Sampling the future of food innovation in Singapore

10 Apr 2017

The Business Times, 10 Apr 2017 - Article mentioned that food and beverage (F&B) companies are increasingly tapping technology and automation to compete in the market. In the last few years, institutes of higher learning and consultancies such as the Singapore Productivity Centre have seen a surge in companies seeking their assistance to transform their F&B businesses. In the last year, SP’s Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) has seen an increase of about 20 per cent of companies asking for help. Centre Director of FIRC, Loong Mann Na, provided some reasons for this. NYP’s Asian Culinary Institute has also seen a "healthy" increase in F&B businesses wanting to work with them in areas such as workflow processes, manpower capability development, adoption of new business models, and automation solutions.