor

Mars CEO Grant Reid to retire, Poul Weihrauch named successor

23 Jun 2022

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Revlon files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

17 Jun 2022

Revlon on the verge of Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing

13 Jun 2022

Source: Firmenich

DSM-Firmenich merger to create largest fragrance, beauty, well-being and nutrition supplier

6 Jun 2022

Source: L'Oréal

L'Oréal launches fund to invest in female-founded startups

1 Jun 2022

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Starbucks retreats from Russia

24 May 2022

Nut industry hit with unanticipated market impacts and lockdowns in China

Nut industry hit with unanticipated market impacts and lockdowns in China

23 May 2022

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

Nelson Banya 11 May 2022

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Source: ©monticello via

World food prices dip by 1.9% in December

10 Jan 2023

Major brands failing to meet plastic sustainability goals

3 Nov 2022

Source: feathercollector -

Cadbury-maker Mondelez pumps another $600m into cocoa sustainability programme

1 Nov 2022

Lindt's chocolate bunny trade mark win shows shape matters to consumers

Enrico Bonadio and Alina Trapova 12 Oct 2022

Bisquit & Dubouché's Vincent Chappe on championing Cognac craft and community

Bisquit & Dubouché's Vincent Chappe on championing Cognac craft and community

Lauren Hartzenberg 28 Sep 2022

Outgoing Unilever CEO Alan Jope. Source: Supplied

Unilever CEO Alan Jope to retire

27 Sep 2022

Pentawards 2022: Best in global packaging design revealed

Pentawards 2022: Best in global packaging design revealed

26 Sep 2022

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

15 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied

Diageo buys flavour-matching AI tech company Vivanda

7 Jul 2022

Salmonella halts production at world's biggest chocolate plant

Salmonella halts production at world's biggest chocolate plant

1 Jul 2022

Mondelez International portfolio of brands. Source: Supplied

Mondelez to buy energy bar maker Clif Bar & Company for nearly $3bn

24 Jun 2022

Source: Tormore Scotch Whisky

Pernod Ricard to sell Tormore Scotch Whisky brand and distillery

23 Jun 2022

Mars CEO Grant Reid to retire, Poul Weihrauch named successor

Mars CEO Grant Reid to retire, Poul Weihrauch named successor

23 Jun 2022

Source: ©kasto -

Revlon files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

17 Jun 2022

Revlon on the verge of Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing

13 Jun 2022

Source: Firmenich

DSM-Firmenich merger to create largest fragrance, beauty, well-being and nutrition supplier

6 Jun 2022

Source: L'Oréal

L'Oréal launches fund to invest in female-founded startups

1 Jun 2022

Source: https://www.pexels.com/ Pexels]]

Starbucks retreats from Russia

24 May 2022

Nut industry hit with unanticipated market impacts and lockdowns in China

Nut industry hit with unanticipated market impacts and lockdowns in China

23 May 2022

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

Nelson Banya 11 May 2022

Boycotting Russian products might feel right, but can individual consumers really make a difference?

Mike Lee 24 Mar 2022

How the war in Ukraine will affect food prices

How the war in Ukraine will affect food prices

16 Mar 2022

Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

CPG giants Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez scale back business in Russia

11 Mar 2022

Major food companies curb business activity in Russia

Major food companies curb business activity in Russia

9 Mar 2022

Global food prices rise to record high in February

Global food prices rise to record high in February

7 Mar 2022

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ange Aboa 4 Mar 2022

Miguel Patricio, CEO at Kraft Heinz and Matias Muchnick, co-founder and CEO at NotCo. Source: Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz in joint venture to drive AI-driven plant-based food innovation

24 Feb 2022

Coca-Cola sets goal to make 25% of packaging reusable by 2030

Coca-Cola sets goal to make 25% of packaging reusable by 2030

14 Feb 2022

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Global food prices rise in January

3 Feb 2022

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Denis J Murphy 31 Jan 2022

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Unilever to cull 1,500 jobs in major restructuring

26 Jan 2022

GlaxoSmithKline rejects Unilever's £50bn bid for consumer health unit

17 Jan 2022

How big companies are targeting middle-income countries to boost ultra-processed food sales

Edwin Kwong, Joanna Williams, Phillip Baker, Rob Moodie and Thiago M Santos 22 Oct 2021

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

4 Oct 2021

Coffee bean prices have doubled in the past year and may double again - what's going on?

Coffee bean prices have doubled in the past year and may double again - what's going on?

Jonathan Morris 1 Oct 2021

Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history

Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history

Alastair Smith 28 Sep 2021

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Nestlé's transition towards a regenerative food system speeds up

21 Sep 2021

Nestlé opens its largest R+D Accelerator

Nestlé opens its largest R+D Accelerator

2 Sep 2021

Global food commodity prices rebound in August

Global food commodity prices rebound in August

2 Sep 2021

Source: Supplied

Philip Morris expands smoke-free Iqos brand

17 Aug 2021

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