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Convenience food is a concept that has been prevalent and popular in the western countries for a long time now. Globally, the demand for ready-to-eat (RTE) food products has been increasing over the last few years on account of busier lifestyle of consumers…
Kutchina has opened its second store in Kathmandu spanning across 500 sq.ft. Targeting middle and higher income group customers, the store offers complete kitchen solutions including entire range of big appliances and modular kitchen. Look and feel of the…
US-based meal kit company, Blue Apron, celebrated its IPO on 29 June with more than the usual fanfare, hiring caterers to pass out bite-size chicken burgers and hosting a cooking competition outside the New York Stock Exchange. But just over one week later,…
It’s a rarity in Milwaukee, where Laotian fare like larb, green papaya salad sai oua (Lao sausage) often take a backseat to popular Thai dishes at area restaurants. But, that’s something Alex Hanesakda is trying to change.A first generation Lao American,…
The parent company of Tops Supermarket, Central Food Retail (CFR), will invest Thb1bn (US$29.37m) in a new format Tops Plaza, and 176 new Superkoom supermarkets. The leading Thai retailer told that the new format will be community shipping mall, with the…
Some 15 years ago, Malaysians were introduced to a Korean drama series that quickly became a global sensation. This iconic series opened the doors of K-drama to the world, and Malaysia is no stranger to it! Our love for all things Korean – food, fashion,…
Jamilah’s newly obtained skills are beyond anything most would expect from an Indonesian maid working in Singapore – she is not only a cook and a cleaner, but a website builder. Jamilah learnt programming languages such as HTML and CSS at a free, eight-week…
The Indonesian Culinary Fair 2016, dubbed “The Taste of Indonesia,” will be organized at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, Tokyo, from May 16 to June 16. The organization of the culinary promotion event was in line with the governments policy to intensify culinary…
Indonesia-based grocery delivery app HappyFresh announced today it raised US$12 million in a series A funding round led by Vertex Ventures, the venture arm of Temasek Holdings and Sinar Mas Digital Ventures (SMDV), the venture arm of Indonesia’s Sinar Mas…
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