Unmet Pet Care Potential In Asia: Hong Kong Shows The Way
31 Oct 22We give an APAC market overview, highlighting the ultra-premium nature of the Hong Kong pet market and focus on the drivers behind the demand for premium pet products, especially pet healthcare products.
Nozomi Hariya
#whatsnextHK Disruptor: An Interview with TiNDLE
15 Sep 21According to Euromonitor, Hong Kong recorded one of the fastest growing markets for meat-substitutes in Asia Pacific in 2020. Sabrina Sakhrani, General Manager of Euromonitor International's Hong Kong office interviewed Next Gen Foods about the company's newly established plant-based chicken TiNDLE, together with Classic Fine Foods, its distributor, on their visions, insights and disruptions in the plant-based field.
Herbert Yum
Plant-Based Chicken Sets Sail in Hong Kong
8 Sep 21The meat substitutes market in Hong Kong continues to grow fast, accelerated by the entry of two leading plant-based meat providers, Beyond Meat and Impossible Meat. After the long disruption caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, TiNDLE, an alternative chicken provider, is now partnering with local fine dining restaurants to establish itself in Hong Kong. With additional insight from Classic Fine Food, a premium food specialist operating across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, there is clear and significant potential for meat substitutes in the region, and long term growth.
Herbert Yum
Hong Kong: The New Cash Cow for Japanese Sake Manufacturers
15 Jul 21The traditional, rice-based alcoholic drink sake has always been part of the life and national culture of Japanese people, both on special and daily occasions. However, the Japanese market is shrinking, and sake breweries are looking for future…
Tomomi Fujikawa
Health and Indulgence Shaping New-Style Tea Drinks in the Greater Bay Area
29 Nov 20A version of this article originally appeared in the Coffee and Tea digital issue of Food & Beverage Insider. Brewed from high-quality tea leaves mixed with ingredients and toppings, such as fruit and whipped cheese, new-style tea drinks are…
Peter Wong
Home is the New Bar
4 Nov 20Hong Kong consumers enjoy a good glass of malt. However, a multitude of external factors have heavily impacted both the consumption and production of whisky. Sales of whisky have suffered, with social unrest in Hong Kong and the Coronavirus…
Daegal Leung
Fashion Friday: Disruption in the Hong Kong Fashion Market
25 Sep 20Despite being negatively impacted by COVID-19, the fashion market in Hong Kong has shown resilience in the sportswear sector. Performance and outdoor sportswear performed especially well in spite of the pandemic, due to consumers in Hong Kong…
Euromonitor International
Coronavirus Pandemic to Boost Food Delivery Industry in the Greater Bay Area
2 Jul 20With the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forcing many people to stay at home for protracted periods of time, consumer demand for food delivery has been growing massively in China’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), which will be…
Peter Wong
Niche Edible Oils Boil Up in Hong Kong
23 Feb 20Oil is one of the “seven necessities to begin a day” for Chinese people (together with firewood, rice, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea). In Hong Kong, the two local giants Lam Soon and Hop Hing, which own the brands Knife and Lion & Globe,…
Euromonitor International
Hong Kong Embraces 3 Disruptions in Instant Noodles
17 Dec 19Since the 1960s, Instant noodles has long been a top-of-mind budget staple. Riding on its extensive retail and media penetration, Nissin gradually marked its dominance in the Hong Kong instant noodles market. However, recently, challenging this…
Euromonitor International
AI & Big Data Leaders Summit Hong Kong 2019
9 Dec 19The AI and Big Data Leaders Summit were hosted by Forward Leading at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong on the 5-6th November. At the two-day event, 42 speakers came from a wide variety of backgrounds, ranging from finance to creative…
Daegal Leung
Drinkers Rejoice! Whisky Is About to Get a Lot Cheaper
18 Nov 19Whisky has become a core part of Hong Kong’s drinking culture. This intoxicating spirit is expected to generate a staggering HKD2.7 billion in sales revenue in Hong Kong by the end of 2019, supporting multiple industries such as consumer foodservice,…
Daegal Leung
Cappuccino: The New Fashion in China and Hong Kong
30 Sep 19On Christmas Eve 2018, China’s hottest tea house, Heytea, opened its first outlet in Hong Kong, adding a new blood to the already-dynamic café industry in the city. Founded in 2012 in Mainland China’s southern province Guangdong, Heytea is famous for…
Peter Wong