Australians were urged to recycle the more than 260 litres of bottled water they consumed last year. Yet none of those bottles were made from recycled plastic, writes Nicole Gooch.
Coca-Cola Amatil
Coke boss’s claims on imports not even food for thought
Why all the moaning from the food industry about nasty Coles and its price cutting and naughty imports?
Foster’s profit pot overflows, but shares fall as takeover speculation looms
Much of the steam went out of the Foster’s share price this morning on speculation that SABMiller, the world’s second largest brewer, was stalking Foster’s.
Drink down the marketing, but don’t choke on Coke’s lies
Surprise, surprise Vitaminwater doesn’t have any health benefits and its maker Coca-Cola is being sued for false advertising. But according to Coca-Cola, no consumer would be dumb enough to think the beverage was actually healthy.
Energy drink Mother rises like a phoenix
After originally tanking in 2006, Coke relaunched and rebranded its energy drink Mother this year to outsell Red Bull and equal sales of V. Here’s how they did it.
Foreign alcopops winners drink to Senator Fieding
So who is the Distilled Spirits Council that Senator Fielding and Malcolm Turnbull have gifted $290 million in alcopops tax to? Glenn Dyer invesitgates.
Alco-pops: Who among the booze producers lose?
The alcohol industry was out today trying to spin the line that the Federal Government lifting of excise on alcopops would see younger drinkers heading off for cheaper thrills, writes Glenn Dyer.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Name the federal outlay that increased by 24.9% in the past financial year … Emergency housing? Aged care? Coastal surveillance? Nursing education? No, none of the above. The answer’s probably obvious when you think about it: advertising.
Morning Market Report
The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.
