Taipei, July 19 (CNA) The farm price of eggs will be increased by NT$3.33 (US$0.11) per kilogram Wednesday, the same amount the wholesale price of eggs rose on Monday, the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture (COA) announced Tuesday.
US-based Costco Wholesale Corp on Thursday said that it had purchased the remaining 45 percent stake in Costco President Taiwan Inc (台灣好市多) for US$1.05 billion, making the local company a fully-owned unit.
“We estimate that the purchase would add about 1 to 1.5 percent to [our] earnings per share,” Costco said in a statement.
Costco President Taiwan was established as a joint venture with Kaohsiung-based President Group (大統集團), which held a 45 percent stake.
Since the first Costco store opened in Kaohsiung in 1997, 14 outlets have been set up in Taiwan, company data showed.
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Three Costco stores in Taiwan in Taipei’s Neihu
Supermarket chain Carrefour Taiwan has launched a new initiative to donate fruits and vegetables that have passed their sell-by date, but are still safe to eat to Shou Shan Zoo in Kaohsiung for use as animal feed.
Under the program, which started on Tuesday last week, the zoo receives donations of leftover produce from Carrefour’s Dingshan store in Kaohsiung every one to two weeks, zoo director Chuang Hsuan-chih (莊絢智) said on Sunday.
The aim is to give the animals a more well-balanced diet by offering them new types of food, including burdock root, alfalfa sprouts, red oak lettuce, baby corn and baby
Kaohsiung, June 12 (CNA) Supermarket chain Carrefour Taiwan has launched a new initiative to donate fruits and vegetables that have passed their sell-by date but are still safe to eat to Shou Shan Zoo in Kaohsiung for use as animal feed.
Taipei, May 8 (CNA) Taiwan has seen a spike in locally transmitted COVID-19 infections in recent months, mostly involving individuals who contracted the Omicron variant of COVID-19.