22 - 08 - 2008
Chinese brewer profits from Olympic thirst
22 - 08 - 2008
China promises effective use of venues after OL
20 - 08 - 2008
Beijing presents the best OL medals in history
20 - 08 - 2008
China bans internet domain featuring medalists’ names
20 - 08 - 2008
Over 70,000 volunteers serve the Beijing OL
20 - 08 - 2008
China to release first-ever OL comics
20 - 08 - 2008
Olympic torch auctioned for about US$40,000
< older 
Note:
This section provides weekly updates of relevant China-related news articles culled from a variety of local sources and international news agencies. These articles are aimed to facilitate you, the client, in keeping up-to-date with Beijing’s current ever-changing culture and Olympic-related topics. To contact us about our local news stories please e-mail us at news@ring-leaders.com
Olympics cause snack food to soar
Sales of snacks have been soaring as Olympics audience stocks up on snack food at home so that they can enjoy watching their favourite events on TV, a Chinese newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The China Daily said sports fans are storing food to ensure they do not have to go out to eat while watching the Games in front of their TV sets.
As the Olympic fever grips city, Carrefour, the largest foreign retailer in China, has reported a significant increase of snacks and beer—especially imported beer—since the start of the Games in conjunction with a huge flow of foreign visitors, the newspaper said. The supermarket's Fangyuan branch in Beijing, for instance, has seen a nearly 16 percent growth in the past two weeks.
Moreover, online supermarkets have also gained popularity coinciding with the Olympics as many people prefer buying food from online stores to save more time to watch the Games.
Taobao.com, a popular online market, said intra-city transactions have risen by more than 20 percent.
Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou have been undergoing the most significant growth with various kinds of nuts and pastries topping the list, the report said.
The China Daily said sports fans are storing food to ensure they do not have to go out to eat while watching the Games in front of their TV sets.
As the Olympic fever grips city, Carrefour, the largest foreign retailer in China, has reported a significant increase of snacks and beer—especially imported beer—since the start of the Games in conjunction with a huge flow of foreign visitors, the newspaper said. The supermarket's Fangyuan branch in Beijing, for instance, has seen a nearly 16 percent growth in the past two weeks.
Moreover, online supermarkets have also gained popularity coinciding with the Olympics as many people prefer buying food from online stores to save more time to watch the Games.
Taobao.com, a popular online market, said intra-city transactions have risen by more than 20 percent.
Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou have been undergoing the most significant growth with various kinds of nuts and pastries topping the list, the report said.