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Italian premium coffee maker, Lavazza Group has formed a joint venture with Yum China, the operator of KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants, to open Lavazza-branded shops in China. Its first …

Major food services group, ST Group Food Industries Holdings (ST Group) is reopening most of its stores across Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia by mid-May 2020. The re-opening of the …

Malaysian Fisheries Development Board (LKIM) has recently introduced ‘door-to-door’ sale of fish to consumer homes through cash-on-delivery service throughout Malaysia. This is to facilitate households to gain access to fresh …

US-based Hundred Acre winery has recently appointed Bordeaux Liquid Gold to be its exclusive importer in Malaysia. Bordeaux Liquid Gold is the official distributor of Petrus, Château Lafleur Pomerol and …

Singapore’s luxury tea brand TWG has expanded its presence in Hong Kong with its 4th store at Sha Tin’s New Town Plaza. TWG teahouse was established in 2008 by Taha …

The food services segment in Asia is not spared from the negative effects of the pandemic. We noticed 3 major outcomes namely in places where the outbreak are growing rapidly. …

COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has already spread globally after making its initial impact on China and neighbouring markets like South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and other ASEAN countries. With …

Listed Fruitas Holdings Inc., which focuses on small kiosk format stores, has recently taken full ownership of CocoDelivery Inc. by buying over the remainding shares, in a bid to expand …

Thai conglomerate, the Charoen Pokphand (CP) group has recently agreed to buy Tesco’s operations in Thailand and Malaysia for US$10.6 billion. This will seal CP group position as having business …

7-Eleven, through Philippine Seven Corp, has now partnered with G-Xchange Inc. to employ the latter’s GCash barcode technology at all its 7-Eleven branches. “By allowing 7-Eleven stores to accept GCash …

BreadTalk Group Chairman and Founder George Quek is now looking at delisting the company from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) after reporting a net loss of S$8.1 million (US$5.6 million) for …

India’s Som Distilleries & Breweries has recently entered into an agreement for the distribution of its hunter beer in Singapore. Through this agreement, the company is hopeful of establishing a …

Super Indo, one of Indonesia’s largest supermarket chains, has engaged Plexure Group to power its mobile marketing platform to deliver deeply personalised offers, messages and loyalty programs that improve customer …

Analysts are optimistic of Heineken’s growth in Malaysia as they are encouraged by Heineken’s venture into online delivery business called ‘Drinkies’ which deliver Heineken products within the Klang Valley and …

PT Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk., the owner of Alfamart stores is planning to open 1,000 new Alfamart outlets in 2020, particularly outside Java island. Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Director and Corporate …

Indonesia’s top food services delivery company, Gojek eyes to deliver 100 million orders per month on its food delivery platform Gofood this year, doubling last year’s figure as the company …

Malaysia’s Halal Development Corp Bhd (HDC) projects another 1,000 food premises in Japan to be certified Halal by the end of this year. Currently, 500 stores in the country have …