Pick n Pay now stocks UCook's range of ready-made frozen Craft Meals, created by some of SA's top chefs. This will be the first time UCook customers can buy their meals from a physical store...
15 Sep 2020
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Verusha Maharaj, advertising and marketing lead at Deloitte Consulting unpacks how marketers can retain their existing customer base and embrace the new and also elaborates on how they can start building trust and get consumers to fall in love with their brands during the pandemic...
Juanita Pienaar 27 Jul 2020
Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel said that retailers are not supposed to sell hot prepared foods, and that businesses were told this at the start of the national lockdown...
20 Apr 2020
Kauai has extended its brand onto retail shelves with the launch of its frozen product range in partnership with Pick n Pay...
19 Dec 2019
Summary of IndexBox's latest report published; "The US Frozen Fruit, Juice, And Vegetable Market. Analysis and Forecast to 2025"...
7 Jun 2019
When Marian Salzman, one of the world's top trendspotters, invited me to discuss all things social marketing trend-related over coffee at the end of 2018, I jumped at the chance. This is the first of three overviews of our talking points...
Leigh Andrews 14 Jan 2019
For Muslims, halal food follows certain rules proscribed by Islamic law. It usually pertains to ritual slaughter and abstention from certain items like pork, blood and alcohol...
Febe Armanios 23 Oct 2018
A recent episode of Special Assignment looked into how unsafe imported chicken ends up in consumers' pots...
23 Jan 2018
Britain's biggest cigarette wholesaler, Palmer & Harvey (P&H), collapsed into administration on Tuesday, with around 2,500 staff facing redundancy...
30 Nov 2017
In the 1940s tinned foods were extremely popular as a means of preserving products for extended periods of time. However, given the fact that heavy rationing was imposed on these products during World War II, frozen food packaged in paperboard cartons began to emerge as a credible alternative...
Michelle Newman 8 Nov 2017
The Fry Family Food Co., a popular South African brand of plant-based meat alternatives, has launched Crafted, a new clean label range made from 100% natural ingredients...
3 Nov 2017
Just when you thought the Loeries buzz was over, the Loeries' rankings are in! I chatted to some of this year's top-ranked creatives post-celebrations. We continue the global and local insights with BBDO...
Leigh Andrews 2 Nov 2017
The full list of winners for the 39th Annual Loerie Awards, which concluded on 20 August 2017 at the Durban ICC, have been announced. Congratulations to all...
20 Aug 2017
The Saturday night winners of the 39th Annual Loerie Awards, which took place on 19 August 2017 at the Durban ICC, have been announced. Congratulations to all...
19 Aug 2017
Finalists have been announced in the Loeries' Live Events, Activations, Sponsorships, PR and Media Communication categories...
15 Aug 2017
Finalists have been announced in the Loeries' Shared Value category, which is sponsored by Unilever, and in the Service Design category, sponsored by Accenture Interactive...
15 Aug 2017
Finalists have been announced in the Loeries' Digital & Interactive Communication category, which is sponsored by Google...
14 Aug 2017
It's been a long time since the general store was the go-to place for consumers to pick up everything they needed from week to week...
30 Mar 2017
Effective competition in the supermarket industry is important because it has far-reaching implications for consumers and suppliers...
Reena das Nair 20 Feb 2017
The winners of the October/November/December Creative Circle Awards have been announced...
27 Jan 2017
Beef from Brazil, avocados from Mexico, lamb from New Zealand, wines from South Africa and green beans from Kenya – food shopping lists have a distinctly international flavour...
Wayne Martindale 27 Jan 2017
Fast-moving consumer goods group AVI expects its headline earnings per share for the six months to end-December to have grown by up to 9% despite difficult trading conditions...
Matthew Stevens 26 Jan 2017
DENNY® has launched South Africa's first mushroom burger patties, DENNY® Mushroom Burgers...
4 Oct 2016
Finalists have been announced in the Loeries' Outdoor & Out of Home category...
18 Aug 2016
Finalists have been announced in the Loeries' Integrated Campaign category...
16 Aug 2016
The 2016 Cannes Design Lions award ceremony resulted in 111 awards in total, with a Bronze Lion coming home to South Africa...
21 Jun 2016
The Outdoor Lions shortlist has been released with five South African entries making it to the final round at Cannes Lions 2016...
20 Jun 2016
Investment in a new, state-of-the-art cold storage warehouse enables improved service levels, turnaround times and supports clients' growth strategies...
7 Apr 2016
After almost three decades at the helm of sprawling industrial giant Bidvest, CEO Brian Joffe is to step down following a major restructuring. But he is not going far, and remains a director at one of the major units...
Fifi Peters 1 Mar 2016
SAN FRANCISCO - Google said on Wednesday it was adding fresh foods to its grocery delivery service, ramping up its challenge to Amazon and a long list of delivery startups...
19 Feb 2016
This time of year, most fridges are stocked up with food and drinks to share with family and friends. Let's not make ourselves and our guests sick by getting things wrong when preparing and serving food...
Cathy Moir 28 Dec 2015
Many small businesses are following the lead of their larger counterparts by harnessing the power of big data to understand customer buying trends better, in order to increase profitability during busy holiday periods...
9 Dec 2015
Small businesses that follow the lead of their larger counterparts by harnessing the power of big data to understand customer-buying trends better will increase profitability during busy holiday periods...
8 Dec 2015
Woolworths has just announced its decision to remove all sweets and chocolates from its checkout aisles...
28 Aug 2015
The full Cannes Lions Press shortlist has been released, with 6 SA agencies cracking the nod! The winners to be announced at an awards ceremony tonight...
21 Jun 2015
Warehouse investment is on the up: 39% of companies plan to increase the number of warehouses and 33% to expand their size...
29 May 2015
South Africa's burgeoning connected commerce era means that consumers are no longer shopping entirely online or offline but rather taking a blended approach, using whatever channel best suits their needs.
Issued by Nielsen 15 May 2015
The Advertising Standards Authority's final ruling of 2014 showed us once again how easily a carefully crafted and catchy advertisement can be kyboshed if one fails to pay attention to the provisions of the ASA Code...
Kelly Thompson 19 Jan 2015
The inaugural Gulfood Manufacturing show runs from 9-11 November 2014 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).
15 Oct 2014
The international farm animal welfare organisation, Compassion in World Farming (Compassion), has awarded a 'Good Egg' to Woolworths for its ongoing commitment to leading the free-range egg industry in South Africa. The award recognises organisations that have a written policy to source only cage-free eggs or egg products.
22 Apr 2014
If not, here is why you should.
Issued by Fiera Milano 16 Apr 2014
The purchase of feminine hygiene brand Lil-Lets Group by Brait company Premier Foods is part of a broader strategy to expand Premier across other fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) categories according to Brait director Sean Dougherty.
Nick Hedley 14 Oct 2013
CHICAGO, US: In the latest of a quarterly series, Mintel's social media analysts, Gabi Lieberman and Lizz Martinez, have identified five new trends in online consumer marketplace behaviour gleaned from high-level research into the strategies employed by Fortune 500 companies across the US.
27 Sep 2013
Grapevine Communications has been appointed by one of the top pie brands in South Africa, King Pie, to manage the PR/communications for their launch into retail.
Issued by Grapevine Communications 23 Jul 2013
Serv'd Fresh, which originated in Johannesburg as a healthy meal delivery service in 2009, goes national today 15 July 2013. With a fully integrated ordering and invoicing system, time-pressed individuals can simply go online, register, shop and pay.
15 Jul 2013
King Pie will enter the retail sector with a range of its frozen pasties in response to consumer demand for quality convenience goods in-store. The range will include its oven-ready savoury pies and sausage rolls and puff pastry.
2 Jul 2013
Pyrotec PackMark, the brand within Pyrotec that supplies world-class coding and labelling equipment, has just released its Markem-Imaje SmartLase C150 and C350 Laser Coders.
Issued by Pyrotec 26 Jun 2013
Mission 96, a feeding mission based in Rosettenville, Johannesburg that distributes to various charities across the region, has received 500 cases of sweet potatoes from McCain Foods South Africa.
5 Jun 2013
I would hope that everyone at Eskom - not only its chief executive, Brian Dames - would be using gas rather than electricity to make something tasty for supper. We wouldn't want our chief executives, or anyone else at Eskom, going hungry at night when they have to keep the power feeding into the homes of millions of South Africans.
Paddy Hartdegen 9 May 2013