食品趋势

China Petroleum &Chemical Corp (Sinopec) and McDonald's Corp have opened their first combination service station and restaurant in Beijing, the Shanghai Business Review reported, citing sources.

With its Chinese lettering and unremarkable name, the fast-food outlet in a Shanghai shopping mall looks like many others selling local fare. East Dawning is crowded with customers on this winter evening, and they're sampling a menu that includes pork ...

India's top tobacco firm, ITC Ltd, on Friday beat market forecasts with a 16 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong growth in packaged foods and hotels, as it bolsters its non-cigarette businesses further.

It's a long way from the east side of Detroit to the east side of China, but that's the story of Jerry Schafer's career under the Golden Arches. Schafer, 53, is senior vice president and chief operating officer at McDonald's China. He grew up in the ...

Burger King, now making up for years of soggy growth and a decaying global business, is plotting an expansion into Asia in the coming half-decade to narrow the gap with arch-foe McDonald's. Chief Executive John Chidsey told Reuters on Thursday that the...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N), the world's biggest retailer, said it will keep expanding in China at more than 30 percent annually, as it won government approval to open its 100th store in the fast-growing consumer market. The U.S. retail giant currently...

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...

Procter & Gamble said a small shipment of its Pringles-brand potato chips rejected by Chinese quality inspectors involved a product not designed for release in the China market. Charles Zhang, a Guangzhou-based spokesman for the company, told XFN-As...

Packets of the popular snack Pringles were Wednesday removed from Hong Kong supermarkets after tests in mainland China found them to contain a cancer-causing chemical. Barbecue-flavoured packets of the potato crisps were taken off sale in Wellcome, one...

Fast food giant chain McDonald's has opened its 102nd restaurant in Turkey in the Anatolian city of Eski?ehir. The restaurant opened last week in the Espark Shopping Center. McDonald's Turkey General Manager Sadi Fansa said at the opening ceremony that...

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...

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...

Indian giant ITC has announced that it aims to treble the turnover of its packaged food operations and to become the overall leader of the Indian packaged food sector by 2011.The cigarette giant’s food units are growing at a rate of 68.17% annually.Exa...

For years, McDonald's Corp. executives have boasted of endless opportunities in China, one of the largest untapped regions for the world's biggest burger chain. Yet the Golden Arches' brain trust isn't lovin' it enough to ramp up expansion in one of ...

Both Burger King and Wendy’s have held talks with DLF, a leading real estate developer to discuss an entry into the Indian market. Sources say that the ball is now in DLF’s court for zeroing in on a partner. The exact partnership model that is being ex...

In India, McDonalds reveals unique local flavours — both on its very resistable menu and otherwise. Much to the surprise of ultranationalists and leftists who thought the American food giant would be routed, it has stuck around, growing and expanding ...

International Dairy Queen Inc, a U.S. ice cream chain, will boost its outlets in China by adding 500 stores in the next five years, banking on the potential growth in ice cream consumption by an increasingly affluent population.     The company, contr...

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 ...