SOUTH AFRICA - The packaged goods company, Tiger Brands is eying expansion into North Africa, outside its home market South Africa. According to a Bloomberg report, plan to expand outside SA, its biggest market was hampered by the listeriosis outbreak in the past months, claimed to have originated from one of its meat processing facilities.…
SOUTH AFRICA - The South African packaged goods company, Tiger Brands has announced changes to its executive leadership following a listeriosis outbreak that is reported to have cost it close to US$29 million, reported Business Day. The company said Yokesh Maharaj would join the group from early July as chief growth officer for exports and…
SOUTH AFRICA - The South African packaged good company, Tiger Brands has told their shareholders that the opening of the Enterprise polony factory in Polokwane is set to be by the end of this year. However, the group said though production at the site is expected to start by October 2018, its opening would depend…
SOUTH AFRICA - Half year earnings for the Africa’s biggest packaged-food producer, Tiger Brands dropped by 16% following the outbreak of the ‘world’s worst’ listeriosis outbreak reported to have cost it US$29 million. The deadly listeriosis outbreak which has killed 200 people since early 2017 was linked to one of its meat processing facilities leading…
SOUTH AFRICA - All products manufactured at Value Added Meat Product's (VAMP) Pretoria facility are being recalled by Tiger Brands‚ including the company’s Snax brand‚ as a precautionary measure‚ Tiger Brands said on Monday. Production at the plant will also be suspended. "This decision was taken as a result of the detection of Listeria monocytogenes at…
SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa’s Tiger Brands said on Monday it expected its meat products unit to record a monthly loss of up to 33 million rand ($3 million) after it suspended operations at four sites over a listeria outbreak that has killed 180 people in 14 months. Health authorities ordered a recall of processed…
SOUTH AFRICA - Shares in South Africa’s biggest consumer foods producer Tiger Brands and RCL Foods fell on Monday after the government linked a deadly listeria outbreak to cold meat products “polony” made by Tiger unit Enterprise Food. Tiger Brands lost about US$479.59 million in market capitalisation just in one day, based on a number…
SOUTH AFRICA - Tiger Brands, on behalf of its division Enterprise Foods, has committed to recalling products that are identified with listeriosis outbreak, but are conducting its own tests as well. This follows an announcement by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Sunday that the source of the present…
KENYA - Businessman Chris Kirubi has taken back full control of Haco Tiger Brands East Africa after acquiring Johannesburg-based Tiger Brands’ 51% stake in the fast moving consumer goods manufacturer. Mr Kirubi in 2008 sold the stake in the firm –then trading as Haco Industries- to the multinational for more than US$2.95 million. “As previously…
SOUTH AFRICA - Shares in Tiger Brands plunged 9% after the consumer goods group said sales fell in the four months to January because of pricing pressures and volume declines. Analysts said the weak trading update indicated that consumers were under intense pressure and the tax hikes could make consumers worse off. Fast moving consumer…
