Simonds Farsons Cisk plc, partners of PepsiCo Inc and bottlers of the Pepsi-Cola portfolio for the local market since 1978, have just launched a new refillable, single-serve, bespoke glass bottle for flagship brands Pepsi-Cola and Pepsi Max, 7up and 7up Free and Mirinda. This launch closely follows the global release of the new bottle …
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PepsiCo to finalise an investment proposal of approximately USD 40 million(ETB 2 billion) to expand its Senselet snacks business in Ethiopia, and is considering the possibility of further investments in the country to expand the company’s portfolio beyond snacks. Senselet is a wholly owned PepsiCo subsidiarythat produces chips under the brand name SUN Chips. …
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Almarai Company has announced its support to 11 charitable societies in various regions of Saudi Arabia, during the last two weeks of December, with food baskets, as part of its corporate social responsibility program. The charities included the liajlehum Association for Disability in Riyadh, Support Services Unit for Persons with Disabilities in AlAhsa, Dar …
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Ocean Beverages has now released O’cean Energy Drink Sustainable Edition in partnership with Ball Corporation with a goal to collect and recycle every consumed. Ocean Beverages had earlier announced its partnetship with Ball Beverages in 2021, to create a green and sustainable product to help reduce the environmental footprint. The company stated, “Together …
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SIG has announced a BRL 10 million investment in innovative recycling technology that will enable polymers and aluminium from used aseptic carton packs to be recovered and sold separately for the first time on an industrial scale in Brazil. By expanding the range of applications for recycled materials from used aseptic cartons, SIG expects …
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Nestle will invest seven billion Saudi Riyals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the coming ten years in a strategic move to grow its longstanding business in the country, beginning with up to SAR 375 million to establish a cutting-edge manufacturing plant – which is set to open in 2025. The site will …
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Agthia Group PJSC, one of the region’s leading food & beverage companies, has announced the appointment of Sherif Elfaham as Group Chief Financial Officer, effective 1 January 2023. Sherif brings strong strategic, commercial, and operational experience across a range of consumer-facing businesses, having spent over 20 years with Unilever in the UK, North Africa, …
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PepsiCo has announced a global packaging goal intended to double the percentage of all beverage servings it sells delivered through reusable models from 10 to 20 percent by 2030. This ambition is part of PepsiCo Positive (pep+), the company’s strategic, end-to-end business transformation that puts sustainability and people at the center of how the company …
Blue Ocean Closures, the Swedish start-up developing proprietary fiber-based screw caps, has obtained a second investment from co-owner Alpla Group in order to further develop and speed up the process of bringing environmentally friendly closure solutions to market. Christian Zmölnig, Director Corporate Research, Development and Innovation at Alpla Group said, “We have seen great …
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Sabic, a global leader in the diversified chemical industry, has introduced a new high-density polyethylene (HDPE) with mechanically recycled content as part of TRUCIRCLE, the company’s commitment to help accelerate a circular economy for plastics. The material was custom-developed for blow molding of motor oil and lubricant bottles. It has a content in the …
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