Cottonsoft is celebrating. Following the recent expansion of its Dunedin manufacturing facility and having earned the ECNZ (Environmental Choice New Zealand) ecolabel in 2013 after a rigorous auditing process, the toilet tissue and paper towel manufacturer has now been named the 2014 winner of the annual ECNZ innovation award.
Designed to support the All Blacks in a very Kiwi way as they take on the challenges that the remainder of 2014, and 2015 will bring, Do More will be a production with a difference. It will be written by, directed by and starring everyday New Zealanders.
BOC has announced the commencement of a new CO2 plant at Refining NZ’s Marsden Point refinery near Whangarei. To be built at a cost of approximately $40 million, the plant will purify CO2 for supply to customers in a variety of industries including food and beverage, dairy, wine, meat, pulp and paper, and horticulture.
Auckland food lovers rejoice, The Food Show is coming to town! Tickets are available now, so make sure you book in advance to enjoy a discounted price and to avoid queues on the day.
47 of the world’s greatest mixologists came together at Gleneagles, Scotland to mark the start of the sixth annual Diageo Reserve World Class Global Final 2014, one of the industry’s most prestigious and respected cocktail competition.
A feast for the eyes and the taste buds, the hearty lamb cutlet and kumara mash pie from The Clareville Bakery in Carterton, Wairarapa has been judged the country’s best pie at the 2014 Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards.
Small and independent craft brewers enjoyed continued growth in the first half of 2014, according to new mid-year data released by the Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade association that represents the majority of US breweries.
Young Australian vintner Nick Glaetzer’s made history when his Glaetzer-Dixon Mon Pere Shiraz won a major national award. Glaetzer’s gamble embodies a major shift in Australia’s wine-growing industry as it responds to climate change.
Inghams Enterprises has been recognised at the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology’s Food Industry Excellence Awards, winning the award for Excellence in Eco-Efficiency.
Whittaker’s and Griffin’s, two iconic New Zealand treat specialists, have teamed-up to create the limited edition, quintessentially Kiwi, Whittaker’s Hundreds and Thousands 250g block.
Wal-Mart has named ex-pat New Zealander Greg Foran as Chief Executive Officer of its US division. Foran began his career packing supermarket shelves in Hamilton in the ’70s and was one of two men Warehouse founder Stephen Tindall hand-picked back in the ’90s to be his potential successor.
The I Love Pies brand, which is well established in the North Island, has now launched in the South Island. The handmade pies are baked in Christchurch and are now being stocked in selected South Island Pak’nSave, New World, Countdown, and Raeward Fresh (Christchurch) stores.
