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Agosto 19, 2008

Japan to label goods' carbon footprints

Japan is planning to label consumer goods to show their carbon footprints in a bid to raise public awareness about global warming, an official said Tuesday. Under the plan, a select range of products from beverages to detergent will carry markings on ...

Julio 03, 2008

Calbee to Raise Snack Prices This Autumn

Major Japanese snack food maker Calbee Foods Co. said Thursday that it will raise prices of its mainstay products as early as November.The markup on the products, which include potato chips and "Kappa Ebisen"snacks, reflects surging prices of...

Junio 03, 2008

Svenska Lantchips (IKEA) builds new potato chip factory in Hokkaido (Japan)

On May 27, the Hokkaido Simbun press reported that the swedish potato chips manufacturer "Svenska Lantchips AB", will construct a new potato chips factory in Japan. Svenska Lantchips supplies potato chips to IKEA stores worldwide. The new fa...

Abril 09, 2008

Gain Report: Agricultural Situation/Food Trends Japan

Economic woes and environmental issues have received extensive attention from the Japanese food industry and media again. Many Japanese marketers are taking advantage of this situation as well as the strong yen to market their products. In this month's...

Marzo 30, 2008

Japanese firm Frente finds Thai potato-chip market tasty

The Japanese snack and candy manufacturer Frente Co has joined with the local consumer products distributor Durbell Co, a subsidiary of Red Bull Group, to introduce KaraMucho potato chips with the first-year sales target of 80 million baht. Frente sen...

Febrero 08, 2008

McDonald's quintuplica sus ganancias en Japon en 2007

McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) Ltd. informó hoy que sus ganancias netas consolidadas del 2007 ascendieron a 7.820 millones de yenes (73,77 millones de dólares USA) , lo que significa que se quintuplicaron respecto al año anterior. La mayor cadena ...

Febrero 08, 2008

Night owls send McDonald's Japan profits soaring

McDonald's Japan said Thursday its net profit jumped more than five-fold last year as the burger giant introduced more round-the-clock restaurants and updated its menu. Japan's leading fast-food chain predicted profits to keep growing this year as it c...

Febrero 07, 2008

USPB Improves Market Access With Japan Chip Manufacturers

The United States Potato Board (USPB) organized a chip-stock trade mission to Japan, November 5-9, 2007 for US chip-stock growers to meet with Japanese snack manufacturers. The US delegation was made up of Virgil Slagell and Lon Baley, USPB Internation...

Enero 27, 2008

Frito-Lay launches strawberry flavoured Cheetos in Japan

According to this blog, Frito-Lay has launched strawberry flavoured Cheetos in Japan. The Strawberry flavoured Cheetos joins a chocolate flavoured version and a caramel flavoured Doritos.

Diciembre 08, 2007

Japanese trading house Mitsubishi wins bid to take over Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan

Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. said on Saturday that it successfully completed a friendly takeover of Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Ltd., which owns more than 1,500 KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants around the country. Mitsubishi, which already ow...

Diciembre 01, 2007

McDonald's reconoce que podria haber vendido productos caducados

La cadena de restaurantes McDonald's ha reconocido que podría haber vendido ensaladas y otros alimentos caducados en cuatro de sus locales de Tokio. Según la empresa, algunos empleados habrían cambiado las etiquetas de algunas ensaladas que aún no vend...

Diciembre 01, 2007

McDonald's Japan Says Outdated Salads Sold at Four Restaurants

McDonald's Holdings Co. Japan Ltd., a unit of the world's biggest restaurant operator, said four franchise restaurants sold outdated salads and used expired ingredients, in a filing yesterday to the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The disclosures by McDonald's...

Noviembre 14, 2007

Calbee secures potato supply for snacks through partnership with R.D. Offutt

Calbee Foods Co. has partnered with R.D. Offutt Co., the largest potato grower in the U.S., to establish a large and stable supply of potatoes for its snack foods, especially for its strategic new product Jagabee, The Nikkei reported in its Wednesday m...

Octubre 31, 2007

Japan's Mitsubishi launches takeover bid for KFC Japan

Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. announced a tender offer Wednesday to boost its stake in Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Ltd. in a deal worth up to 30.83 billion yen (US$267.72 million;¤185,38 million).Mitsubishi, which already owns 31 percent of ...

Octubre 19, 2007

GAIN report: Frozen Potato Products Japan

Japan’s imports of frozen potato products slightly increased by 0.3 percent from 299,400 metric tons in 2006 to 300,270 tons in 2007 (Jul. 06 through Jun. 07). The market has soared to over 300,000 tons that had once fallen in 2003 to 255,165 tons and...

Septiembre 24, 2007

Japanese researchers identify ideal frying conditions for crispy, low fat batter.

Researchers at Tokyo University of Technology have studied how the structure of the batter molecules changes during the frying process. They discovered that altering the water content and frying time they were able to create perfect conditions to crea...

Septiembre 06, 2007

Half-price Big Mac to fight global warming proves big hit in Japan

A Japanese government website crashed Wednesday as people raced to take up an offer of a half-price McDonald's hamburger in exchange for pledging to fight global warming. The Japanese unit of the US burger giant Tuesday offered a Big Mac for 150 yen (1...

Septiembre 04, 2007

McDonald's Japan Hits Monthly Record Sales in August

McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) said Tuesday same-store sales at its hamburger outlets in Japan hit a monthly record in August.Sales in August rose 11.3 pct from a year before to 46,394 million yen, eclipsing the previous record of 43,047 million yen s...