KENYA – Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will be introducing new excise taxes on the non-alcoholic beverage which is expected to in turn increase the price of bottled water by an average sh.7 per litre. The […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore plans to implement a ban on advertisements of certain fizzy drinks and juices as part of a raft of measures to curb high diabetes rates associated with consumption of sugar. As one […]
USA – Arizona Beverages, producers makes Arizona Iced Tea, has partnered with cannabis company Dixie Brands to produce marijuana-infused products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Arizona Beverages signed a three-year licensing agreement with Dixie Brands that will […]
NIGERIA – The Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) has recalled two batches of its Eva Premium Table Water over quality concerns of the product. This also follows a directive issued by the National Agency for […]
INDIA – The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of PepsiCo India’s franchise rights of the foods and snacks major in southern and western India by its bottling partner Varun Beverages Ltd […]
AFRICA – The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Commission (CCC) has called for suspension of the clause that allows Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Ltd (CCBA) to set prices for its distributors. According […]
ZIMBABWE – Varun Beverages Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited, franchise bottler of PepsiCo in the contra, has unveiled plans of possibly diversifying its operations to include agro-processing lines as it seeks to improve the exports. Krishnan Shankar, […]
INDIA – Varun Beverages Limited (VBL), the bottling partner of PepsiCo India, said its board has approved its plans to acquire franchise rights of the beverage and snacks in India’s South and West regions. VBL’s […]
ZIMBABWE – VarunBeverages Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd, a soft drink manufacturer and Pepsi bottler in the country has been declared a special economic zone (SEZ) as an incentive from government in its plans of investing US$23 […]
NIGERIA – Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC) Limited has revealed that pressure on demand of its products in the country was the reason behind transformation of its Enugu production Plant into a logistics and distribution hub, […]
