Tag: vegetables

Retail Asia24/01/2024
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According to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association, fruit and vegetable exports have risen by 89.2% this year to US$459 million due to a surge in demand from China. China has imported large volumes of durian, bananas and dragon fruit. Cold snaps in many places in that country have limited domestic banana supply since the […]

Retail Asia22/09/2023
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Fruit and vegetable exports in the first three quarters are worth an estimated US$4.1 billion, 24% more than in full-year 2022, Vinafruit said, citing customs data. Vinafruit, or the Vietnam Fruits and Vegetable Association, said durian, banana and dragon fruit were the main contributors to the increase, with durian in the lead after climbing into […]

Retail Asia20/07/2023
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The export of rice, fruit and vegetables to China and other markets posted surges of 34.7% and 64.2%, respectively in the first half, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Director of the ministry’s Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department Nguyen Nhu Tiep predicted export growth of fruit and vegetables to be maintained in the […]

Retail Asia08/06/2023
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Health Guru Cauliflower Puffs are a plant-based, savoury, baked snack, not fried. Founders Sarah and Don wanted to incorporate more vegetables into the average diet. Their research suggested an increasing number of consumers replacing meals with healthy snacks. “In 2020, puff-based products increased by 17.06% in the natural segment and 8.33% in the conventional [Spins […]

Retail Asia05/03/2020
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Shopee Malaysia has launched a fresh food grocery delivery service, including vegetables, seafood, and poultry. Ian Ho, regional MD of Shopee, says Malaysia’s e-commerce market is in a hyper-growth stage. “For us, that means it is not time to slow down. We are identifying more areas to tap into, such as the fresh segment, to […]

Retail Asia04/02/2020
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Sales are soaring for Alibaba’s fresh-food chain Freshippo in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. With many Chinese nationals being advised to stay at home during the course of the epidemic, demand for fresh food and household items has soared. Buyers are purchasing more items in bulk so as to reduce contact with home-delivery personnel. […]

Retail Asia13/05/2019
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Pacific Place’s popular casual Asian dining concept KiKi Tea@Sun’s Bazaar is presenting a summer pop-up menu in partnership with iconic Hong Kong Chiu Chow restaurant Chiu Tang. Chiu Tang’s Executive Chef Cheung Lam Por has created three traditional Chiu Chow specialties incorporating KiKi Tea’s sister brand KiKi Noodles for the seasonal promotion from 6 May […]

Retail Asia07/12/2018
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JD has partnered with Japanese chemical manufacturing giant Mitsubishi Chemical to open the largest hydroponic “plant factory” in China. The omnichannel retailer says the premium-quality, fresh produce produced at the new facility will provide its customers with new options for safe, nutritious and environmentally friendly food, online as well as offline at its 7Fresh supermarkets. […]

Retail Asia27/04/2018
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Singapore is about to have its first zero-waste grocery store, UnPackt. It will sell its goods without any packaging, encouraging customers to take along their own containers. In self-serve gravity bins to reduce food waste, dried food and cleaning supplies will go on sale first, with plans to introduce fresh fruit and vegetables when sales […]

Retail Asia26/06/2017
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Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nguyen Xuan Cuong said the export potential of fruits and vegetables is huge, with the products key to restructuring the sector. Cuong said the ministry has focused on promoting the use of modern technologies in agriculture, aiming to create quality products, thus improving the sector’s competitiveness and expanding export […]

Retail Asia26/04/2017
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Export turnover for vegetables has reached $857 million this year up to April 15, an increase of 30 per cent year-on-year and bringing in $8.2 million to Vietnam each day. Vegetables are therefore Vietnam’s third-highest agricultural and aquatic export, after seafood and coffee. Growth in vegetable exports is faster than for aquatic products (7.8 per […]

Retail Asia31/01/2017
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Việt Nam expects to achieve US$3 billion as its total export value of vegetables and fruits this year, exceeding the vegetable and fruit industry’s target of $2.4 billion. “After many years of export value under $1 billion, in recent years, the export value has made a breakthrough, which is why it was able to exceed […]

Retail Asia20/01/2017
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Consumers in HCM City can now use a smartphone app to trace the origin of vegetables sold at Co.opmart, Lotte Mart, Big C and AEON supermarkets under a programme run by the city Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Digital Agriculture Association. Huỳnh Thị Kim Cúc, the department’s deputy director, said customers could […]

Retail Asia05/01/2017
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Việt Nam’s fruit and vegetable export in 2016 hit US$2.4 billion, a 30 per cent increase over 2015, and exceeding the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s yearly target of $2.2 billion. According to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetables Association, the result was attributed to efforts to seek new markets and keep traditional markets. In 2016, […]


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