Tag: f&b

Retail Asia21/04/2020
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The spread of Covid-19 is forcing Southeast Asian consumers to change their eating habits and embrace new shopping practices, says Mintel Apac food-and-drink analyst Tan Heng Hong. Given today’s consumer climate, food and drink categories with strong immunity claims can drive home the importance of immunity to protect wary consumers, he says. “Manufacturers of immunity-boosting […]

Retail Asia03/06/2019
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Singapore-based online food store Grain has raised US$10 million in series B funding. The cash will be used to accelerate growth in Singapore, and expand into Thailand. To do that, the company will be cooperating with Thailand’s Boonrawd Brewery group’s subsidiary Singha Corporation. Singha will help Grain gain clearer insights into the target audience in […]

Retail Asia22/04/2019
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Entrepreneur Amelia Fransisca has been appointed master franchise holder for Khun Thai Tea Indonesia. Fransisca, who has a 10-year tenure in the foodservice industry, said she chose Khun Thai Tea for its novel, fresh taste despite its low sugar content compared to other competitors, amidst trending consumer demand in Indonesia for original tea and healthier […]

Retail Asia12/03/2019
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South Korean private equity firm Unison Capital is selling its Gong Cha bubble tea franchise in a deal likely to fetch up to US$442 million. The company purchased the brand four years ago for KRW34 billion ($30 million), before taking over its global headquarters in Taiwan in a KRW40 billion ($35.45 million) deal in 2017. […]

Retail Asia11/02/2019
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Shopping malls are now allocating a higher percentage of their tenant mix (more space) to food & beverage (F&B) retailers, partly because competition from online platforms has impacted other types of retailers such as fashion, according to a market research and consulting firm. “Traditionally, F&B made up less than 20% of a mall’s tenant mix, […]

Retail Asia13/11/2016
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The EU demands Indonesia to ease trade barriers in the food and beverage (F&B) sector to give European producers more access to  Southeast Asia’s largest market, an official representing the world’s largest trading bloc has said. EU Commissioner of Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan said many European producers had expressed their interest to enter the Indonesian market. […]

Retail Asia10/09/2016
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The Singapore F&B sector is set for a radical transformation under the government’s Industry Transformation Maps, aimed at getting industry “future-ready”. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, deputy PM and coordinating minister for economic and social policies, revealed some insights in a speech at the opening of Select Group’s new corporate headquarters on Thursday. He said with 160,000 people […]


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