The health-conscious beverage retailer first set up just last year in Hong Kong’s Central, but has already opened a larger space in Tsim Sha Tsui, a flagship in Malaysia. Hong Kong-based fresh-brewed tea brand Flamingo Bloom has opened four stores in its first year of trading. The health-conscious beverage retailer[Read More…]
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Select Harvests, PepsiCo to extend nuts biz in China
Select Harvests will be co-investing with PepsiCo China in marketing to support the launch of the Lucky brand in China. Select Harvests has entered into a trademark license and distribution agreement with PepsiCo Foods to distribute and market its Lucky branded nuts, seeds and blends into China. Select Harvests will[Read More…]
BreadTalk to set expansion in China through stake acquisition
The tripartite alliance is expected to leverage on Pindao in sourcing strategic locations in Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Singapore- BreadTalk Group-Pindao Venture (BTG-Pindao) will acquire 90% of diner Song Fa (SF). The deal will transfer the operations and managing of restaurants from Song Fa Subsidiaries Song Yu in Shenzhen and Guangzhou[Read More…]
Dairy company Beingmate appoints new general manager
Bao Xiufei joins Beingmate from the Chinese business of Dutch dairy company Royal FrieslandCampina. Chinese milk powder manufacturer Beingmate has appointed a new general manager, a move welcomed by minority shareholder Fonterra, as it aims to re-focus its business for growth. Bao Xiufei joins Beingmate from the Chinese business of[Read More…]
PwC Hong Kong signs agreement with Vitargent for food safety
Vitargent is an award-winning biotechnology company specialising in product safety testing with its pioneering fish-embryo based toxicity testing technology. Backed by 10+ institutional investors and with input from its Scientific Advisory Board comprising experts from across the globe, Vitargent’s technology is serving 50+ leading companies and organisations including governments, research[Read More…]
Grupo Bimbo increases presence in China
Bimbo has now satisfied all customary closing conditions, including receiving regulatory approval, and can press ahead with integrating Mankattan into the rest of its business. Grupo Bimbo, Mexican multinational bakery product manufacturing company, has gained a greater foothold in the Chinese market after completing the acquisition of Mankattan. A deal for[Read More…]
Coca-Cola opens new production plant in China
The new facility has received a gold certification of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Coca-Cola and Swire Group have inaugurated a new production plant in Yunnan, China, and Coca-Cola says the new facility is the largest Coca-Cola production plant south of the Yangtze River in the country. Coca-Cola[Read More…]
China unveils guidelines for improving dairy industry
It also said that by 2025, the dairy industry should have been “invigorated in an all-round manner,” with milk supplies, dairy processing and quality, and industrial competitiveness at world-leading levels. According to the guidelines released by the General Office of the State Council, by 2020, the country should have achieved[Read More…]
Bubs aims for China Food and Drug registration
Bubs Australia Chairman, Dennis Lin says there may be an growing demand for goat milk based infant method in China, specifically in mother and baby shops. Bubs Australia (ASX:BUB) has entered into a binding production agreement with Australia Deloraine Dairy as a vital step towards reaching China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA)[Read More…]
Researchers turn food waste into fertilisers
The research team has invented an anaerobic digester system that recycles food scraps to produce electrical energy and heat. Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with scientists from Shanghai Jiao Tong Univeristy, have developed a method to convert food waste into energy and fertilizer. In Singapore,[Read More…]
