At a time when more and more companies are talking about 'brands with purpose', Unilever has put some definition and measurement behind what it calls 'sustainable living brands' - meaning brands that contribute to one or more of the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) goals and have a sustainable living purpose.

South African chicken producers will ask the government to help them guarantee electricity supply to the nation’s biggest abattoirs as almost-daily load shedding is harming the birds’ welfare and creating health risks.

The proposed merger between Kraft and Heinz has been approved by Canadian authorities

In line with Massmart’s commitment to empowering small and medium business, the retailer, together with the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and Tshwane Economic Development Agency (TEDA) today held a supplier development exhibition for Tshwane-based manufacturers to showcase their products with a possibility of enrolling on Massmart’s supply chain.

The relentless focus by brands on marketing their products primarily to families may be resulting in them missing out on revenue from other demographic groups who do not feel they are being adequately addressed.

Tesco has become the first retailer in the UK to launch a range of ready prepared vegetable substitutes for popular carbohydrates.

Tiger Brands reported a solid underlying performance for the six months ended 31 March 2015. Peter Matlare, CEO of Tiger Brands said: “Operating profit from the domestic businesses grew by 9%, despite a heightened level of market competition and significantly higher levels of marketing investment.

East Africa is high on Pioneer Food’s radar, as the food producer looks to Africa’s booming economies to boost growth.

Calories across the soft drinks category are down by 7.3% over the last 3 years, according to the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel.