INDUSTRY NEWS
Kenya: Entrepreneur shares experience of building a premium food company
Elizabeth Jebby Bischof started Bdelo – a food production company that manufactures maize-based products such as tortillas and tacos in Kenya – with her husband Daniel in 2010. It has not been an easy road, with challenges forcing the company to refocus and restart over the years. Today, Bdelo has its own factory and is looking at market opportunities in the Middle East and the UK. How we made it in Africa spoke to her about market conditions, challenges and lessons learnt.
Woodlands Dairy has launched First Choice Power Cup, a long-life dairy snack that’s positioned as a healthy option for in-between meals.
Woodlands Dairy has launched First Choice Power Cup, a long-life dairy snack that’s positioned as a healthy option for in-between meals.
Hitting the shelves this summer: Thirst launches gin and tonic premixes for immediate release
With South African consumers seeking more ready-to-use alcoholic products that are not only delicious but convenient, Thirst recently launched its Thirst Gin and Tonic Premixes.
Whole Foods lists its 2022 foodbev trends
Whole Foods Market global buyers and experts have unveiled their top 10 anticipated food trends for 2022 in the retailer’s seventh-annual Trends predictions.
PLANT-BASED, THE NEXT GENERATION: Emerging tech in the vegan meat space
Dr Michael Dent, Senior Technology Analyst at research firm IDTechEx, explores the emerging technologies set to shape the next generation of plant-based meat.
Consumers can expect high coffee prices for longer – experts
Global coffee prices are likely to remain higher for longer as the market struggles to rebalance supplies geographically.
SA’s top consumer product innovations for 2021 – Bases
Bases, a NielsenIQ business, has announced the South Africa winners of the ‘Bases Top Breakthrough Innovations’ 2021 awards. The awards highlight some of the most successful and well-received consumer product innovations in South Africa.
SA entrepreneur bringing indigenous African foods to global market
A trailblazing South African food business is on an ambitious campaign to mainstream indigenous African foods and ingredients in the global market.
The “Dishruption” Has Come To An End
10 SA restaurants announced as winners in McCain Foodservice Solutions competition
Partnership formed to improve food innovation, nutrition in West Africa
Germany-based fragrances, care, flavourings and nutrition manufacturer, Symrise AG has entered a strategic partnership with Freddy Hirsch Nigeria, a manufacturer of spices, ingredients and flavours to boost food innovation and nutrition in West Africa.
Consumers to benefit from the separation of import portions by country of origin
Local chicken farmers celebrate the banishing of mixing portions of chicken in the same bag from different countries.
Nando’s Introduces Vegan PERinaise
According to UberEats, South Africa ranks among the top five countries in the world for the most ordered vegan dishes. While most of this happens in the Republic of Cape Town, Nando’s has seen this as an opportunity to bring the power of PERi-PERi to vegans with the all-new Vegan PERinaise – the same PERi-PERi goodness you know and love, without the egg or the gluten.
Sustainable seafood sales reached an all-time high as shoppers cooked at home in 2020-21
The momentum behind the sustainable seafood movement continues to grow, according to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the international not for profit responsible for the world’s most widely used sustainable seafood ecolabel. Despite disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, consumers bought record numbers of products with the blue MSC label in 2020-21.
Woolies launches first-to-market seafood sausages
Some great innovation, again, from Woolworths – a new fishy sausage range with three unique variants; hake sausage, trout sausage and haddock cheese sausage.
New luxury ice cream range from Dairymaid
Mega global ice cream company, Froneri, has announced the SA launch of Dairymaid Gelata Roma, a delectable ice cream range that “promises to transform any special occasion into everyday luxury experience”.
