Food industry

‘The timing is now right’: Koufu founder Pang Lim on handing over the reins to a new generation

Chua Sher Lin will lead the group in more M&As, which are a key growth strategy

The current landscape is not strictly a zero-sum game between global and local operators, market observers tell The Business Times.

Despite 2025’s high-profile closures, Singapore’s retail and entertainment sectors are not shrinking: observers

Exits by notable brands from Cathay Cineplexes to Eggslut likely signal market recalibration rather than a contraction, they say

Tensions with the US, a major agricultural trading partner, have accelerated a domestic self-sufficiency drive that includes investments in machinery and seed technology.

China vows to stabilise grain, edible oil production in key meeting

Beijing seeks food security in the face of economic challenges and pressures from urbanisation

Benjamin Boh, president of the Restaurant Association of Singapore, said operators are generally more sensitive to food cost inflation than rent.

Singapore F&B players push for more changes in import rules to ease food cost squeeze

Operators laud moves to diversify food sources, say more can be done to help local business compete against global players with strong supply chains

These businesses run the gamut from homegrown brands aiming to seize greater market share to international chains that view Singapore as a strategic springboard to the region.  

Chagee, Mixue, Scarlett, Xiang Xiang: Expanding in Singapore’s cut-throat F&B business

Even industry leaders such as Eggslut and Haidilao have been forced to exit or dial back expansion plans

Based on Thursday’s closing price, Leong Guan’s market capitalisation stands at approximately S$24.3 million.

Noodle maker Leong Guan’s shares close 4.3% higher on Catalist debut

The company’s placement of about 20.7 million shares at S$0.23 apiece has brought in S$4.75 million

Net proceeds to be raised from the issue of new shares will amount to about S$2.15 million.

Noodle maker Leong Guan Holdings to offer 20.65 million shares at S$0.23 each in Catalist listing

The group intends to distribute a minimum of 80% of FY2025 net profit as dividends

Sam Goi, executive chairman and owner of Tee Yih Jia, the poster child among companies that embrace technology.

Popiah King’s new Tee Yih Jia factory has one of Asia’s largest, fully automated warehouses

The S$500 million facility has a solar panel system that generates enough power for about 315 four-room HDB flats for a year

Campbell's said in a statement its chicken “comes from long-trusted” federally-approved suppliers “and meets our high quality standards.”

Campbell’s responds to ‘absurd’ charge it uses 3D-printed chicken

FOOD giant Campbell’s has dismissed as “absurd” claims allegedly made by a senior executive, who has since been placed on leave, that its soups are made with “3D-printed” chicken and consumed by “poor...

Ernest Ting, the third-generation owner of traditional dimsum restaurant Swee Choon, hopes to formalise franchise plans by next year.

Swee Choon plans Philippines expansion in push to be dimsum’s quick-service king

Having built a strong base of Filipino customers in Singapore, the family business is looking into franchise partnerships