LONDON, UK: British chocolate maker Cadbury said that its chairman and chief executive will step down following the successful takeover offer from US giant Kraft Foods. 4 Feb 2010
Global brewing giant SABMiller (SAB) said earlier today, Thursday 4 February 2010, that the High Court of Justice in England and Wales has sanctioned the Scheme of Arrangement to give effect to the group's proposed broad-based black economic empowerment transaction in South Africa. 4 Feb 2010
Pacmar, a packaging company, has signed up for Africa's Big Seven (AB7) taking place at Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand from 25-27 July 2010. A first-time exhibitor, the company aims to access foreign markets. 4 Feb 2010
The Competition Tribunal on Wednesday, 3 February 2010, imposed a penalty of R195.72 million on Pioneer Foods for its role in a bread cartel. 4 Feb 2010
The Mzansi Market at Killarney Mall, Johannesburg, launched last Saturday, 30 January 2010, with an inspired mix of South African culture. 4 Feb 2010
BORDEAUX, FRANCE: Bordeaux vintners and merchants are rallying to survive in a thirsty but tumultuous US market after their biggest customer there defected. 3 Feb 2010
LONDON, UK: US group Kraft Foods on Tuesday, 2 February 2010, clinched a takeover deal for Cadbury, as fears grew for thousands of jobs at the iconic British confectioner swallowed up by the American giant. 3 Feb 2010
Members of the Food and Allied Workers' Union, who have been on strike at soft drinks producer ABI since 22 December 2009, are gradually making their way back to work, the company said yesterday, 2 February. 3 Feb 2010
FNB's hugely popular rewards programme, eBucks, achieved its highest festive season with members spending over R75 million worth of eBucks. This resulted in an 8.4% increase for the calendar year, which is in stark contrast to the 4.8%1 decline in general retail sales for 2009, which many retailers reported as below market expectations. 3 Feb 2010
The total income generated by the food and beverages industry for November 2009 decreased by 6.6% compared with November 2008, data released on Tuesday, 2 February 2010, by Statistics South Africa shows. 3 Feb 2010
The McDonald's Player Escort Programme launched last week to find 1200 South African children who will form part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup proceedings by walking hand-in-hand with world-renowned football players onto the pitch before each game. 3 Feb 2010
The Kusile Management Development Programme welcomed its new intake of 18 management development trainees on Monday 1 February 2010 at the start of their 18-month programme. 3 Feb 2010
The annual Waste Management conference and exhibition, run by the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA), will take place on 4-8 October 2010 at Emperor's Palace Convention Centre, OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg. 3 Feb 2010
The full results of the FHM Guy Awards 2010 are out now in the March issue of FHM. Readers have voted online for the best beverages and other consumables to favourite sporting events and teams. 3 Feb 2010
Agri-Vie, the sub-Saharan private equity fund investing in food and agribusiness, announced on Tuesday, 2 February 2010, it had acquired, for an undisclosed amount, a substantial equity stake in Dew Crisp, which has an estimated 28% share of the major supermarket convenience salad market in South Africa. 2 Feb 2010
In response to requests from shoppers around the country, Woolworths has just introduced a range of fashionable footwear in a wider fitting. 2 Feb 2010
A bid to import sable antelope from Zambia was delayed when the North Gauteng High Court ordered that a risk analysis relating to foot-and-mouth disease be done. 2 Feb 2010
WASHINGTON, USA: US book publisher Macmillan is raising its e-book prices in a move that threatens to shake up the market and is being strongly opposed by Amazon, maker of the Kindle electronic book reader. 2 Feb 2010
Manufacturing activity quickened for the sixth month in a row last month, and employment in the sector picked up for the first time since April 2008, a key industry survey showed this week. 2 Feb 2010
A small business panel was selected in 2007 by the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) of the University of South Africa (Unisa) and revisited in 2008 and 2009 to study small business sustainability and mortality amongst them within an increasingly competitive environment. 2 Feb 2010
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