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Collectible Jollibee Coke can

Philippines iconic fast food chain Jollibee has collaborated with Coca-Cola to unveil the first Philippine brand to feature on a Coke can. By adding PHP 45 to any Jollibee value meal, customers can bring home a Jollibee 330ml Coke can. The promote will last until 8 February 2019.

The collaboration aims to bring joy to consumers and in line with the joy and happiness brand proposition of the two brands.

We have seen beverage brands doing cross-category marketing such as launching cosmetics and apparel but a collaboration with a local brand, in the case of Jollibee, is something that could help cement the partnership between Coke and Jollibee further.

Heineken 0.0: Sacrifice the calories not the beer

The Tiger beer-manufacturer Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) in Singapore has something new for Chinese New Year 2019. Heineken 0.0, the zero alcohol beer with 69 calories per 33cl bottle, first launched in Barcelona, Spain in May 2017 and made its debut in Singapore in 2018 will help festive goers celebrate the auspicious new year without having to worry about getting drunk.

Although the product does not contain alcohol, Heineken 0.0 is aimed at those above legal drinking age. Heineken 0.0 contains less than 0.03% alcohol so as such it is a non-alcohol beer.

Heineken 0.0 at NTUC Fairprice – image by minimeinsights.com

Heineken 0.0 is not likely to be launched in Malaysia due to sensitivities over the previous launch Tiger Zero but more likely to continue to innovate with flavoured non-alcohol beer like Tiger Radler 0.0% Lime Mint, which is seen more as a flavoured soft drink. But of course, these beverages are never meant for Muslim consumers and are not sold openly.

TOP Introduces TOP Plush Ultra Concentrated Fabric Conditioner for Softness and Fragrance That Lasts 100 Days

Everyday plushness and alluring fragrance for the whole family from wash to wash

Kuala Lumpur, January, 2019 – If you have ever had to make the tough choice between fabric softness or long-lasting fragrance when it comes to your fabric softener, TOP has combined the best of both qualities into its TOP Plush Ultra Concentrated Fabric Conditioner.

TOP, the NO.1 detergent brand in Malaysia is cementing its position as the Total Laundry Expert with the introduction of TOP Plush Ultra Concentrated Fabric Conditioner that provides 100 days’ of softness and fragrance for everyday plushness and alluring fragrance, from wash to wash. The entry of TOP Plush has created a new category of laundry care category of fabric conditioner in Malaysia.

TOP Plush is formulated with advanced laundry technology from Lion Corporation, Japan. It is 3 times more concentrated than ordinary fabric softeners. One small cap full is enough to enjoy the long lasting softness and fragrance for regular laundry as well as seasonal laundry items such as curtains and bedding for up to 100 days! The 750gm bottle size can last up to 50 washes while the 600gm refill pack can last up to 40 washes. The ultra concentrated formula results in a sleekly compact bottle that is lightweight, easy to carry and to store yet delivers luxurious plushness and fragrance.  

TOP Plush Ultra Concentrated Fabric Conditioner uses breakthrough FibreTech and Scent Micropod fabric conditioning technology from Japan that can keep laundered fabrics softer, plusher and scented for  up to 100 days.    

TOP Plush FibreTech technology conditions and softens all fabric types to deliver custom-made softness that leaves clothes fluffy soft while helping to reduce wear and tear on fabric fibres thus prolonging the life and use of fabrics. This fabric conditioning technology helps to smoothen wrinkles for easier ironing, freeing up time for other pursuits including time with family and friends.

The Scent Micropods fabric conditioning technology in TOP Plush infuses fresh scents into fabric fibres through touch-activated encapsulated fresh scents that lasts up to 100 days from wash to wash. It is ideal for daily wear and special occasion wear as well as less frequently laundered items such as bulky bedding, chair covers, rugs and curtains.

Fragrance should never be underestimated, as it has the power to build confidence, improve moods and bring people together with studies showing that fresh smelling scents can positively impact daily living. Mood Media also reports that there is a 40 percent improvement in mood after being exposed to pleasant scents[1]. TOP Plush can boost your mood by making washed fabrics more comfortable, luxurious in texture and alluring scent with up to 100 days.

Besides that, TOP Plush gives you other extra benefits such as 99.9% anti-bacterial, malodour control, smoothens out wrinkles for easier ironing, reduce static cling, shape retention and with plant-based ingredients that are kinder to the environment.

Available in five breath-taking scents in coloured variants to suit the different needs of consumers from the feminine softness of the pink Spring Blush, the fresh confidence of the blue Morning Breeze, the tender loving care of baby skin-safe Soothing Care in white, the elegance of Glamourous Magnolia in yellow, and the romantic allure of Scarlet Passion in red.

Southern Lion Sdn Bhd Marketing Manager (Household Products Dept), Mr Leroy Yoon said that TOP Plush Ultra concentrated fabric conditioner was developed in line with TOP’s brand promise of Innovation for Better Living.

“TOP is recognized for bringing breakthrough innovations to fit our consumers’ needs to make the laundry experience and its results as simple, as fresh, as hygienic, and now as soft and scented as it can be. With the introduction of TOP Plush we have a full suite of laundry solutions to offer consumers that has them covered for all their laundry needs. With just one small cap, TOP Plush gives families luxurious everyday softness and the added freshness fragrance that lasts up to 100 days,” said Mr Leloy.

TOP Plush is available at retailers nationwide with the 750ml bottle at the recommended selling price of RM11.25 (WM) & RM 12.10 (EM) per bottle, and the 600ml refill pack priced at RM8.00 (WM) & RM8.65 (EM) per pack. 

Available in five breath-taking variants to complete the needs of consumers:

Spring Blush Feminine softness of the pink Spring Blush which gives you the freshness to be young and energetic!

Morning Breeze Start up your day with fresh & confidence scent. Suitable for active lifestyle people to keep them fresh and smell good all day long. 

Scarlet Passion Showering yourself with the romance rose scent all day long. Feeling the love and pampering yourself more in the alluring rose smell. 

Glamorous Magnolia Unleash your luxurious and fashion sense with Glamorous Magnolia. You will be smelling as great as wearing an expensive perfume all day long. 

Soothing Care Worry free for sensitive skin users who want to enjoy the softness on fabric as this variant is dermatologically tested. You can do your laundry now with your little one together to enjoy the fluffiness of fabric.

About Southern Lion Sdn Bhd

Southern Lion Sdn Bhd is a 50/50 joint venture company between Lam Soon (M) Bhd and LION CORPORATION, Japan. It continuously improves the quality of life of Malaysia consumers by offering household products of innovative concepts at affordable prices ranged from fabric care, home care and beauty care to oral care. Southern Lion is the first detergent manufacturer to be ISO 9001 certified.


[1] https://moodmedia.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scent-research.pdf

Usher in the ONG-some Chinese New Year with 11street!

Key highlights:

  • The ONG-some Campaign which begins today, January 15 until January 31, 2019 will see massive discounts of up to 90% on selected products.
  • Signature Flash Deals, ONG-some Brand Sales and price slashes on categories such as Fashion, Health & Beauty, Mobile and IT, and many more.


Kuala Lumpur, 15 January 2019 –
11street (www.11street.my), one of the leading online marketplaces in Malaysia welcomes the Lunar New Year, an auspicious time of the year celebrated by Chinese around the world. This festivity also marks the beginning of the Spring Festival, one that promises wealth and good fortune.

Leading up to the much awaited Chinese New Year, 11street has announced the upcoming ONG-some Campaign which will be kicking off today January 15, 2019 all the way until January 31, 2019.  Festive seasons in Malaysia are also commonly known as the perfect time to shop as great deals for various items are being introduced all around. Understanding these habits, 11street has curated their ONG-some Campaign where shoppers will enjoy an ONG-some shopping experience.

“We are thrilled to provide our customers with massive markdowns and savings during this festive shopping period. The Lunar New Year is after all a season of good fortune and what better way to spread prosperity than to provide the best deals for our shoppers. Furthermore, the ONG-some Campaign also gives us a chance to reward and thank our customers for their never-ending support. We hope this year brings an abundance of success to all.  Gong Xi Fa Cai,” said Chief Marketing Officer of 11street, Jenny Tay.

Living up to the success of their previous campaigns, shoppers will yet again witness the signature ONG-some Flash Deals, which will treat shoppers to deals as low as RM9. On top of that, there will also see an array of great discounts and promotions of up to 90% on selected product categories such as Fashion, Health & Beauty, Mobile and IT, Electronics and even Groceries as well as services.

A wealth of ONG-some brands and stores are participating in this festive season sale with special discounts from Unilever, SCC Marketing, WALL’S and Jocom, and more ONG-some promotions from Chloris’s Petals, Dettol, Durex, Enfagrow & Sustagen, Eucerin, Eu Yan Sang, EZVIZ Store, FS Store, Garmin Official Store, Happy 21 Florist & Gifts, Jbao Store, Laneige, Mamypoko, Mono Digital, Mylo Trading, Nestle, Nivea, N4Camera Store, RB Health Store, Samsung Mobile, Samsung, Senheng, Sealey, Silky Trend, Soon Thye Hang, Super, The Chapter Two, Tools Depot, TROCA, as well as, UGEARS Malaysia, 888 Tea, Coffee and Organic Products.

As an extra ONG-some token of appreciation, from today until January 31, 2019, 11street members can enjoy the “Pawsperity Cat” online game where daily coupon rewards are up for grabs, making shopping a whole lot more fun! The more you shop on 11street this Chinese New Year, the more prosperously ONG-some you get. Play the “Pawsperity Cat” online game today at: https://promotion.11street.my/2019/01/pawsperity-cat)

Also, in conjunction with Valentine’s Day, foresee love in the air as 11street spreads the love with their ONG-some Love Campaign. To all the love birds out there keep your eyes peeled from February 1 until February 16, 2019 as there will be many brands available on sale and 11street is eager to deliver the love to your doorstep.

Shoppers can now have the first look of the ONG-some New Year 2019 campaign by heading over to (https://promotion.11street.my/ongsome-2019-teaser). Customers can also download the 11street.my app on iOS or Google’s Play Store.

About 11street (www.11street.my)

11street is a trustworthy and convenient online marketplace that offers a great variety of products at competitive prices. It strives to revolutionise consumer’s online shopping experience by making it more personalised and engaging. 11street has a diverse selection of product categories which are tagged on Fashion, Electronics, Groceries, Health & Beauty, Kids & Baby, Leisure & Sports, Home & Living, and Books & Services including e-vouchers. 11street is also an optimised marketplace where its merchandising ecosystem, education, and training programs can fully support sellers regardless of the size of their business. Established in Korea since 2008, 11street is now one of the top global e-commerce marketplaces with 400,000 sellers serving over 30 million consumers worldwide. 11street in Malaysia is operated by Celcom Planet Sdn. Bhd. – a joint venture between Axiata Digital Services Sdn. Bhd., SK Planet Ltd, and PUC Ventures Sdn. Bhd. For more information, visit www.11street.my

A visit to Rama unmanned convenience store in Jakarta

A lot of media spotlight has been given to JD.ID X-Mart, the first overseas unmanned store by the Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com in Indonesia. But there is a little known unmanned convenience store in Jakarta with the name Rama that has gone unnoticed by most people.

This unmanned convenience store is located within the same compound as Ranch 99 high-end supermarket in West Jakarta on Jalan Pesanggrahan Raya in Kembangan.

Accessed into the store can be done using the Papaya app. However, the name Papaya is generic, which makes it hard to find the app online resulting in some consumers abandoning their quest to explore what’s inside.

Rama sells mainly food and drinks and looks like a typical unamanned store in other countries. The exterior has a container feel to it.

The unmanned retail store concept, popularised in China and now spreading elsewhere, is up against many challenges including the lack of a DIY culture. Sometimes, self-automated check out counter is all that is needed to provide speed and convenience to shoppers. At this stage, unmanned retail store is there just to gauge consumer response with no massive roll out at the moment.

Fonterra, Emina focusing on children’s cheese snack

Cheese companies in Southeast Asia are increasingly focusing on making cheese as a snack for children in line with consumer demand for healthier snacks for their children.

In Singapore, Fonterra launched its Anchor Candy Cheese during the fourth quarter of 2018 with a contest giving away 4x Pinkfong Baby Shark Live Musical tickets for 3 November 2018. This bite-sized cheese cubes first debuted in Hong Kong in 2016 “following parents demanding more nutritional options for lunchboxes, while also keeping their children interested in what they are eating.”

The Anchor Candy Cheese has twice the amount of calcium and is available in original, orange and strawberry flavours.

In Singapore, this delicious cheesy snack is aimed not only at children but for the entire family with a serving suggestion as happy treats, tea break, food topping and for wine & coffee pairing.

Anchor Candy Cheese is made in Japan by Marin Food Co Ltd.

In Indonesia, the Japanese joint venture company PT Emina Cheese Indonesia released its stick-type cheese, first of its kind in the country, and block cheese at the end of 2018. Formed by cheese maker Rokko Butter and trading giant Mitsubishi Corp, the Emina stick-type cheese has three flavours Pizza, Original and Banana Caramel.

The new factory has the capacity to produce 2,000 tonnes per year. The cheese snack has to be kept refrigerated between 3°C to 5°C. It is designed for children at least 3 years old and to be shared with family and friends.

World’s strongest truffle chips from Singapore

Photo credit: minimeinsights.com

Singapore is known as the Southeast Asia’s snack powerhouse and is credited for popularising salted egg chips, fish skin chips and mala chips. The latest innovation, the truffle potato chips, first made available around September 2018, represents an ambitious attempt by a Singaporean snack company to tackle a premium Western ingredient.

Black Summer Truffle Potato Chips by Aroma Truffle and Co claim to be the world’s strongest truffle chips and use “100% naturally grown truffles, harvested and air-flown from our partner’s forest from Spoleto, Italy.”

Available in two flavours Original and Parmesan Cheese, the truffle chips are the first truffle chips from Singapore. They are available online (SGD 10) and at Cold Storage (SGD 9.95).

The ingredients in the original potato chip are:
Potato, Olive Oil, Sugar, Parsley, Maltodextrin, Salt, Himalayan Salt, Edible Oil, Vegetable Powder, Dextrose, Carob Powder, Italian Black Truffle, and Flavorings.

The parmesan cheese potato chip contains:
Potato, Olive Oil, Parmesan Cheese, Sugar, Dill, Maltodextrin, Garlic Powder, Himalayan Salt, Edible Oil, Vegetable Powder, Dextrose, Carob Powder, Italian Black Truffle, and Flavorings

F&N celebrates Chinese New Year with classic orange, sarsi

This Chinese New Year, F&N is celebrating with limited edition F&N Classic Orange Crush and Classic Sarsi to rekindle the old days. The F&N limited edition classic recipe is the same as the ones introduced by F&N for the previous 2018 Chinese New Year celebration. Back then, Orange Crush was available in all the participating outlets but Classic Sarsi was limited to Tesco. So there was no element of surprise for consumers this year.

Both variants are available at The Store, Giant, Tesco, Aeon Big, Aeon, Econsave, Billion, Hero, TF Value-Mart, Central Hyper and Tunas Manja.

Mister Potato’s In-Crab-Dible CNY

Image from Mister Potato

Mamee-Double Decker (M) Berhad is back with a new limited-edition flavour Chinese New Year (CNY) to celebrate the year of the pig. This year, the snack brand chose to launch the chilli crab flavour, continuation of the spicy flavoured CNY limited-edition offerings.

  • CNY 2019: Chili crab
  • CNY 2018: Spicy prawn
  • CNY 2017: Fiery chicken

It also released a short animation clip showing the tale of In-Crab-Dible, a crab that brings ‘ong’ or prosperity to the people. Buying eating Mister Potato chilli crab potato chips, everyone will be blessed with prosperity.

Singapore’s first ready-to-drink bubble tea debuts

Image from 7-Eleven Singapore

7-Eleven Singapore has launched the first bubble tea in a bottle in Singapore, reported Mothership.sg on 8 January 2019. This ready-to-drink bubble tea is made in Taiwan and does not have preservative and artificial colouring.

The unique thing about this bubble tea is unlike the typical chewy tapioca pearls, the pearls in Peach Bubble Tea are made from konjac, which is chewy but low in carbohydrate. Mothership.sg cautions consumers about the konjac pearls as they are not the typical tapioca pearls Singapore consumers are used to.

Peach Bubble Tea is available for a price of SGD 3.60 for two bottles and the promotion will last until 22 January 2019.

The recent revival of interest in bubble tea, thanks to new flavour innovations from China and Taiwan including the use of brown sugar and cheese topping, has renewed consumer interest in bubble tea. Consumers appear to be far more receptive to the new launches in the foodservice channel but interest may not be forthcoming for bubble tea in a bottle as they lack the customisation and the varities found at bubble tea shops.

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