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Restaurant & CafeNov 09, 2026

The Kiosk Playbook: What Asia’s Fastest-Growing Coffee and Tea Chains Teach Café Founders About Scaling

In April 2025, a Malaysian coffee brand that had opened its first kiosk in Kuala Lumpur in 2019 was operating 743 stores in its home market. That was...

Business SpotlightNov 06, 2026

The F&B Credibility File: What Landlords, Investors and Franchise Partners Check Before Backing a Restaurant Brand

Picture two operators pitching for the same ground-floor unit in a busy suburban mall. The first has a queue out the door most weekends, a large social media...

Industry InsightsSep 04, 2026

How Restaurant Groups Can Turn Expansion Milestones Into Brand Assets

A restaurant opening its fifth, twentieth or hundredth location has clearly grown. What that growth actually proves is a more complicated question. Outlet count is easy to communicate,...