Coca-Cola Amatil, the Australian-based bottler and distributor for Coca Cola across Oceania, has announced plans to invest A$100 million in Indonesia over three years, doubling the company’s investment in the country. The announcement was made at Coca-Cola Amatil’s annual investor presentation in Indonesia yesterday. “The opportunity for CCA in the Indonesian market is to participate in the growth in the consumption per capita of commercial beverages through increasing theavailability... ...Read more »

From October, Coca-Cola Amatil and Woolworths will launch a new purple lid for the bottled Deep Spring water brand in support of the Avner Nahmani Pancreatic Research Foundation. 10c from the sale of each 600ml or 1.25L purple-lid Deep Spring bottle in Woolworths and Big W stores will be donated towards research into treatment and improved patient outcomes for pancreatic cancer, one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of cancer. Each year, more than 1,900 Australians are diagnosed with pancreatic... ...Read more »

Westfield Shopping Centre today launched a recycling initiative which, once rolled out nationally, is expected to divert 675 tonnes of beverage containers from landfill each year – enough containers to fill nine Olympic sized swimming pools with recyclable material each year. Parliamentary Secretary to the NSW Minister for Climate Change and the Environment Angela D’Amore MP launched the campaign at Westfield in Burwood, NSW yesterday. She described Westfield’s coordinated recycling service... ...Read more »

Russian Standard Vodka today announced the launch of its first ready-to-drink beverage, Russian Standard Vodka Citrus, for the Australian market. The product is the first foray into the RTD market for the 22-year-old premium vodka brand, which holds a 60% share of the Russian premium market. “We are proud to continue our success in Australia with the launch of Russian Standard Vodka Citrus RTD,” said Roustam Tariko, founder and President of Russian Standard Vodka. “Our new RTD is produced with... ...Read more »

Model and TV presenter Jennifer Hawkins and entrepreneur John Singleton today toasted the first Bluetongue Premium Lager to roll off the production line at the new $120 million Pacific Beverages-owned brewery on the Central Coast today. After 18 months of building and the commencement of brewing a few weeks ago, the facility can now ramp up to its annual capacity of 50 million litres, equivalent to about 6.5 million cases. Singleton was enthusiastic about the new beer. “It is an exciting day... ...Read more »

SABMiller announces that Pacific Beverages, its joint venture with Coca-Cola Amatil in Australia, has commenced brewing at its new US$105 million Bluetongue brewery in Warnervale, approximately 95km north of Sydney. The state-of-the-art facility has a capacity of 500,000 hectolitres and will incorporate two brewhouses in the one brewery. This ‘twin stream brewhouse’ will enable the production of a combination of the popular domestic brands in addition to SABMiller’s international brands... ...Read more »

SPC Ardmona have advised their suppliers that the company will not be able to accept all the peaches and pears produced in the coming season. A letter from SPC Ardmona, owned by soft drink giant Coca-Cola Amatil, said that the quota for canning pears would be reduced by as much as 25%. “In the current economic climate, the company anticipates difficulties in recovering lost export markets for pear products, and we expect there will be a reduction in the canning pear requirement,” said... ...Read more »

Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) director Terry Davis has denied speculation that the firm is interested in buying rival beverage firm Foster’s. In July last year, Davis hinted that the soft drinks group might consider a play for Foster’s’ beer unit, should Foster’s sell off its wine business. He was quoted in local reports at the time as saying that CCA’s portfolio has no space for wine brands. The firm also appointed former Foster’s Group executive John Murphy as managing... ...Read more »

Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) said at its AGM trading update that business remains in a “strong” financial position, driven by revenue management and efficiency gains. The Australian beverage company said last week (14 May) that it expects to deliver high single digit growth in both earnings before interest and tax and net profit after tax for the first half of 2010. In a trading update for the six months to the end of June, CCA said its Australian beverage business had made a solid start to... ...Read more »

Despite posting record earnings, with a net income increase of 16%, up to $449 million, Australian company Coca-Cola Amatil’s share price dropped today.  Stock market experts described Coca-Cola Amatil’s results as ‘solid’, but not good enough to justify its share price. Developing markets Indonesia and Papua New Guinea posted revenue growth of almost 22%, and the Food & Services Division (including SPC Aardmona) reported earnings growth of over 20%. Strong performance... ...Read more »