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IHOP wants you to pair your French toast with a mimosa, and your “IHOb” burger with a beer. Finally. The company today announced a “Bubbles, Wine & Brews” menu, featuring curated and locally sourced beer and wine options, as well as Bud Light, Blue Moon and Corona, and mimosas and wines from Barefoot–Bubbly Brut, Bubbly

This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Singapore’s Richest 2021. See the full list here. Pandemic-driven demand for food products benefited agribusiness giant Wilmar International, which reported a 19% rise year-on-year in both revenue and net profit last year to $51 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively. “Food is the biggest business” in China and India,

Unlike many burger and pizza chains, most barbecue eateries stay local. The bbq that thrives in Kansas City doesn’t resonate with clientele in Houston, which explains why most chains flourish regionally but not nationally. But Mighty Quinn’s, a New York City-based bbq chain with eight locations and one kiosk at Yankee Stadium and two at

American children and adolescents now get two thirds of their calorie intake from ultraprocessed foods, according to a new study which analyzed responses from 33,795 participants over 20 years. According to the Harvard University Health Blog, unprocessed or minimally processed foods are raw, or minimally changed foods such as fresh or frozen fruit and vegetables

With the UN Report on Climate Change 2021 just released this week calling for a ‘code red for humanity’, the timing for the Bordeaux wine region to ramp up its environmental efforts couldn’t come any sooner. This is because wine grapes have long been considered “the canary in the coal mine,” in terms of notifying

Move over, coconut: Prickly pear, commonly known as cactus fruit, is coming to the beverage market in a big way. Citing significantly smaller amount of calories, carbs, extra multivitamin nutrients, and more sustainable farming than coconut, CPG entrepreneurs are increasingly pivoting prickly pear as the next superfood ingredient for functional beverages.  Vanessa Hudgens and Oliver

Access to co-manufacturers, marketing and branding expertise, and investors is pivotal to budding entrepreneurs in the consumer goods industry, especially those who are probably equipped with the next groundbreaking ideas, but short of relevant resources and connections. Natural product entrepreneurs Mike Fata and Greg Fleishman learned that firsthand when starting their businesses decades ago. After

Office landlord Filinvest REIT Corp.—controlled by the family of billionaire Mercedes Gotianun—is proceeding with its initial public offering even as food manufacturing giant Del Monte Philippines pulled its IPO due to volatile market conditions. Banking on the booming demand for office space from the business process outsourcing industry, Filinvest REIT will proceed to list on

Caulipower’s founder and CEO Gail Becker quit her job in 2016 to start a frozen food company specializing in gluten-free crusts. Now at 57, she’s worth $245 million.   by Chloe Sorvino Gail Becker originally took to the kitchen to make gluten-free versions of her kids’ favorite foods after they were diagnosed with celiac disease. But

At 24, German tennis player pro Michael Kuech was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He spent the better part of 2013 undergoing surgery and chemotherapy. As part of his recovery, girlfriend and fellow tennis player Kristel de Groot fed him superfood powdered mixes with wheatgrass, barley grass, chia seeds, spirulina and other good-for-you ingredients—before long, Michael

In a little village within the wine region of Alsace in northeastern France, five three-year-old children gathered together for pre-school among a community of wine grape growers. The children were asked to draw pictures that represented what they wanted to be when they grew up and so four of the kids, all boys, drew tractors

CK Hutchison—a flagship conglomerate controlled by Hong Kong richest man, Li Ka-shing—posted a 41% jump in net profit in the first half of the year as its retail and ports businesses recovered after pandemic restrictions in key markets eased. The group posted a net profit of HK$18.3 billion ($2.4 billion) in the six months ended

Peng Xin and Zhao Lin, the married couple behind Chinese bubble tea chain Nayuki, took their company public in Hong Kong in June amid much fanfare. But the startup known for making cheese-topped tea seems to have lost its appeal — causing Peng and Zhao to drop out of the world’s billionaire ranks in just

Cake by the ocean may be OK. Raw cake batter by the ocean, however, is not, if you are putting that stuff into your mouth. Raw cake batter appears to be the source of an ongoing E. coli outbreak. So far, this outbreak has left at least 16 people ill and seven hospitalized across 12

Sure you’ve seen cannabis gummies, chocolate bars, and even wine — but how about cannabis ice cream? Boston-based ice cream brand Emack & Bolio’s has partnered with the multi-state cannabis operator MariMed to do just that. The two companies are announcing today plans to collaborate on a new lineup of cannabis-infused vegan and dairy ice

The first sign of trouble for Fleisher’s came on July 22. That’s the day Rob Rosania, a leading investor in the Brooklyn-based craft butcher, received a text from a friend in Westport, Connecticut who was offended by symbols supporting the Black Lives Matter in the company’s local shop window.  Rosania, a real estate developer known

Speaking with Enrique Olvera is always an exercise in humility. With an acclaimed collection of restaurants that includes Pujol in Mexico City, Cosme in New York, and Damian in Los Angeles, he is among Mexico’s most celebrated chefs, and yet you need to coax him to open up about his work. In conversation, he is

Basil Hayden is paradoxically among the oldest and the youngest Kentucky bourbon expressions. Its roots are closely intertwined with American history and the Kentucky distilling industry. The original Meredith Basil Hayden, Sr., for whom it’s named, was a Maryland Catholic who guided a group of 25 Catholic families from Maryland to Kentucky in 1785. They

When you ask Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of Eat Just, his view on the future of food, he points to what he believes is inevitable change. But he starts the comparison by pointing to other change that one point people dismissed. Few believed in streaming music, electric cars, or lab-made diamonds but today they are common