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Covid-19 and floods in Canada force fast-food company to sell only small-sized friesA new kind of chip shortage has hit Japanese supply chains, with McDonald’s forced to ration fries as Covid-19 and floods in Canada squeeze potato imports.McDonald’s Ja…
Read More‘Toddy tappers’ who collect sap used in everything from palm wine to ice-cream are enjoying a boost to business that has revived the traditional skill and improved their quality of lifeThe palmyra palm tree with its wide fan leaves is a distinctive and…
Read MoreRange of issues blamed for spike in cost to $20 a block, including inflation, Covid-related supply issues and high milk pricesFacing decades-high cheese prices, cheddar-loving New Zealanders are being forced to chase specials, downgrade their flavour e…
Read MoreMoon Jae-in, a dog-lover, says ‘time has come’ for traditional practice to endThe South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, has raised banning the eating of dogs in the country, his office said, a traditional practice that is becoming an international embar…
Read MoreThe death knell has sounded for the $10-a-bottle Bernadino spumante after its owner announced it was stopping productionNew Zealanders are mourning the end of one of the country’s cheapest sparkling wines, a beverage that for many was the defining drin…
Read MoreOne firm’s attempt to regain control of illegal cultivation shows Wellington’s lack of leverage over its largest trade partnerIt is the story of a global superpower, a smuggling operation, pestilence and a small hairy fruit.Ubiquitous on supermarket sh…
Read MoreMost of Britain’s Indian restaurants are run by Bangladeshis. So why don’t they promote their cuisine, asks restaurateur and poet Ahsan AkbarIn 1810, Hindoostane Coffee House in Marylebone became the first Indian restaurant in Britain. Its owner was a …
Read MoreGovernment rejects Chinese claim that harmful pests had been detected in recent shipmentsTaiwanese pineapples have become the latest victim of deteriorating cross-strait relations, after Chinese authorities suddenly banned imports of the fruit.The ban,…
Read MoreRelease of food staple comes amid soaring prices and African swine flu epidemicChina will auction 10,000 tonnes of pork from its state reserves as surging prices threaten to mar an important political holiday.The sale on Thursday will be limited to 300…
Read MoreVG Siddhartha, founder of Cafe Coffee Day chain, had warned of financial troublesOne of India’s most prominent businessmen, credited with bringing coffee shop culture to the country, has been found dead after he had warned of financial troubles.VG Sidd…
Read MoreP Rajagopal, founder of popular Saravana Bhavan restaurant chain, dies of cardiac failureIndia’s “dosa king”, the founder of a global restaurant chain, has died days after losing a last-ditch attempt to avoid a life sentence for murder.P Rajagopal, 71,…
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