Café De Coral

17 May 2013

Just as fusion dishes are built on marrying flavours from some very different cuisines, mergers require the integration of companies whose cultures may be poles apart.

4:55AM

Cafe de Coral expansion stays on track despite rising costs

27 Nov 2012

Fast food chain Cafe de Coral will not slow the opening of shops despite rising labour, rent and raw materials costs.

The company also said it would offset the impact of inflation by...

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Higher costs eat into Cafe de Coral's earnings

27 Jun 2012

Rising rents and higher food and labour costs took a bite out of earnings at Cafe de Coral Holdings, with net annual profit falling almost 8 per cent to HK$474 million - its first annual profit...

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Public offerings on menu for two HK chains

3 May 2012

Hong Kong diners don't mind paying a little extra for the best Cantonese snacks, but upcoming listings by two local chains - Tsui Wah Restaurant and Tai Hing Roast - may not tickle everyone's...

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Firms shouldn't look down on Hong Kong consumers

18 Jan 2012

Despite the dreary weather, dozens of local citizens gathered on Sunday outside a Dolce & Gabbana store in Tsim Sha Tsui for the third time, protesting against the Italian clothing shop's...

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Hop Hing shares up 95pc on market return

3 Dec 2011

Hop Hing Group shares almost doubled after resuming trading in Hong Kong yesterday following news that it will buy the mainland operations of fast-food chain Yoshinoya from its chairman for HK$3...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Fast-food chains raise prices as inflation bites

Two of the city's biggest fast-food chains yesterday said they will raise prices by 2 to 5 per cent in the next four months as inflation and the introduction of a minimum wage eat into profits....

2:06AM

How to cook your own goose

Harlan Goldstein, owner of prestigeous restaurant Gold, recounts a favourite tale. A boisterous group of mainland diners had come to his restaurant. He warned the Beijing-based host that a...

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Photo exhibit puts focus on child poverty

Cafe de Coral is not your average person's idea of luxury dining, but ask Wendy Lam Wing-yan what she thinks and you will get a different view. 'Cafe de Coral is for the rich,' she says.

5:40PM

South Beauty chain may be eyeing listing in HK

Beijing-based restaurant chain South Beauty Company may seek an initial public offering in Hong Kong next year after the mainland securities watchdog shelved its application to list in Shenzhen...

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Big Japanese restaurants recover, smaller ones wait

Big Japanese restaurant chains in Hong Kong are starting to bounce back from three months of reduced business after the radiation scare in the tsunami-ravaged country.

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letters

Breaking the technology barrier

The iPad has changed the way my parents think about technology. Apple's latest device has made it easier for my parents to access the internet.

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