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Cape Town chef set to leave for international competition
Angelo Scirocco of Chefs Warehouse and Canteen, Cape Town,will be representing Africa at The San Pellegrino Young Chef 2015 award is to be held on 26 June, 2015, in Milan and 20 young chefs from all over the planet will be in competition for the top award... read more>>



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Shoprite and Checkers launch winter warmth campaign
Shoprite and Checkers have initiated their #ActsOfWarmth winter campaign, which aims to inspire South Africans to act for warmth. The campaign officially launched yesterday with well-known South African personalities taking up the challenge to make a difference in the lives of others... read more>>
Mixed-media artist and maize meal brand unite to help nourish and feed
Thanks to a collaboration between a well-known mixed-media artist and a maize meal brand, an art exhibition in Durban is to help nourish, feed and bring about social change, via community support at grassroots level through feeding schemes and a sewing project... read more>>
FMCG
Nestlé layoffs in Africa 'won't affect SA'

Fifi Peters

Plans by the world's biggest food and drinks company, Nestlé, to reduce staff across the continent will not affect SA, its Bryanston-based unit said on Wednesday... read more>>
Grant's goes Gold
It was a good year for Grant's whisky at this year's Global Scotch Whisky Masters, held at London's Spice Market, as every variant won a medal in its respective category... read more>>
Manufacturing
Where the rubber meets the road

Issued by Pyrotec

There's no doubt that innovative technology is where the rubber meets the road in any manufacturing operation. This is no different for coding, marking, labelling, and print and apply labelling units... read more>>
Sales
SA April retail trade sales up 3.4% y/y vs 2.5% y/y rise in March
Growth in retail trade sales increased much more than expected in April, despite load shedding and deteriorating consumer confidence... read more>>
Supply Chain
Infor Advanced Planning optimises supply chains
Infor, the industry cloud company, announced Infor Advanced Planning 11, a configurable constraint-based supply chain planning solution to optimise supply chains... read more>>
International
New York exhibition plots rise of global fashion
NEW YORK: Paris, Milan, New York and London may reign in world fashion, but Asian and South American cities are ones to watch, according to an exhibition at one of the world's best design schools... read more>>
US bans 'unsafe' trans fats in food
WASHINGTON: Artificial trans fats found in everything from margarine to cookies and frozen pizzas are not safe to eat and must be removed from food in the next three years, US regulators said Tuesday... read more>>
Woolworths chief quits, 1,200 jobs to go
SYDNEY: Australian supermarket giant Woolworths said on Wednesday its chief executive will quit and 1,200 jobs faced the axe after months of disappointing sales... read more>>
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Africa
Linksys seeks distribution partners in Africa
Linksys is seeking strategic distribution partnerships with the leading value added distributors in Africa... read more>>
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Cashless Payments Summit
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Supply Chain and Logistics Summit 2015
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The South African Book Fair 2015
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5th Telecom CEM, CRM and Loyalty Summit
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China Homelife Fair South Africa
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