Excelsa coffee cherries are harvested at a farm near Nzara, South Sudan on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) NZARA COUNTY, South Sudan (AP) — Catherine Bashiama runs her fingers along the branches of the coffee tree she's raised from a seedling, searching anxiously for its...
ILOILO CITY – A homegrown café has revived golf enthusiasm for younger Ilonggos and brought support for local coffee farmers. COFFEE and golf at the Iloilo Golf Driving Range. (Tara Yap) Megan Bautista found a new mission when she opened Dripple Coffee at the...
Figaro Coffee Group (FCG), a leading player in the Philippine food and beverage industry, expects further growth this year after strong earnings in the fourth quarter of 2024. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the company said that with total assets of ₱5.47 billion, FCG is...
Arabica coffee wildings thrive in elevated places like Bakun, Benguet, especially as its cultivation at higher elevations and in cooler temperatures help the concentration of its flavor. (This is an A.I. generated picture.) Hedcor, a renewable asset manager of Aboitiz Power Corporation...
Atty. Severino P. Sumulong, UCC legal counsel; Dennis Wong, IPI board director; Mr. Hubert Young, UCC CEO; Nestor J. Padilla, Rockwell Land chairman and CEO; David Wong, IPI board director; and Davy T. Tan, Roc UCC Mentoré officially opened its doors at The Glass House at IPI Center in Cebu City...
President Marcos has declared Jan. 20 as a special non-working day in Lipa City, Batangas for the celebration of the Coffee Festival. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Mark Balmores) Through Proclamation No. 768, Marcos declared Jan. 20, which falls on a Monday, as a special non-working...
Food and beverage holding company Figaro Coffee Group Inc. (FCG) posted a 17 percent growth in net income to P103.5 million for the first quarter of its fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the firm said its strong momentum in fiscal year 2024...
Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), one of the largest Asian food service companies, reported a 15.3 percent growth in attributable net income to P2.81 billion in the first nine months of 2024, as third-quarter earnings rose 24.1 percent to P8.47 billion. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock...
The Figaro Coffee Group and Pepsi Cola Philippines are bringing festive cheer this holiday season with a Christmas Raffle Promo, offering a chance to win grand prizes. From Oct. 15 to Dec. 31, customers who purchase food items with Pepsi products at participating Figaro Coffee Group outlets...
ASTHRINE PIAS with a coffee grower in Atok The uphill jeepney ride to the coffee-growing town (1,700 meters above sea level), on rocky, dusty and unpaved roads could be daunting. The panorama of a mountain range partly veiled by clouds, with sun rays slicing through, is indeed a sight to...
Jollibee Foods Corporation, one of the largest Asian food service companies, is expecting to post higher operating income growth this year after posting a 28.9 percent profit growth and deciding to reduce its expansion pace and capital expenditure budget. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock...
SM Investments Corporation said its subsidiary SM Retail’s The SM Store and The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (CBTL) are embarking on an ambitious plan to complete the rollout of in-store cafes across all 78 branches of SM Store by 2026. In a statement, SM said this strategic expansion aims to...
