A new craft beer has been born through the encounter between Japanese wine and beer brewing. At Mercian’s Château Mercian Katsunuma Winery in Yamanashi Prefecture, 500 kilograms of grape clusters thinned during cultivation were provided to Far Yeast Brewing, a brewery known for its artisanal beers.
At the first-half financial results briefing held on October 8, FamilyMart President Kensuke Hosomi stated, “The era of boosting daily sales by spending more on labor costs is over.”
Key Coffee has been actively supporting small-scale coffee producers in recent years by leveraging its experience gained in the Toraja region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, where it operates a company-owned coffee estate.
Kirin Brewery has launched “Kirin Good Ale,” positioned as its “next-generation standard beer,” nationwide on October 7. Following “Ichiban Shibori” and “Hare Kaze,” it serves as the company’s third mainstay brand, ....
UCC Food Service Systems (UFS) has carried out a brand update for its flagship dining format, Ueshima Coffee Ten (House), with the goal of making it a truly unique café chain in the world.
Fujicco will make FB Food Service, a Thai frozen prepared food manufacturer, its subsidiary. The company has sales channels with convenience stores and restaurants, and for the fiscal year ending December 2024,
On September 25, UCC Japan began experimental trials at the "Ueshima Coffee Shop Woven City Store" (Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture) opened in Phase 1 of Toyota’s large-scale demonstration city "Woven City."
Yakult Honsha has established the "Yakult European R&D Center B.V." at Wageningen Campus in Gelderland, the Netherlands, as a global research and development hub.
House Foods Group and distillation startup Ethical Spirits (Taito-ku, Tokyo) have launched a sustainable co-creation project focused on exploring the multifaceted potential of spices and upcycling unused materials.
"Preventive healthcare with a hamburger!?" Nissin Foods aims to realize such a future through its unique nutritional optimization technology. The company has joined "Toyota Woven City" (Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture), which opened on September 25.
AEONVietnam will hold the grand opening of “AEON Tan An Shopping Center” in Tan An City, Long An Province, on October 4. This marks the company’s first-ever medium-sized shopping center in Vietnam.
Ichibiki, a brewing and food manufacturer founded in 1772 (the first year of the An’ei era), appointed Takuya Nakamura as its president on June 20 this year. Having joined the company in 1998, Nakamura has spent his entire career in production.
Nitto Best, a leading supplier of commercial frozen foods, is strengthening its lineup of new products and proposals designed to solve issues at foodservice sites. Its new rice porridge set for hospitals and care facilities promises stable quality and significantly reduced kitchen workload.
