News in Brief
Sauza Agave Cocktails launches its Que Viva el Mariachi contest
This Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15), Sauza Agave Cocktails is looking to encourage people to get busy living by spending valuable time with family and friends over flavourful drinks and music. To honour Sauza’s Mexican heritage and Jalisco roots, Sauza Agave Cocktails is giving ten lucky winners a free mariachi booking during Hispanic…
Coca-cola launches US first packaging for multi-pack cans
In an effort to reduce plastic use, Coca-Cola will discontinue plastic shrink wrap from its multipack cans in the US. It will transition to using KeelClip, a minimalist paperboard packaging solution developed by fibre-based consumer packaging company, Graphic Packaging. According to the soft drinks company, the fibre-based packaging will eliminate the need for plastic rings…
Staropramen eyes premiumization in Czech Republic
A small tweak to an old recipe has resulted in a big success for Staropramen. The Czech brewer introduced its Staropramen 12 lager in its home country in March, and the beer already has taken a 4 share of the fastest-growing beer segment in the Czech Republic. The 5.2% alcohol-by-volume beer replaces Staropramen Ležák in…
New INX products at Labelexpo Americas
Since the beginning of the year, INX International has introduced several innovative ink solutions that impact the label and packaging markets. Those products and new equipment will greet attendees in booth 129 at the upcoming Labelexpo Americas 2022, September 13-15 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. Held a short distance from Chicago’s…
Singapore’s OTS Holdings plans to export new SPAM-Style canned vegan meat
OTS Holdings recently announced its plans to enter the global market with its plant-based protein products. One of Singapore’s biggest manufacturers of chilled, frozen, dried, and canned meat products, the food giant’s plant-based ANEW brand makes its debut with a new plant-based SPAM-style canned vegan meat OTS is one of Singapore’s largest food producers, exporting 40% of…
Halle Berry invests in canned wine producer Bev
Bev, a beverage start-up self-described as being “committed to ‘breaking the glass’ with wine crafted for the can,” recently launched its Pride campaign in benefit of wayOUT, a 501 non-profit organisation seeking to empower the LGBTQ+ community. The summer launch coincided with the announcement that actress and director Halle Berry, who makes a cameo in…
Chicago Blackhawks and Goose Island Beer collaborates on new ale
The Chicago Blackhawks and Goose Island Beer Co. are bringing a new brew to the Windy City this fall. The team announced Thursday via social media that a Goose Island Blackhawks Pale Ale will debut in October. The video teaser features Hall of Fame forward Denis Savard driving a Goose Island delivery van with a…
Turner Labels develops innovative craft beer can design
US-based converter Turner Labels has teamed up with a local Mirror Twin Brewery to design a blacklight label that reveals hidden images and humorous secret messages to create an additional level of customer engagement and entertainment. The brewery, founded in 2016, serves customers from both sides of life: the tried-and-true beer purists and the anything-goes…
Leinenkugel brings back a classic thanks to internet campaign
Leinenkugel’s is bringing back a classic, thanks to the internet. After several years in hibernation, Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat is making its return to shelves this month, inspired by an online petition signed by Dick Leinenkugel himself. “As soon as we hibernated it, we started to hear from drinkers about their love of Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat,”…
Edinburgh Gin launches two RTD cocktail cans for summer
As big fans of anything ready-to-drink and on-the-go, we couldn’t help but get excited once we discovered that Edinburgh Gin were coming out with two new cocktail cans. No strangers to a canned cocktail in the first place (they’ve already got a Classic G&T, Rhubarb and Ginger Gin & Ginger Ale and Raspberry Gin Fizz) the brand’s latest…
