Colombian fast food chain bets on automated restaurants
A customer picks up his order from a locker while others place their orders via touchscreen at a MUY restaurant, a Colombian fast-food chain that is planning to turn its…
Mang Inasal’s Injap Sia brings fast food innovations to grocery store chain
Perspective of MerryMart’s first drive thru store, which is set to open along Diversion Road, Iloilo City on January 2021. MANILA, Philippines — Edgar “Injap” Sia II made a fortune…
With planes grounded, airline food seeks new life
“Pork Plz”: An airline-themed ready meal is sold at 4,300 won ($3.60). Yim Hyun-su/The Korea Herald/Asia News Network SEOUL — When convenience store CU launched airline-themed ready meals late June,…
Erwan Heussaff and Lark Team Up to Help Small Food Businesses in the Philippines
As a result of the pandemic and its effect on the Philippine economy, several small businesses have been forced to halt operations or close up shop completely. This has been…
San Miguel Food & Beverage’s Q1 profit down 20%
San Miguel President Ramon S. Ang. AP FILE PHOTO Consumer giant San Miguel Food and Beverage Inc. (SMFB) saw a 20 percent year-on-year drop in first quarter consolidated net income…
Among businesses, small-time food services may be next big thing
“Contactless” transactions will remain the norm and home-cooked food products will be bestsellers, while small-scale food and beverage establishments are expected to thrive as the country gets back on its…
Faster food price hikes amid lockdown hurt poor families’ pockets in April
Faster food price hikes amid the COVID-19 lockdown in April hurt the pockets of poor families as they had to shell out more despite many of them losing jobs and…
Poor hit hard by 2.9 percent food price inflation amid COVID-19 lockdown
Faster food price inflation amid the COVID-19 lockdown last April hurt the pockets of poor families as they had to shell out more despite many of them losing jobs and…
Energy from food waste project gets Japan funding
The joint waste-to-energy venture of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Dole Philippines in South Cotabato has blazed the trail for Philippine biogas projects to qualify for a maximum grant…
Century Pacific’s Q1 profit up 31% as ECQ boosts demand for shelf-stable food
The General Santos manufacturing facility of Century Pacific Food Heightened demand for shelf-stable food when the government locked down key regions starting mid-March boosted leading canned food producer Century Pacific…