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Swine
General
3 min read

Major firms spend big on pig farming

Many big companies have been investing trillions of dong (VND1 trillion= $41.67 million) in raising pigs, with the Vietnamese pork market estimated at $15 billion. According to a recent financial report by Thaiholdings Joint Stock Company, through its…

starbucks1
Food
3 min read

Starbucks sells its Evolution Fresh juice business

Starbucks is selling its cold-pressed juice brand, as the company focuses on its coffee-drink business and improving its stores and relations with its cafe workers under interim Chief Executive Howard Schultz. Fresh-food maker Bolthouse Farms Inc. said it…

Carmens Best
Food
1 min read

Filipino ice-cream Carmen’s Best opening in Singapore

Premium Filipino ice-cream chain Carmen’s Best has opened its first overseas store in Singapore. The store, which held its soft opening on Monday at Capitol Singapore, offers fresh milk-based ice creams in flavors such as milk chocolate, butter pecan, and…

Yonghui
Food
1 min read

Yonghui boosts stake in Chinese grocery Zhongbai

Dairy Farm Group-backed Yonghui Superstores is to boost its interest in Central Chinese regional supermarket chain, Zhongbai Holdings. According to a stock exchange filing in Shanghai, Yonghui is offering RMB8.10 per share to take its stake in the company…

Dairy Farm
Food
3 min read

‘Solid’ profit growth for Dairy Farm International

Dairy Farm International Holdings had solid profit growth in the first half despite lower sales in its supermarkets and hypermarkets, says chairman Ben Keswick. “While the rest of the year is expected to stay challenging for supermarket and hypermarket…

agriculture
Living
2 min read

Vietnam launches new agency to ‘rescue’ farm products

Farmers are growing more food than the population can eat due to a breakdown in communication. Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) launched a new department on Wednesday aiming to “rescue” the country’s farm products. Despite its…

Dairy Farm
Food
3 min read

Lao Dairy Farm carves out healthy market niche

The farm is located in Naxineua village, Naxaithong district. It keeps a variety of animals, including goats, pigs, ducks, chicken, and fish, but its mainstay is ists herd of dairy cows. Farm Director Sengmany Yathotou told last week that they began in 2014…