Snacks and Confectionery

Affordable indulgence

The South African sweets and confectionery market endures competition from international manufacturers and suppliers all the time. Food Review investigates the reasons behind this.

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Exclusive interview with Lauren Siebrits, the CEO of IFFCO

IFFCO is a United Arab Emirates-based international group that markets and manufactures a range of mass-market foods, including fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) such as sweets and confectionery.

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Know your market if you want to crack it in the ‘nak’ sector!

Theo Bakkum, managing director of Awesome Snacks, didn’t win the medium business category in the Sanlam Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year Competition in 2010 for nothing. His business has grown out of adversity to become a top snacks supplier in SA.

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Sweet satisfaction

Sally Williams is amongst one of SA’s finest exports. Roxanne Rolando took a tour of the Johannesburg-based factory and spoke to Mark Sack, managing director of Sally Williams, about indulgence in times of recession.

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Liquorice prices soar

The price of liquorice extract has been climbing in recent years as excess harvesting of the wild root puts pressure on supply. Prices for fresh roots collected from Western China this winter escalated to RMB5.1 per kg according to the Gingko Group, a Chinese manufacturer of liquorice extracts.

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