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Meat feast for Red Bull

Red Bull has always been very disciplined about how far to stretch its brand credentials, so what would you feel about an association with meat?

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Hot or cold beer!

A Polish brewer has launched a beer that is designed to be consumed chilled, or heated!

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The search for a natural blue for beverages

The Fi Natural Colour Conference, held in London yesterday, underlined consumer confidence in ‘pure’ and ‘natural’ and the options for the food and drink industry to achieve this.

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Recycling cartons

Hooray. At last. I can now recycle fruit juice and milk cartons at home.

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Shipping – bringing rewards

A reliable shipping service that guarantees the delivery time of cargo and achieves more than a 90% accuracy in that delivery time has changed the face of shipping as we know it.

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Cola profits up, but at a cost

The Coca-​Cola Company and PepsiCo have both filed their year-​end numbers this week, and while they report solid growth, it is against the backdrop of ongoing marketplace and macroeconomic challenges.

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Feeding the world – comment

I’ve reported on what speakers said at yesterday’s Economist magazine conference on The 9 Billion People Question in Geneva. Now, here’s what I learned and conclude as a result.

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Feeding the world – 2

Richard Hall’s second blog from The Economist Feeding the World conference, which is asking ‘the 9 billion people question’.

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Feeding the world

FoodBev Media Chairman Richard Hall is attending The Economist Feeding the World conference today, which is asking ‘the 9 billion people question’.

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Diamond solitaire chip fork

Enjoy chips, but find those free wooden chip forks just too down-​market? Well here’s the answer – the diamond solitaire chip fork.

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Brewing up a storm

It seems plain, simple water may not be enough anymore, particularly for water cooler companies set on reaching the next big stage of business development.

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Fighting obesity with Photoshop

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the shocking advertising campaign from the New York Health Department that warned that soft drinks consumption can lead to amputation.

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Are you a dishonest dieter?

Have you ever eaten a chocolate bar on a diet when no one can see, so you can tell yourself it doesn’t count?

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213 beverage transactions in 2011

BevBlog.net tracked 213 beverage transactions in 2011 out of a total 468 across the food and drink sector, involving businesses in 74 countries.

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Wise move from Wiseman?

Dairy Innovation editor Geoff Platt considers the Müller takeover of Robert Wiseman Dairies in the UK.

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‘The Grocer’ celebrates 150th anniversary

Many congratulations to ‘The Grocer’ magazine on its 150th anniversary. I’ve picked out some of the 150 defining moments it identifies in grocery history, starting with the first.

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33 acquisitions in December 2011

Although the year ended quietly on the transaction front, I still found more than one a day in December, stretching across 26 countries.

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Monster to overtake Red Bull … again

It wasn’t so long ago I made the bold prediction that Monster would outsell Red Bull on the US market in volume. Now it looks as if Monster will also topple Red Bull’s US lead in value.