by Ekrem Duman | Aug 25, 2026 | Taiwan Company Stories, Taiwan Food, Retail & Consumer
⚡ TL;DRBubble tea is Taiwan’s most successful cultural export, invented in Taichung or Tainan depending on whose claim you accept, industrialized into thousands of franchised shops worldwide through chains like Chun Shui Tang, Chatime, Gong Cha and CoCo...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 25, 2026 | Taiwan Company Stories, Taiwan Food, Retail & Consumer
⚡ TL;DRGourmet Master built 85C Bakery Cafe into a chain spanning Taiwan, China, the United States and Australia by combining a bakery and a coffee shop in one high-turnover format that undercut Starbucks on price while beating traditional bakeries on experience...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 25, 2026 | Taiwan Company Stories, Taiwan Food, Retail & Consumer
⚡ TL;DRWant Want built one of the best-known snack brands across Taiwan and mainland China from rice crackers and flavoured milk, expanded into hotels, hospitals, insurance and media, and became one of the most commercially successful and politically...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 25, 2026 | Taiwan Company Stories, Taiwan Food, Retail & Consumer
⚡ TL;DRPresident Chain Store operates 7-Eleven in Taiwan and has turned the convenience store into something closer to civic infrastructure — the place where people pay bills, collect parcels, buy tickets, eat meals and access services, supported by a...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 25, 2026 | Taiwan Company Stories, Taiwan Food, Retail & Consumer
⚡ TL;DRUni-President is Taiwan’s largest food group and something more unusual: a manufacturer that also owns the island’s dominant convenience store chain, giving it control of both the product and the shelf — a vertically integrated consumer...
