Spain: El Corte Ingles and Tesco in product exchange initative
Retail giants El Corte Ingles and Tesco have embarked on an initiative that will see iconic UK products from the Tesco brand range go on sale in El Corte Ingles stores in Spain, with El Corte Ingles products travelling in the opposite direction, according to reports in European Supermarket Magazine. El Corte Ingles products are […]
France: Wessanen to acquire IneoBio
In its second major acquisition announcement of the year, Dutch health foods specialist Wessanen has revealed that it is set to take over IneoBio, a French firm that it describes as being an “expert in organic coffee and tea”. Ineobio is active in organic coffees, teas and herbal infusions and is the owner of Destination, the […]
Spain: Danone launches customized bottles of Actimel Kids
France-based dairy and drinks firm Danone has released a new marketing campaign in Spain called Nombres (‘Names’), which matches first names with cartoon characters and features them on bottles of Actimel Kids, according to a report in Marketing News. According to reports, the bottles will come in a choice of more more than 130 designs, […]
Brazil: Ambev acquires Do Bem juices
Ambev, the Brazilian beer and soft drinks firm, has officially announced the acquisition of Brazilian juice brand Do Bem, according to reports in Giro News and Globo. The official confirmation puts to an end a number of months of speculation about a possible deal, although no figures have been disclosed and it is currently unclear […]
Tradeshow Insight: Food & Drink 2016
April 2016 saw thousands of FMCG professionals once again set their sights on the UK’s second city, as Food & Drink – a leading UK show for the food and drinks industry, spanning the grocery, wholesale, speciality retail, manufacturing and foodservice sectors – returned to the NEC in Birmingham for the latest of its two-yearly […]
Tea gets convenient with aerosol launch
The latest innovation insight from Gama Compass™ MANCHESTER – 5th May 2016: Featuring in this week’s Innovation Insight is a new player in the hot drinks aisles that promises to take the mess and guesswork out of tea brewing with the introduction of a new instant aerosol format – No More Tea Bags Tea Concentrate. Advertised […]
USA: PepsiCo unveils ‘craft’ soda launches
Drinks and snacks multinational PepsiCo has launched new ‘craft’ colas for the US and Canadian markets, according to reports in The Street and Canadian Grocer. In the USA, the firm has announced the introduction of 1893 Cola and 1893 Ginger Cola. The 12oz cans, which will be available across stores in the USA, are to […]
South Africa: Nestle inaugurates instant coffee plant
Nestle South Africa has officially inaugurated its new instant coffee manufacturing plant in Estcourt, KwaZulu Natal following an investment of 1.2 billion ZAR ($84 million). The expansion includes the construction of a waste water treatment plant, a new coffee processing plant, upgrading of existing coffee processing and a state of the art coffee drying plant, […]
Brazil: Jacobs Douwe Egberts announces intention to acquire Cafe Seleto
Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE), the ‘pure play’ coffee firm formed from the merger of DE Master Blenders and Mondelez International in 2014, has announced its intention to acquire the Brazilian coffee firm Cafe Seleto, according to reports in Giro News and Supermercado Moderno. The owner of the Cafe Pilao brand announced its plans on 15th […]
Australia: Unilever launches green tea “with no bitter aftertaste”
The Australian arm of FMCG multinational Unilever has launched a green tea said to have been blended “to remove any bitter aftertaste”. According to an article in Australian Food News, the new Lipton Delicately Fresh Green Tea was developed following consumer research that revealed consumers tended to avoid green tea due to the often bitter […]