Tshivhase Tea Estates in Limpopo have launched Midi Tea, a 100% South African produced and packaged black tea. 22 Jul 2009
NEW YORK: Global beverage giant Coca-Cola on Tuesday, 21 July 2009, reported forecast-beating quarterly profit, aided by strong volume growth in emerging markets like China and India. 22 Jul 2009
Geen & Richards is celebrating 100 years of providing distinctive and exclusive furniture to its customers and, to date, is still considered one of the leaders in the furniture industry. 17 Jul 2009
Coffee lovers have a new way to get their daily fix, thanks to Fair Cape's new ready-to-drink coffees. Available in three flavours: Cappuccino, Hazelnut Latte and French Vanilla Latte, the new range can be enjoyed hot or cold. 16 Jul 2009
Proving that you can be just about anything you wish to be, businesswoman, award-winning television presenter and former Miss South Africa Jo-Ann Strauss joins the world's most beautiful women in her role as the face of the new Lux Body Wash range. The new range launched in June. 15 Jul 2009
ZURICH: The world's biggest watchmaker Swatch Group is expecting sales to improve in the second half of this year after a difficult start to the year, group's CEO Nick Hayek said in remarks published on Sunday, 12 July 2009. 13 Jul 2009
South African group Distell, the world's fourth largest producer of brandies, has bought a 19th-century chateau in the heart of Cognac which is to become the home for its recently acquired cognac brand, Bisquit. 10 Jul 2009
MOSCOW: US soft drink giant PepsiCo said on Monday, 6 July 2009, it would boost investment in Russia by one billion dollars, topping the list of US trade deals expected during President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow this week. 7 Jul 2009
Global brewer SABMiller yesterday, 6 July 2009, said it was responding to the downturn and competition with an aggressive group-wide cost-cutting programme, reviewing capital expenditure while intensifying marketing efforts to grow volumes in its geographical footprint stretching across 75 countries in six continents. 7 Jul 2009
Puma has signed a long-term full technical contract with big-hitting Proteas all-rounder Albie Morkel who will now launch sixes with a Puma bat in hand. The deal runs from 1 July 2009. 3 Jul 2009
Traditional African energy drink Mageu Number 1 is introducing the latest addition to the family, Mageu Number 1 Smooth, a smoother, creamier drink available in three new flavours: Lemon & Lime, Strawberry Cream, and Banana Custard. 2 Jul 2009
SABMiller, one of the world's largest brewers, on Wednesday, 1 July 2009, announced a proposed Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) transaction worth about R6 billion, which will place about 10% of the company's shares under black ownership. 1 Jul 2009
Willow Creek Olive Estate was awarded top honours at the L'Orciolo d'Oro olive oil competition in Gradara, Italy, recently - with its flagship Directors' Reserve Extra Virgin Olive Oil winning the intensely fruity category. 30 Jun 2009
Richard van Rensburg has been appointed as an independent non-executive director and Suzanne Ackerman-Berman and Jonathan Ackerman as alternate directors of Pick n Pay Stores Limited, the company announced today, 30 June 2009. 30 Jun 2009
Brewer SABMiller on Friday, 26 June 2009, said its board had recommended a final dividend of 42 US cents per share to be paid to shareholders on 28 August. 26 Jun 2009
STOCKHOLM: Swedish cheap'n'chic clothing group H&M bucked the retail gloom on Thursday, announcing a rise in its second-quarter net profit on the back of better-than-expected sales in Japan and Russia. 26 Jun 2009
Oral-B, one of the world's leading oral care brands, is launching a new range of toothbrushes with Anti-Bacterial Bristle Protection, a technology which inhibits bacterial growth on bristles for up to three months (90 days). 25 Jun 2009
100 Reserve vintage brandy is relaunching with a brand new look to highlight the unique authenticity of the brand. Produced by Oude Molen, the smooth, oak-matured premium brandy is described as dynamic and progressive. 24 Jun 2009
Nestlé South Africa is relaunching its popular Smarties brand - this time made with non-artificial colours. 23 Jun 2009
Lifestyle wine brand Arniston Bay is the official wine sponsor of the Pick 'n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival. 19 Jun 2009
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