Lion NZ calls time on Drinks Collective

Lion NZ calls time on Drinks Collective

Lion New Zealand will close its foodservice distribution division Drinks Collective in December to streamline operations at its “increasingly complex business”. It created the division around six years ago to specialise in distribution of brands it either owned or had...
Perfect Pear cider wins cider awards

Perfect Pear cider wins cider awards

A bottle-fermented pear cider has crushed the competition to be named the best cider in the country. Perfect Pear 2018 produced by The Cider Factorie in Tauranga was crowned Champion Cider at a pared-back version of the New Zealand Fruit Wine & Cider Awards in...
Whittakers’ sweet export success

Whittakers’ sweet export success

A household Kiwi name has shown its quality to the world, as Whittaker’s were crowned Exporter of the Year at the 2021 ExportNZ ASB Wellington Export Awards, in front of a socially distanced and fully vaccinated audience at Te Papa. “Whittaker’s success, despite...