SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In a strategic move to expand its distribution channels, CJ CheilJedang, a major South Korean food company, has launched its popular products, including Hetbahn rice dishes, Bibigo dumplings and beef bone soup, and Gourmet Chinese meals, on K-Venue, the dedicated Korean product category on Alibaba Group’s e-commerce platform, AliExpress. Starting [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food giant CJ Cheiljedang Corp. said Monday it has sold off all of its shares in Chinese food company Sichuan Jixiangju Food at 300 billion won (US$235.8 million). CJ Cheiljedang had bought a combined 60 percent share in the Chinese firm, which deals with Chinese foods, including [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean food conglomerate CJ Cheiljedang Corp. plans to develop a range of Korean street foods as new products and release them in foreign markets. The company announced on Monday that it will develop six Korean street foods under the Bibigo brand and launch them in major countries across [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Bibigo Mandu, frozen dumpling products of CJ Cheiljedang Corp., has begun sales in Australia’s biggest supermarket chain Woolworths, the major South Korean food manufacturing company said Wednesday. Starting this month, three types of Bibigo Mandu products — vegetable version, kimchi version and prawn version — have been available at [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Cheiljedang Corp., a major South Korean food manufacturer, said Thursday its biocompatible polyester material has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as food packaging material. CJ Cheiljedang said the FDA’s approval of amorphous polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) — a softer and more rubbery version [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food giant CJ Cheiljedang Corp. said Tuesday it has joined hands with a U.S. startup to develop ingredients used to make health supplements that prevent skeletal muscle loss. CJ Cheiljedang inked a license agreement with Emmyon earlier in the day to utilize the U.S. startup’s various patents [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food conglomerate CJ CheilJedang Corp. said Tuesday it has launched two seaweed-based snacks for customers in Europe and Japan, as part of its drive to expand globally. Seasoned seaweed, known as “gim” in Korean, is a staple in Korean cuisine used to make kimbap or consumed as [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food maker CJ CheilJedang Corp. said Tuesday it will expand into the European market with a sales target of 500 billion won ($US384 million) by 2027. The announcement came two months after the South Korean food maker opened an office in London to begin full-scale efforts to [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Cheiljedang Corp., South Korea’s leading food manufacturer, has succeeded in producing certified biodegradable plastic for the first time in the country. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Wednesday that CJ Cheiljedang’s biodegradable plastic (PHA) showed outstanding performance in a series of official tests, receiving a test [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Cheiljedang Corp., South Korea’s leading food manufacturer, is moving aggressively to expand its ‘white biotechnology’ ventures. White biotechnology refers to replacing the main raw materials of the chemical industry with biomaterials using renewable resources or biological agents such as microorganisms and enzymes. The company recently signed a memorandum [...]