Food & Beverage

Redmart to move into Lazada's platform on 15 March

It will mark Lazada’s official foray into Southeast Asia’s online supermarket business.

Bottoms up: The worst is over for ThaiBev

After 13 months of negative growth, beer production rose in the last few months of 2018.

Tourism to boost Japan's confectionery market to $26.7b

South Korean conglomerate Lotte plans to invest $1.2b in Japan to expand its confectionery products.

Last-Mile Challenges in Singapore's Food E-Commerce Industry

It’s hard to remember a time when people could “shop” off catalogues that came in the mail, or phoned-in to order from a TV shopping program. There...

NTUC Enterprise's proposed acquisition of Kopitiam gets nod from competition watchdog

The process of the buyout is expected to be completed on January 2019.

Foodtech slowly devours startup funding in Singapore

The launch of US$40m VisVires New Protein (VVNP) fund with its niche focus on the global food and feed system attests to the growing investor appetite...

Kimly executives Lim Hee Liat and Chia Cher Kiang released on bail

They were arrested over suspected violations of the Securities and Futures Act.

Daily Briefing: $350 progressive wage increase for 3,000 landscape employees gets green light; Grab in talks to invest US$100m in Indian hotel startup Oyo

And government agencies amp up checks on food establishments providing catering services during the festive season.

Grab pilots monthly savings subscription programme

Users can use vouchers worth $100 on Grab’s food services for $7.99 monthly.

ThaiBev's profit plummeted 46% to $77m in FY2018

Its beer business was struck with a 10.4% net profit fall to $116.71m.

Online food delivery and grocery goes physical: is it worth it?

All of Singapore's major food delivery platforms now have a physical extension of their services, reflecting a growing trend amongst retailers around...

foodpanda launches pick-up feature for pre-orders in 2,000 restaurants

Customers using Pick-Up will not incur delivery fees and adhere to order or location restrictions.