The Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA) has emphasised waste recycling, especially those of food and beverage packaging, as vital in environmental preservation.
According to FBRA, the value chain in the recycling process leads to job and wealth creation.
The Kano State Hisbah Board has seized and destroyed more than 30 trailer loads of beer.
The Board’s Public Relations Officer, Malam Adamu Yahaya, disclosed this in a statement in Kano on Tuesday.
Yahaya said that the cartons of beer were destroyed on Monday evening after interception at Kalebawa on Danbata Road in Dawakin Tofa area.
Cadbury Nigeria Plc has celebrated some of its employees that have been with the company for a long time during its annual Long Service Awards.
The Director, Corporate and Government Affairs, West Africa, Bala Yesufu, said in a statement that Cadbury rewarded 30 employees for their length of service to the organization.
Giving a breakdown of the awardees, Yesufu said that 18 of the employees had spent more than 10 years with the company; nine employees were in the 20 years category; while three awardees had at least 30 years length of service with the firm. He added that 11 out of the 18 awardees in the 10 years category were from the company’s Ondo plant.
‘Lagos One Fiesta‘, the annual holiday season celebration organised by the Lagos State Government, in partnership with Star Lager beer, a brand from the stables of Nigerian Breweries Plc, kicked-off on Monday at the five designated locations across the state.
Nestle Nigeria Plc has reaffirmed it is committed to responsible sourcing at its last Supplier’s Day event held in Lagos.
The event brought together major players who supply raw materials, packaging materials, services and indirect materials to Nestle. It was an opportunity to consolidate existing relationships as well as ensure best practices in sourcing.
Diageo Plc announced on Thursday it has entered into an agreement for the sale of United National Breweries (UNB), a maker of sorghum-based traditional African beer called Chibuku in South Africa to Delta Corp of Zimbabwe.
The British-based alcoholic beverage firm said that the transaction is subject to regulatory approval and expected to close in the second-half of 2019.
Delta Corp, Zimbabwe’s largest company and a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev is a leader in sorghum-based beer with its own brand of Chibuku. The purchase by Delta would be its second outside of Zimbabwe. It acquired Zambia’s National Breweries Plc, also a brewer of Sorghum-based Chibuku Shake-Shake in January, making it the largest producer of such brand of beer.
The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday raided the site of where unwholesome wines, fruit juices and spirits are produced in the Oke Odo area of Lagos.
The police said they arrested a 48-year old man, Uju Daniel Ughanzi, who they identified as the owner of the illegal factory.
Discovered in the one-storey uncompleted building, which also serves as Mr Ughanzi’s family residence were assortment of fake wines, fruit juices and empty bottles.
International Breweries Plc (IB Plc) Hero’s Foundation Kick-start programme on Tuesday, 18th December awarded N84.5m business grants to 44 budding entrepreneurs as part of the company’s Corporate Social Initiative.
The lucky entrepreneurs who were selected from over 120 participants received the grant at an award ceremony of the third edition of Hero’s Foundation Kick-Start Programme which held at the Dolly Hills Hotel, Onitsha, Anambra State.
A new cocoa processing plant in Ikom, Cross River State is set to become operational by the end of December.
The new factory being constructed by Senator Ben Ayade administration will process 50,0000 tons of cocoa beans from the state and neigbouring West African countries such as Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea for export.
French spirits Group Pernod Ricard announced on Tuesday, 18th December, it had acquired an unspecified stake in African online e-commerce retailer, Jumia.
The move follows Pernod Ricard’s collaboration with the firm to launch a one hour alcohol delivery service in Ghana and Kenya through an app called “Jumia Party”.
