The Caterers' Guide - June 2008
 |
|
 |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Magpie launches “Utterly Delicious” new
pies
click
here
|
|
|
|
It’s fabulous, it’s light, it’s
new FabuLite
click
here
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Provides both complete and balanced nutrition
click
here
|
|
|
|
 |
Franschhoek
Bastille Festival - A Celebration of Freedom
Once again, Franschhoek, South Africa’s
Gourmet Capital, will be commemorating its centuries-old
French Huguenot heritage at its annual Bastille
Festival on the weekend of July 12 and 13.
Read
more |
|
RMB Winex Cape Town
In early September, RMB WineX returns to
Cape Town for the sixth consecutive year. Sponsored
by Rand Merchant Bank and partnered by British Airways,
operated by Comair Ltd and BDFM’s The Weekender,
RMB WineX offers wine-lovers the opportunity to
visit many of the Cape’s wine routes over
the show’s three day duration. With over 1200
wines per night on offer, from close to 200 South
African and international producers, visitors to
RMB WineX Cape Town will be spoilt for choice.
Read
more |
|
Franschhoek Uncorked
After a watershed inaugural Franschhoek
Uncorked last year, The Franschhoek Wine Valley
is, once again, hosting their refreshingly novel
spring meander over the weekend of 30 and 31 August
2008. This multi-faceted celebration takes place
on satellite farms throughout the Valley, and affords
highly esteemed wineries, as well as those smaller
hidden jewels, the opportunity to ‘bloom’
as they showcase new vintages and releases, coinciding
with the onset of spring.
Read
more |
|
The Joburg Wine Show
The third edition of The Jo'burg Wine Show
promises to be bigger and better than before with
exhibition organisers receiving an overwhelming
response from the wine industry. More than 50% of
available exhibition floor space has already been
sold out.
Read
more |
|
Excellence
in Meat Management Masterclass
IIR SA’s Excellence in Meat Management
Masterclass, in association with Exhibitions Africa,
Africa’s Big Seven Exhibition at Gallagher
Estate in Midrand, is in its 2nd year.
Read
more |
|
Cosy Winter
Soup Saturdays
Nederburg invites you to celebrate the
Cape winter with us. What better way to snuggle
up to the fire place than with a bowl of home made
soup and a glass of Nederburg’s award-winning
wines.
Read
more |
|
Africa’s
Big 7
Food, retail, and FMCG trade fairs for
the continent
Read
more |
|
|
 |
|
| |
 |
Famous Brands goes saucy in
a big way to take up the slack
Famous Brands planned to intensify the production
and sale of its sauces to optimise the use of its
spare capacity and boost profit, Kevin Hedderwick,
the company's chief operating officer, said yesterday.
Read
more >> |
|
Input
costs, processors ‘will crimp’ milk supply
South Africa will experience an annual 60
million litre milk deficit in the near future, according
to Etienne Terre'Blanche, the managing director of
the Milk Producers' Organisation of SA. This milk
deficit would occur if the big milk firms continued
to insist on paying milk producers less, he said on
Friday.
Read
more >> |
|
Sunspray
Food Ingredients receives HACCP accreditation
Sunspray Food Ingredients (Pty) Ltd, the
country’s largest independent manufacturer of
spray-dried ingredients, has received its HACCP accreditation
from the SABS. HACCP, which stands for Hazard Analysis
and Critical Control Points, is a systematic preventive
approach to food safety.
Read
more >> |
|
Coke's
toasty new caffeine fix
Coca-Cola South Africa launched its latest
premium bean-to-cup coffee, Chaywa, in Johannesburg
on Friday, 23 May 2008. The move makes SA the third
market to offer the product, which has, to date, only
been available in Canada and Norway.
Read
more >> |
|
Product
of the Year finally comes to South Africa
After success on every continent on the planet,
the world’s largest organization dedicated to
innovation in FMCG has finally arrived in South Africa.
Read
more >> |
|
Nestle’s
professional relaunch
On Tuesday, 3 June 2008, Nestlé Food
Services hosted its public relaunch to Nestlé
Professional. According to Barend Minnaar, the brand's
South African country business manager, Nestlé
World Wide identified the ‘Out Of Home Industry'
as one of the four growth pillars of its international
business last year and has been preparing for the
changeover ever since.
Read
more >> |
|
|
 |
| |
 |
|
|
|
| |
 |
Magpie launches “Utterly
Delicious” new pies
Rhodes Food Group believe that the retail
pie market is big enough to enjoy a slice and have
extended their pie production capacity at their Aeroton
factory to not only produce the premium range of pies
for Woolworths but now also to supply a quality range
of traditional, home style pies under the Magpie brand
onto the retail market.
Read
more >> |
|
|
It’s
new, it’s light, it’s new FabuLite
Meet Parmalat’s latest addition to
their light range of healthy alternatives: FabuLite
Eating and Drinking Yoghurt. It’s the 100% fat-free,
sugar-free, fabulicious tasting yoghurt that health-conscious
consumers will absolutely love. FabuLite comes in
a fruit, a smooth and a drinking yoghurt. It can be
enjoyed anywhere, any time. On shelf from 17 June.
Read
more >> |
|
|
Bokomo
Premium Rusks. It’s time to indulge.
These new gourmet rusks made with the finest
ingredients are like no other on the shelf. The new
rusks come in 400g boxes in three deliciously different
flavour duos: Double Chocolate, Cherry & Sunflower
Seed and Multigrain & Raisin.
Read
more >> |
 |
|
New
EasyGest. Easy to digest
Parmalat is re-launching Everfresh Easy to
Digest milk with a bold new look, and a very catchy
new name. Parmalat EasyGest low fat UHT milk in a
new look, 1 litre carton adds value to the lives of
consumers and retailers alike. On shelf from 1 June.
Read
more >> |
|
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
Win
with Ellerines and Mageu Number One
Launching June to end August 2008 the Mageu
Number 1 on- pack promises to generate sales for store
owners and the consumer stands a chance to win great
prizes.
read
more>> |
|
| |
Makeover
for brand stalwart Chappies
Did you know? South African bubblegum icon
Chappies has had its first makeover in 50 years in
preparation for a major consumer relaunch in 2008.
The Cadbury South Africa brand, which was created
specifically for the SA market in the late 1940s,
has been updated to boost its appeal to the current
generation of the country's children.
read
more>>
|
|
| |
Appletiser
comes to the party for Take a Girl Child to Work Day
Take a Girl Child to Work Day is a Cell C
workplace exposure initiative, which provides young
South African girls with the opportunity to gain a
glimpse into the corporate world and learn about possible
career paths. It is an annual event, which took place
this year on 29 May 2008. This year Appletiser donated
cases of product, which will be used at an event hosted
by the Nedbank Women’s Forum.
read
more >>
|
|
|
Wilde
Fruit Juice sponsors the little ones at The Cheese
Festival 2008
Wilde Fruit Juice sponsored the kiddies'
corner at The Cheese Festival 2008 - the little ones
enjoyed this a lot! The show was a great success,
as many visitors came out to compare local cheeses
with their French, Dutch and Swiss counterparts.
read
more >> |
|
|
Douglasdale
Dairy offers interactive educational dairy tours
Douglasdale Dairy runs tours of their dairy
facility, free of charge. These enjoyable, educational
tours vary in focus depending on the age of the visitors
- from toddlers through to university students and
adults. Visitors learn about the full milk process
from the farm to the shop shelf.
read
more >> |
|
|
Cotlands
finds a friend in Foodcorp
Cotlands is one of the most heart warming
charities in the country, working ceaselessly in the
interests of children affected by HIV/AIDS. Clearly,
the charity has warmed hearts at Foodcorp, who have
promised the free gift of 1300 deeply delicious Pieman’s
Pantry pies to Cotlands once every week for a whole
year.
read
more >> |
|
Danone
Activia and WGO Drive Global Focus on Digestive Health
World Digestive Health Day took place on
the 29th of May. Danone and the World Gastroenterology
Organisation (WGO) created a partnership to make sure
the public is fully exposed to important digestive
health issues.
read
more>> |
|
Nestlé
Nutren Diabetes now available at Clicks
Nestlé, one of the world’s leading Nutrition,
Health and Wellness companies, assists diabetics in
living well through its nutritionally complete and
balanced supplement, Nutren Diabetes. Offering nutritional
support to people above 10 years of age with Type
2 diabetes, this highly nutritional product is now
also available at Clicks stores nationwide.
read
more>> |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
| |
 |
 |
| |
Two Oceans more than cresting
Distell’s drive wine brand, Two Oceans,
is nudging the one million case mark, as sales worldwide
continue to reflect double-digit growth, says brand
manager Brad Gold.
read
more>> |
|
 |
Distell
introduces Wine On The Move
Quality wine that can be enjoyed whenever,
and wherever life may take you. Introducing Vinot,
Obikwa, Chatta Box and Drostdy-Hof Prisma –
vintage Cape wines in revolutionary prisma packaging.
They’re the best thing since sliced cheese.
Read
more >> |
|
| |
Hunter’s
eXtreme now available in a slimline can
Hunter’s eXtreme is an apple based
alcoholic energy drink with guarana, taurine and caffeine
for a stimulating, refreshing boost with an alcohol
content of 5%.
Read
more >> |
|
| |
Swartland
wines take the US by storm
It was one of the most talked-about developments
among wine farmers in the Swartland, but the news
that a local winery had been chosen to supply wine
to one of the world's top five wine producers became
one of the region's best kept secrets.
Read
more >> |
|
| |
SABMiller
announces $4 million Grolsch launch in South Africa
SABMiller plc, one of the world’s leading
brewers, today announces that its South African subsidiary,
SAB Ltd, is launching Grolsch – the group’s
premium Dutch beer brand.
Read
more >> |
|
 |
Very
appealing Merlot from Nederburg
Nederburg’s 2006 Merlot is very approachable
in style and manages to be intense without being overpowering,
says award-winning winemaker Razvan Macici. “It’s
a generous wine in body and flavour but very elegant
and smooth in texture, with supple tannins. Its fragrant
berry and chocolate aromas announce a ripe and succulent
palate with a light touch of oak vanilla spice.”
Read
more >> |
|
 |
Cobra
revamps
Cobra has re-designed its packaging and launched its
first ever nationwide sampling campaign. The moves,
part of a £14m annual marketing spend, are a
bid to move the brand on from its traditional stronghold
of Indian restaurants.
Read
more >> |
|
 |
Guess
the number of peanuts and win!
The Savanna team has created a through-the-line campaign
with their latest winter cycle promotion.
Read
more >> |
|
Prizes
for Perdeberg
Having hidden its light under a bushel in recent years,
Perdeberg Winery has come out guns blazing. The cooperative
was ranked among the top ten performing wineries at
the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show this week, winning
an impressive eight bronze awards as well as the Trophy
for Best Chenin Blanc for its SAAM Mountain Middelburg
Chenin Blanc 2007.
Read
more >> |
|
Accolades
for Villiera Wines
Villiera Wines continue to build on their reputation
as one of the leading producers of bottle-fermented
sparkling wine in the country. During the South African
award ceremony for the 2008 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles,
which was held on 4 June, the 2001 Villiera Monro
Brut received a coveted silver medal.
Read
more >> |
|
Two
trophies in one week for one wine
The 2007 Delheim Edelspatz Noble Late Harvest (single
vineyard Rhine Riesling) won the Dessert Wine Trophy
at the Decanter World Wine Awards, last week in London.
In the same week, it won the Best Dessert Wine Trophy
at the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, scoring an impressive
96 out of 100 points.
Read
more >> |
|
Golden
glory for Eikendal at Decanter World Wine Awards 2008
Eikendal, the prominent barrel-vaulted cellar on the
foot of the Helderberg Mountains in the Cape Winelands,
has excelled at the prestigious Decanter World Wine
Awards 2008 in the UK, clinching one of only four
gold medals awarded to a South African Sauvignon blanc.
Read
more >> |
|
‘The
single malt that started it all’ is ‘naturally’
number one
The Glenlivet Nàdurra wins Top Award
in its Category at the 2008 Spirit of Speyside Awards,
following Its Shining Gold at the 2008 San Francisco
World Spirits Competition.
Read
more >> |
|
|
|
|
|
