Starbucks Announces Regional Partnership with Grab to Enhance Starbucks Experience for Customers in Southeast Asia
Starbucks today announced an integrated partnership with Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading superapp, across six markets, including the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The partnership will provide customers across Southeast Asia with a seamless Starbucks Experience, allowing them to…
Barry Callebaut Celebrates the Official Opening of Its New Asia Pacific Headquarters’ Office
Barry Callebaut officially opened its new regional headquarters in Singapore at the OUE Downtown 2 building last Friday, March 4, 2022, in a ceremony that featured its Group CEO Peter Boone. The new facility further affirms the company’s 25 years…
Origin Agritech Establishes New Subsidiary to Expand Its Nutrition Enhanced Corn Production
Origin Agritech Ltd., an agriculture technology company, announced today that the company established a new subsidiary in Hainan island to expand the capacity of nutrition enhanced corn production. The new wholly owned subsidiary in Hainan province will focus on nutrition…
Loob to Offer TiffinLabs’ Delivery-Optimised Brands in 100 Tealive and Bask Bear Locations
Loob Holding Sdn Bhd, fresh from its acquisition of a strategic stake in market-leading kombucha brand WonderBrew last year, is partnering Singapore-based food tech company TiffinLabs to bring several of their new virtual restaurant brands into Malaysia. This collaboration will…
Scoular Opens Fishmeal Facility in Myanmar
Scoular, one of the largest and most diverse fishmeal and fish oil merchandisers in the world, recently opened a new fishmeal facility in Myanmar. The facility will provide a hub for high-quality, consistent product and just-in-time shipment to Asian feed…
Better Bite Ventures Launches First Alternative Protein Fund Dedicated to Asia Pacific Startups
New venture capital firm Better Bite Ventures launches today with a US $15 million fund, including an initial portfolio of 10 Asia Pacific startups, harnessing plant-based and cellular agriculture technologies to create climate-friendly meat, dairy, egg and seafood alternatives that…
TiNDLE Arrives in Miami: The New Chef-Favorite Chicken Made from Plants Makes its Debut at Local Restaurants and South Beach Wine & Food Festival
Starting this week, TiNDLE is now offered in two popular Miami restaurants – Little Brazil and Minty Z – as it prepares for its grand debut at The Food Network & Cooking Channel’s annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival…
Governments and Universities Are Using Vertical Farms to Fight Food Inequity
Advanced Container Technologies, Inc., said that governments and universities are now promoting vertical farming as a way to combat food insecurity and inequities. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) says vertical farming “is no longer a futuristic concept.” The…
Yali Bio Raises $3.9M Seed Round To Advance Plant Based Cultured Fat Production
Yali Bio, a CA-based food tech company focused on designer fats for plant-based meat and dairy products announced today it has raised a $3.9M seed round, bringing their total funding to $5M. The round was led by Essential Capital with…
Global Agribusiness Innovators Unite to Launch Agtech Powerhouse, EverAg
Dairy.com, ever.ag, and EFC Systems, have come together to form EverAg, a company dedicated to empowering agriculture, food and beverage supply chains to feed a growing world. In addition to combining decades of proven experience, the merger unites supply chain,…
