AB InBev deal set to change region’s beer landscape
With the deal to create the world’s biggest brewer agreed in principle, the Chinese and Australasian beer landscapes are destined to change, say analysts.
Archives for October 13, 2015
Industrial chocolate to enjoy Asia and Latin America lift, says Technavio
The global industrial chocolate market is expected to grow volumes 2.4% a year up to 2019 as Barry Callebaut, Cargill and others make headway in Latin America and Asia, says Technavio.
Standard & Poor's reduces Fonterra credit rating over debt concerns
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has reduced Fonterra's credit rating - reflecting its concerns about the New Zealand dairy's debt levels.
The cricket bar: A healthy alternative to steak?
Christine Spliid was looking for a new healthy food business. On a trip to Asia, she found an off-kilter ingredient that worked perfectly: Crickets.
This week Down Under
Man appears in court accused of infant formula poisoning threats
After an 11-month police investigation, a man has appeared in an Auckland court charged with threats he allegedly made to poison infant formula with the controversial 1080 pesticide.
NZ beef exports outstrip lamb and mutton returns
New Zealand's beef exports have exceeded the value of its lamb and mutton returns for the first time in 20 years.