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三月 03, 2008

QSR Brands Bhd Signs Deal To bring KFC Restaurants to Cambodia

Bernama.com reports that QSR Brands Bhd has signed an agreement with Royal Group of Companies Ltd (RGC) and Rightlink Corporation Ltd Hong Kong (RCL) to form a joint venture company to operate the Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant (KFC Cambodia) busine...

二月 26, 2008

McCain hopes busy Chinese like fries

China, India and other developing countries will become "critically important cornerstones"for the frozen food giant as increasingly time-pressed consumers in emerging economies start to reach for products that simplify their lives, said Dale...

二月 25, 2008

McDonalds offers home delivery in Shanghai, China

McDonald's Corp has begun offering home delivery in Shanghai, aiming to build a model in China to boost sales and help it catch up with rival Yum! Brands in the world's most populous country. McDonald's has built up a fleet of 300 motorcycles over th...

二月 25, 2008

Yum! Introduces Taco Bell in India

After two years of talks and research, Yum! Restaurants International, the owner of quick serve restaurant brands such as Pizza Hut and KFC, will finally introduce the Taco Bell brand in India in the latter half of 2008. Through with its first round of...

二月 25, 2008

McDonald's Quietly Raises Prices In China

McDonald's quietly published new price quotes at its outlets starting Feb. 23, involving rises of between 5% and 10%, or 0.5 yuan to 1.5 yuan, for almost all products: burgers, soft drinks, French fries. This followed three separate price increases las...

二月 22, 2008

Pepsico to procure 30,000 tonne potato from West Bengal farmers

Pepsico India Holdings Pvt Ltd plans to procure at least 30,000 tonne of potato from West Bengal by 2010 for Fritolay, the food division of the company. At present, the company procures 12,000 tonne potato from the state

二月 20, 2008

Gujarat set to reap bumper potato crop

Gujarat, once known for its huge production of banana, is expected to have a bumper potato yield this year. While the crop is expected to have poor harvest in eastern part of the country, the situation is opposite in Gujarat. Potato production is incre...

二月 19, 2008

Thailand 2008 potato import quota allocations

On February 6, 2008, the Royal Gazette officially published a notification by the Department ofForeign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, December 26 which detailed import quota allocations for seed and table potatoes. The amount of the import quota totaled ...

二月 14, 2008

India: Potato futures up on concern output will fall

Potato futures rose on Thursday on speculation a persistent cold wave in the northern region could hurt output, analysts said. On the Multi Commodity Exchange of India, potato futures rose more than 1 per cent, with the most active March contract at Rs...

二月 12, 2008

McDonald’s plans food processing unit in Punjab

McDonald’s will set up a food processing unit in Haryana or Punjab with an investment of Rs 100 crore to complement its sourcing activities in the local markets. “We are in discussion with both Punjab and Haryana for opening a food processing plant, wh...

二月 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...

二月 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 ...

二月 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...

二月 07, 2008

Cold weather takes toll on potato harvest in India

India’s potato production in 2007-08 is likely to grow by half its earlier estimate on account of crop damage due to a cold wave in the north, home to the biggest producing regions, a senior official said. “Area has increased in almost all major produc...

二月 07, 2008

Interview with Frito-Lay India marketing execs Gautham Mukkavilli and Deepika Warrier

The branded snacks market has seen increased activity with the entry of FMCG heavyweight ITC. FritoLay, the market leader in this segment, is now faced with the task of guarding its position, even as competitors set targets to garner more than half the...

二月 07, 2008

China Imposes Anti-Dumping Tax of 17-35% on EU Potato Starch Importers

According to the Chinese state press, the Ministry of Commerce has started to impose an anti-dumping tax on potato starch imported from the European Union since yesterday. Importers of potato starch are required to pay an anti-dumping tax of 17 to 35%....

二月 06, 2008

Yum reports strong sales in China

Yum Brands Inc., which operates the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut chains, says fourth-quarter profit slipped almost 1 per cent as strong sales in Chinese and international divisions mostly countered the impact of higher costs.

二月 04, 2008

After 17 yrs, McDonald's expects to earn profits in India

Riding on the back of a major expansion spree, global fast food chain McDonald's on Monday said it expects the Indian operations to be profitable from the next fiscal, 17 years after it set up shop in the country. The company, which achieved break-even...