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februari 26, 2009

China: Potato and Frozen Potato Products 2009 (Gain Report)

China's fresh potato production in MY08/09 is forecast at 65 million metric tons (MMT), not much change from the previous year. In the past two years, about 10 percent of China’s potato acreage shifted to other plantings due to the growth in grains pro...

februari 23, 2009

Potato Starch Manufacturer China Essence says potato protein and potato fiber production expansion on schedule

China Essence Group announces that the plan to commence large-scale production of potato protein and potato fibre in FY2010 has been progressing well based on an internal pre-established timeline. The Company currently has in place production facilitie...

februari 23, 2009

First potato export from China to Europe

Four thousand five hundred kilograms of potatoes will be exported to Germany at the price of 1.5 USD per kilogram, marking the first instance of potato exports from China to Europe, according to news from Ningxia Daily.Ma Shengke, an official of the Xi...

februari 12, 2009

Chinese Potato Starch manufacturer China Essence Group reports 21% increase in 9M FY2009 Revenue

China Essence Group Ltd. (“China Essence” or the “Group”), one of the largest, leading integrated producers of potato products in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), today announced positive results for the third financial quarter ended 31 December...

februari 05, 2009

Abrira McDonald's 175 tiendas en China y contratara mas de 10.000 empleados

McDonald's China anunció el día 4 un plan de expansión para abrir 175 nuevas tiendas y generar más de 10.000 empleos en la parte continental de China a pesar de la desaceleración económica global. La expansión es la mayor que lleva a cabo McDonald's ...

februari 04, 2009

McDonald's slashes China prices by up to 33 percent

Mcdonald's Corp (MCD), the world's largest fast-food chain, has cut some prices by as much as a third in China where once booming economic growth has slumped amid the global financial crisis.In what the company calls "the best ever value meal comb...

januari 17, 2009

Tecnología brasileña para mejorar la producción de papa en China

De acuerdo a José Alberto Caram de Souza Dias, investigador del Instituto de Agronomía de Campinas (IAC), una tecnología desarrollada en Campinas, en el estado brasileño de Sao Paulo, puede aplicarse en China para impulsar la producción de papa. Según...

november 14, 2008

McDonald's opens 1,000th China store

McDonald's Corp said on Friday it had opened its 1,000th store in China in the southern province of Guangdong, and planned to open another 175 stores in the country in 2009."McDonald's will be continuing to invest and build in China at an ever inc...

november 03, 2008

PepsiCo Plans to Invest $1 Billion in China Over the Next Four Years

PepsiCo, one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, announced today that it plans to invest U.S. $1 billion in China over the next four years. The investment is part of the company's ongoing strategy to expand in emerging markets and broad...

september 26, 2008

KFC deja KO a McDonalds en China

Kentucky Fried Chicken ha conseguido lo que otras cadenas de comida rápida llevan tiempo soñando. La enseña americana supera, en China, a todos sus competidores del sector, incluido al líder del mercado mundial, McDonald’s. El éxito de KFC en el país o...

september 19, 2008

Starbucks and KFC are drawn into China's tainted milk scandal

STARBUCKS and KFC have admitted using products from firms affected by China's tainted milk crisis. The news cames as Hong Kong ordered recalls of ice creams found to be contaminated with melamine, the compound responsible for killing four babies in a h...

september 04, 2008

GAIN Report: Oilseeds in China 2008/2009

Good weather in Northeast China and other areas continue to solidify high expectations of a good harvest. Total oilseeds production is expected to be six percent higher in marketing year 2008/09, while new soybean projections are significantly higher t...

augustus 01, 2008

China Essence Group has been granted a loan facility for expansion

China Essences Group Ltd., a chinese producer of potato starch and related products, announced it entered into an agreement for a USD 60 million short term loan facility by the DBS bank.According to the statement, the purpose of the loan facility is to...

juni 30, 2008

Competition gearing up in China's fast food industry

In a nation that has taken pride in the delicacy and diversity of a cuisine which dates back thousands of years, it is astonishing that foreign fast food chains like Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and McDonald's have dominated the fast food industry in ...

juni 26, 2008

McDonald's raises prices in China

There's no escaping rising inflation - signs of it are everywhere. The latest sign could be in your meal at a fast-food outlet. McDonald's, the world's largest fast food chain, yesterday raised its prices in China, for the second time this year, fo...

mei 26, 2008

Starch manufacturer China Essence Group increases revenue 65%

China Essence Group Ltd. (“China Essence” or the “Company”), one of the largest, leading integrated potato-processing producers in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), is pleased to announce its full year financial results for the financial year end...

april 23, 2008

Burger King Plans Rapid China Growth Over 3 Years

Burger King Holdings Inc, the world's No. 2 hamburger chain, is looking to open several hundred restaurants over the next three years in China, where it now has only 12, a senior executive said on Monday, as it seeks to narrow the gap with rival McDona...

maart 23, 2008

Yum! Brands registra incremento del 30% en ganancias en China en 2007

Yum! Brands Inc, el mayor operador de cadenas de comida rápida del mundo, registró un alza del 30 por ciento en sus beneficios en el mercado chino durante el año pasado. El volumen de negocios del operador de los establecimientos de KFC, Taco Bell y...