Cape Town's food and beverage manufacturing sector is an important earner of foreign exchange for the city. This is according to the City of Cape Town's Economic Performance Indicators (EPIC) Report for the fourth quarter of 2016, which shows that this sector is one of the few manufacturing industries in the city that has a positive trade balance. 15 May 2017
Hunter's has released Edge, a new hybrid drink that combines cider refreshment with the taste of hops. 12 May 2017
Five local PET (polyethylene terephthalate) collectors in the Harrismith community have received waste recycling trolleys from the partnership of Boxmore Packaging and PETCO, the organisation responsible for fulfilling the South African PET plastic industry's role of extended producer responsibility. 12 May 2017
Manufacturing production slumped in the first quarter of the year, Statistics SA reported on Thursday. Seasonally adjusted manufacturing production decreased by 0.9% in the first quarter compared with the fourth quarter of 2016. 12 May 2017
Olympic International, part of the Bolton Footwear brand stable, has signed a two-year partnership with the South Africa Hockey Association and SA Schools Netball, as the official footwear partner. 12 May 2017
The competitive online retail environment has forced retailers to reassess many aspects of their business, including trading hours. This is according to Carel Fourie, CEO of Oryx Properties, a Namibian Stock Exchange-listed company that has 287 tenants in 25 properties in retail, industrial and office real estate. 12 May 2017
Eastern Cape businessman Stephen Dondolo says his black-owned investment firm African Pioneer Group plans to enter the beverage market with its own brand in mind. 11 May 2017
Joe Public's recent campaign for Jet, which went live in-store on 24 April, takes a tongue-in-cheek look at what it means to be a mom. 11 May 2017
There are over 750 business systems in South Africa claiming to be franchises, of which a large number are not accredited members of the Franchise Association of South Africa (FASA). 11 May 2017
Small and family-owned retailers told public hearings on Tuesday of their struggle to conduct business in townships and rural areas, with national supermarket chains increasingly extending their reach into these previously underserviced regions. 11 May 2017
LONDON, England - British retail sales grew sharply in April, official data showed Tuesday, but analysts put the strong figures down to the late timing of the Easter holiday. 11 May 2017
Global processing and packaging firm Tetra Pak has pioneered a new generation of digital technologies to boost efficiency for customers. These focus on improving the ability to predict machine errors, accelerating response times and giving the customer faster, direct access to the group's global expertise. 10 May 2017
NEWSWATCH: The Competition Commission has launched a large investigation into South Africa's four largest retailers: Shoprite, Pick n Pay, Spar and Woolworths. Public hearings are currently underway in Cape Town following claims that the retailers in question have developed a chokehold on the market. 10 May 2017
Large food retailers have told Parliament they prefer locally sourced poultry products to imports. 10 May 2017
Three years ago, TFG launched its SewGood programme to assist more than 40,000 people annually by providing training and skills development to previously unemployed women to create tens of thousands of blankets that are distributed to those in desperate need. 10 May 2017
The future of the Consumer Goods and Services Ombudsman (CGSO) - a vital dispute resolution service for consumers who feel their rights have been rubbished by retailers - is at risk because thousands of businesses are refusing to register and fund it. 10 May 2017
Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS), a global provider of software solutions to the retail, wholesale, merchant and distribution market, has reached an agreement to acquire Stellenbosch-based IQ Retail. 10 May 2017
The verbal war over whether or not the dumping of cheap imported chicken portions is to blame for the woes of the poultry industry, has feathers flying between two lobby groups. 10 May 2017
NEW YORK - Iconic American tuna brand Bumble Bee Foods agreed to plead guilty and pay a $25 million fine for conspiring to fix prices of canned seafood, the Justice Department of announced on Monday. 9 May 2017
The ninth iteration of the industrial action plan (Ipap) that Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies launched on Monday is an action plan and an effort to promote domestic and regional industrialisation. 9 May 2017
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