Food & Beverage Reporter

Food & Beverage Reporter (FBR) is one of South Africa’s leading B2B magazines, with a track record of more than 25 years in the industry. With thought leadership and in-depth coverage of technical topics, news, and local and international developments across the foodbev and allied industries, the magazine caters for South Africa and neighbouring countries. FBR also carries a specialist Packaging& Processing Reporter section in each issue, exploring technology, ideas, and trends in these key segments of the food chain. In response to changing readership trends we offer a fully digitized publication, with both Apple and Android apps In March each year, FBR’s annual Supplier Directory is distributed both in print and online versions providing you with a handy guide to local suppliers and service providers on the continent.

From the editor

Food & Beverage Reporter

Fair Cape Dairies – The five time SA Dairy Champ

Kellanova expands its impact to alleviate hunger in schools and communities

Consortium agrees to acquire Chill Beverages

Atlas Copco joins hands with Reach for a Dream

Tate & Lyle named as one of Europe’s climate leaders

Tiger Brands has Top 3 most popular packaged goods in Mozambique

Heineken beverages marketing director set to retire

Is your instant porridge worth its oats?

Celebrate Cinco De Mayo in style

FULFIL is here!

Three Ships Whisky launches a single malt that dares to go red

SAAFFI-Wits Flavour & Fragrance Technology course graduation • In May, a group gathered in the Atrium, a beautiful venue at Firmenich South Africa’s offices in Midrand, to celebrate the graduation of the students who studied the SAAFFI-Wits Course in Flavour & Fragrance Technology during 2023.

Significant investment by Pepsi’s largest bottler boosts Africa’s battle of the beverages • As Varun Beverages seals the deal on its acquisition of South African bottler BevCo, it marks not just a transaction, but a pivotal moment in the realm of consumer choice and category growth. The move underscores the attractiveness of South Africa as an investment destination and also promises to reshape the landscape of the carbonated drinks market in the country, says Pieter Spies, Chief Executive Officer at BevCo. Here he discusses how, with Varun Beverages taking the reins, the deal is poised to inject innovation and widen consumer choices within this highly competitive sector.

Woolworths unveils Farming for the Future campaign: redefining agriculture for a sustainable future • As the world grapples with the urgent need for sustainable food systems, Woolworths has introduced a groundbreaking Farming for the Future campaign, poised to revolutionise agriculture, and nourish our planet for generations to come.

Manie Libbok teams up with First Choice High Protein Recovery drink

Profitable processed cheese formulations • Cheese might not be a big part of South Africa’s food heritage, but the country’s consumers are eating more than ever before. The processed cheese market, to illustrate, grew by almost 30% between 2019 and 2023, and is expected to continue to grow at a similar rate between now and 2028.

Preserving biodiversity and improving South Africa’s farms – a food sector imperative. • Agriculture is facing major challenges such as lack of economic investment, climate change, water scarcity, high input cost inflation and soil fertility loss, with a competitive, deregulated market in South Africa.

Driving growth in South Africa’s specialty cheese sector • Heritage Capital, a pioneering 100% black female-owned private equity fund manager, has announced its latest investment in the specialised dairy sector with Fairview Cheese. This strategic move marks the culmination of Heritage Capital’s maiden fund investment...