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  • Food, beverage show expands with more countries, product

    Food, beverage show expands with more countries, product

    More than 300 businesses and brands are expected at this year’s Food & Beverage West Africa trade exhibition, with over 50 countries to be on show from June 11 to 13 at Landmark Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.

    Turkey, Dubai, China, India, USA, Indonesia, Italy, Egypt, and Tunisia are among those to have exhibitor pavilions.  This is an opportunity for countries to launch new products into Nigeria and West Africa as well as meet new partners.

    Now in its fifth edition, the exhibition is the continent’s largest food and beverage trade show, with over 6,000 visitors expected.

    The exhibition is organised by BtoB Events. Brad Smith, Exhibition manager, said: “This year’s is featuring more exhibitors, more countries, and more products…’’

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    “USA, China and Italy pavilions are joining Turkey’s, Dubai’s, India’s, Indonesia’s and Egypt’s. We are welcoming exhibitors for the first time from countries Mexico, Korea, Hong Kong, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Iran, Libya, Turkmenistan, and Nepal.”

    The event is recognised for the number and range of overseas exhibitors from West Africa and beyond.

    “We pride ourselves on the international standard quality that our exhibition represents. We are bringing the global food and beverage industry to Nigeria,” Smith said.

    An international exhibitor, Xena’s Food Group is a Platinum Sponsor of FAB West Africa. Based in London, Xena’s is a wholesale food distributor specialising in premium-grade fresh condiments, oils, and ingredients.

  • Food and beverage workers begin indefinite strike

    Food and beverage workers begin indefinite strike

    Sequel to their protest last week over the refusal of their employers to review the expired bi-yearly collective agreement on salaries and fringe benefits, the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FOBTOB) has begun  an indefinite strike.

    A meeting was held on  December 8 between members of FOBTOB and their employers, Association of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employers (AFBTE), to reconcile.

    FOBTOB had earlier called for the upward  review of their salary by 20 per cent as against the current 14 per cent, which, according to them, is the lowest rate in the past 17 years.

    In a statement signed by FOBTOB National President Comrade Quadri Olaleye, the union said: “With the majority of our employers being multinationals such as Flour Mills of Nigeria, Guinness Nigeria Plc, A & P Pladis Foods, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, Ajinomoto, Deli Foods, Dangote Industries, Nestle, Cadbury Nigeria, Dufil Prima Indomie, among others, it is unacceptable to us that they continue to discriminate against our members in the payment of salaries and fringe benefits after having met their targets and remained profitable.

    “It is on record that throughout our industry, all other cadres have in the past months enjoyed a review in their salaries and fringe benefits while the Senior Staff and Managers have been tactically abandoned.

    “To this effect, we are calling all our members nationwide to embark on a national strike action to compel the AFBTE to reach an equally acceptable agreement from December 11, 2017 as from 12am prompt.”

    Meanwhile, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned outrightly AFBTE  members’ decision to deny a reasonable increment of 20 per cent in the ongoing negotiation between the employers’ body and FOBTOB members at the National Joint Industrial Council (NJIC).

    The congress in a statement by its President, Comrade Bobboi Kaigama, was worried that this long overdue increment cum benefit, which is clearly affordable within the industry and has in fact, already been awarded to the junior staff could now be allowed to degenerate into a nationwide strike at this critical festive period when products of the industry would be in higher demand.

    He said: “Increasing the wages of the junior staff to the extent that they (junior staff) now prefer not to be promoted to management level for us is a deliberate attempt to spite our members and it further speaks volume of the injustice in the system.

    “We are equally concerned about the posture of the representatives of the employers at the NJIC negotiations. It appears the NJIC was deliberately constituted to spite the senior staff. Any act to diminish the dignity of our members is unacceptable.”

  • Fire guts Aba beverage market

    Shop owners on Tenant road beverage market, Aba, Abia State, have lost goods worth millions of naira to a mysterious fire that engulfed the building.

    It was gathered the fire lasted about four hours and took the intervention of men of the fire service to prevent it from spreading to adjourning buildings.

    Market sources said about seven rooms, three beverage stores and four rooms stocked with bags of rice were burnt.

    A resident, Chidiinma, said: “The fire started around 9pm when traders had gone home. The cause could not be ascertained because the people have stopped using electricity for a long time.

    “The damage could have been more if the fire service officers had not arrived in time.”

    A shop owner, who could barely talk, said his family lost all it was able to gather over the years. He appealed to the government to come to their aid.

    The Aba Chief Fire Officer, Mr. Okezie Uche, confirmed the incident. He said the cause of the fire was still unknown.

    According to him, the battled the fire from 9m till about 1am, before they eventually overpowered it. He said they were able to save over a billion naira property.

  • Denna Rossi unveils new beverage

    To meet the high demand for vitamin-laden beverage, Denna Rossi Limited has introduced Clue Vitamin Beverage to the Nigeria market.

    The company’s Head, Marketing/Corporate Services, Ifeanyi Nihe, said Clue Vitamin Beverage provides a healthy, hydrating, and rejuvenating miracle elixir.

    He said the product reduces the risk of chronic disease like diabetes, gives more energy and provides a healthier immune system.

    According to him, Clue Vitamin Beverage is an alternative to soft drink and other fruit juices. It’s refreshing and healthy for an active lifestyle.

    He also said the product has been produced to be sipped neat, mixed or in cocktails and offers innovative and unique gourmet and luxury experiences with extensive nutrient enrichment.

    The company’s Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Dr. Ifeanyi Nwafor, revealed that Clue Vitamin Beverage provides the benefits of water along with enjoyable flavours and added nutrients which can replenish the body.

  • Clue vitamin beverage hits Nigerian market

    Denna Rossi Limited, a Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company in Nigeria, has introduced Clue Vitamin Beverage to the Nigeria market.

    In a statement signed by its Head, Marketing/Corporate Services, Mr. Ifeanyi Nihe, the company said Clue Vitamin Beverage provides a healthy, hydrating, and rejuvenating miracle elixir that reduces the risk of chronic disease like diabetes, gives more energy and provides a healthier immune system.

    He said the product is an alternative to soft drink and other fruit juices. “It’s refreshing and healthy for an active lifestyle,” Nihe pointed out.

    According to him, the product has been designed to be sipped neat, mixed or in cocktails and offers innovative and unique gourmet and luxury experiences with extensive nutrient enrichment.

    Some of its nutritional attributes include immune support and antioxidant properties. In addition, nutrients were often juxtaposed with messages related to performance and emotional well-being, benefits that go beyond conventional nutritional science.

    It also has extensive micronutrient additions at levels often well in excess of nutrient requirements and very good for daily vitamin needs. Clue Vitamin Beverage, Nihe said, is made from highly purified water, natural flavor, citric acid, ascorbic acid, and vitamins A, C, E, B6 and B12.

    The company’s Chief Executive/Managing Director, Dr. Ifeanyi Nwafor, also revealed that Clue Vitamin Beverage provides the benefits of water along with enjoyable flavors and added nutrients, which can replenish the body.

  • Lagos to host food, beverage fair

    Imani Media International, the organisers of the Lagos International Food and Beverage Fair (LIFBF), has announced this year’s edition.

    The 5th edition of the fair will hold between June 2 and 5 at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

    A statement by the organizers reads: “The LIFBF is a four-day trade event designed to promote the food and beverage industry, establish business networks and close the gap between the producers and the final consumer while improving the economy. The annual event is geared to become  the ‘Largest Food and Beverage Fair in Africa.’

    “Strategically, the LIFBF is always scheduled to hold few days to the Ramadan season and it has run consistently for the last four years. This is the 5th edition and we are getting closer to our vision of becoming an international fair opening up for international participation.

    “Coincidentally, the shift of focus from an oil dependent economy to other sectors such as agriculture has brought in a lot of events into the industry. Hence our theme for this year is ‘Food Security’. In addition to that, for the first time in Nigeria, the Lagos State government established the Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Food Security.

  • Giant Vitamin Water to reshape non-alcoholic beverage market

    Giant Beverages Limited has launched its range of Vitamin Water variants into the beverage market.

    Unveiled at a briefing at La Maison Faharaheit in Lagos, the company’s Marketing Manager, Mrs. Bose Ogunyemi, said the products were made from demine-ralised water, infused with natural fruit extracts, vitamin and minerals.

    Ogunyemi said the Giant Vitamin Water comes in one bottle size of 500ml with six variants – Blackcurrant-Acai, Lingonberry-Boysenberry, Pineapple-Passion, Orange-Lime, Lemon-Balm, and Prickly Pear-Kiwi.

    She said the product is unlike carbonated drinks made from chemical compounds and sugar, assuring that it does not contain artificial flavours, colours and preservatives.

    The Regional Sales Manager Lagos and South West, Mr. Emmanuel Akpah, revealed that Giant Vitamin Water is now available in all parts of Nigeria.

    ”Giant Vitamin Water is a low calorie drink that actually satisfies thirst, unlike other carbonated drinks. There is no limit to the number of bottles that can be consumed by an individual.  It contains vitamins and minerals that are beneficial to health”, Ogunyemi added.

     

  • ‘Beverage sector can save $1.66b from PET bottles’

    Global provider of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle for liquid packaging, Sidel, said its new initiative aimed at reducing the amount of PET used in beverage bottles.

    This, the firm said, would help producers save money and improve the environment.

    According to Sidel data, the average line can save between $300,000 and $1million, with faster lines or larger bottle formats capable of saving even more. This leads to an approximate average saving per bottle of up to $5 per 0.5 litre bottle or $7 per 2 litre bottle for still water, and 0.005 dollars per 0.5 litre bottle or $6 per two litre bottle for Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSD).

    According to Euromonitor forecasts for 2014-2018, releasedthis year, 216 billion PET bottles for still water and 116 billion PET bottles for CSD would have been produced by the end of the year. Assuming a minimum saving of $5 for all those bottles, the beverage industry as a whole could save $1.08 billion for water and $580 for CSD.

    In total this equates to over $1.66 billion potential cost savings for the beverage industry from water and CSD alone on a global scale. This does not include other categories such as juices, liquid dairy products and other products.”

    Service Director, Sidel, Samuel Gobbe, said: “We did the calculation exercise to show the potential that right weighting provides globally. However, we also recognised the value of producers being able to find out the specific savings that they can achieve and have therefore, introduced the packaging calculator to enable them to do so.”

    Sidel introduced an online PET savings calculator to allow beverage producers and bottlers to calculate for themselves what savings could be achieved based on their production parameters.

    “The benefits of light weighting PET bottles are well known in the beverage industry. However many producers are still not taking advantage of innovative new bottle designs that could help them make substantial cost savings,” the Zone Vice-President for the Middle East and Africa at Sidel, Clive Smith, said.

    He said great opportunities exist for the industry in terms of reducing raw material use, costs saving and improving environmental footprints by adopting new bottle designs, especially for water and CSD.

    He said in the past 18 months Sidel has launched several bottle design innovations, including its right weight bottle concept.

    On right weight, he said it was the proprietary bottle design that Sidel uses to ensure a bottle is both light while also strong enough to survive global supply chains, look good at the point of sale and offer a great consumer experience.

    On savings, Smith said studies had shown that modern bottle designs could lead to substantial savings for beverage producers worldwide. To make it easy for manufacturers to calculate their savings, he said his firm launched new PET savings calculator, that would  enable water and CSD producers to calculate how much they could save by utilising a Sidel StarLite base and a shorter neck.

    He said: “The calculator allows producers to enter their production conditions for water or CSD products, such as bottle neck format, raw material costs, annual production hours and blower speed etc. for a range of bottle formats. It then immediately calculates how much money could be saved per line by simply adapting the bottle design to use the Sidel StarLite base and shorter neck.”