Food & Beverage
foodpanda's Luc Andreani on the key to tickling Singapore's food palate
foodpanda's Luc Andreani on the key to tickling Singapore's food palate
A massive restaurant network spanning 6,000 establishments helps fuel its bid for market leadership.
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.
Daily Briefing: 900 HDB flat buyers cancelled their BTO bookings in 2018; Hawker centres are struggling with the new social enterprise model
And F&B firm GD Group slapped with a $94,500 fine for false salary declarations.
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.
Chart of the Day: Singapore's food retailers buck APAC decline with 2018 average total returns of 10%
The stocks have averaged ROE of 19% in the past year.
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.
Daily Briefing: Grab eyes cheaper fares following Toyota partnership; AVA assures alternative sources for eggs
And Grab sees no impact on its network following Go-Jek’s expansion.
Chart of the Day: F&B service sales faced with flattish growth in 2018
It sealed a growth of around 2.5% YoY in September.
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.
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