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FBR March 2016

2 | MARCH 2016 | FOOD & BEVERAGE REPORTER www.fbreporter.com T his issue highlights a not-so-subtle change to our style (or attitude), a change I hope our distinguished readership will find both stimulating and informative. You might notice that the magazine is becoming more people-centric as our coverage increasingly focuses on those who drive and disrupt the industry, and not just on the products and technologies that help shape it (important as they are). The most interesting thing about any industry is, to my mind, its people. And I believe a key role for this magazine is to tease out and share the insights of those who make the sector rock ‘n roll: the lions as well as the mice. It’s the kind of coverage that will, hopefully, distinguish us from the zillions of on-line newsletters out there: more real journalism and less recycled press-releases. This month’s magazine, for example, features an in-depth interview with RCL FOODS’ Miles Dally, one of the key players at the highest levels of the industry (I asked him if he sleeps at night given the menacing clouds over the sector and the economy - and I’m relieved to advise that he does!). At the same time, we have put the spotlight on two dynamic innovators on the fringes of the industry: pressed juice trend-setters Fiona Stander and Antonia de Luca). What comes through so clearly - from Dally to De Luca (and, of course, Stander too) is a genuine passion for the sector and an optimism about the future - despite the current economic gloom. It makes writing and reporting on the industry a pleasure and a privilige. I had never heard of the term Circular Economy until I stumbled upon the report by the World Economic Forum/ Ellen MacArthur Foundation titled The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the future of plastics (See article on Page 30). Seems that there are some truly far-sighted thinkers out there who actually have a plan, a scalable, workable plan nogal, that could halt the looming environmental catastrophe, turning the global plastics business into an eco-sustainable industry that will prevent us all from drowning in the stuff. And just as I had finished learning about this initiative, a welcome email arrived announcing that Germiston- based MPact’s new recycling plant would prevent a further 30 000 tons of PET bottles landing up in our landfills each year and be recycled back into food-grade packaging. Plastics SA has its conference (along with Propak) this month and I’m hoping we’ll hear more bold ideas, more practical, scalable solutions, to this huge challenge. Bruce Cohen editor@fbreporter.com Endorsed by the SA Assoc of the Flavour & Fragrance Industry. FBR is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Endorsed by SAAFoST Publisher Bruce Cohen editor@fbreporter.com Mobile: 083 454 1857 Advertising Wendy Breakey wendy@fbreporter.com Tel: (011) 026 7311 Mobile: 083 653 8116 Administration Alice Osburn adminfbr@fbreporter.com Tel: (011) 026 8220 www.fbreporter.com Published by AO Media 2nd Floor Oakfin House 367 Oak Ave Randburg Johannesburg PO Box 2082 Pinegowrie 2123 South Africa Tel: 011 026 8220 editor@fbreporter.com . Lions and mice: we like them both - a lot! EDITORIAL NEXT MONTH We’ll be on the Rooibos Route looking at how a small group of previously marginalised farmers in the remote northern Cape banded together and are now filling shelves across Europe with their fabulous fair-trade organic tea. Reporter & prevent a further 30000 tons of PET Mobile: 0834541857 Tel: (011) 0267311 Mobile: 0836538116 Tel: (011) 0268220 Tel: 0110268220

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