Beverages
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Castel Group divests water bottling business in Ivory Coast to SDTM/Carré d’Or Group
IVORY COAST – French beverage company, Castel Group, has divested its water bottling business in Ivory Coast to one of the largest private groups in…
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Homegrown brands rise to challenge multinational’s stake on Tanzania’s soft beverage market
Steadily but sure of achieving growth, Tanzania is becoming one of the most vibrant soft beverage markets in East Africa. The industry is already attracting…
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Uganda continues to import industrial sugar as millers experienced lower than expected demand
UGANDA – Uganda, the only country in the East Africa region producing industrial sugar, is having a liking for imported industrial sugar despite many sugarcane…
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PepsiCo’s Crown Beverages inaugurates first phase of US$90m expansion project
UGANDA – Crown Beverages Limited (CBL), the franchise bottler for PepsiCo, has inaugurated a US$76m (Shs283.7b) new plant, which is the first phase of a…
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Pernod Ricard halts export of Absolut vodka to Russia after criticism from Swedish politicians
RUSSIA – Pernod Ricard has decided to stop exporting its premium vodka Absolut to Russia, with immediate effect, after criticism that it was a “crazy…