Rotterdam entrepreneur Kees van Vuuren is starting a chain of immigrant supermarkets, and hopes to eventually open 150-200 shops, especially in those areas that have witnessed the disappearance of small grocery shops in the past decade. Van Vuuren hopes that the shops, under the name Waikiki, will improve the atmosphere in unsafe neighborhoods and encourage…
The city of Ourense recently premiered its first butcher shop offering various meats slaughters according to Muslim rites. Merbah Abdelouahab Chorti, an Algerian in Ourense who decided to open up the shop after his own dissatisfaction of not being able to find permissible meat to cook with and eat in the town. His halal shop…
A North West dairy launched a range of halal cheese for the first time in its 50-year history. Bosses at Dew-Lay Products Ltd of Garstang, Lancashire, established in 1957, were so convinced of the growing consumer appetite for Halal produce, they were awarded a licence from the Halal Food Authority (HFA) for formulating and processing…
The Institute Halal recently participated in an information session concerning the approach to knowledge of halal (Islamically permissible) foods, explaining the halal certification model, requirements, and market value situation to Muslims in Spain. The University of Cordoba launched the initiative to bring awareness and knowledge about halal food, in addiction to the overlapping culinary culture…
The halal supply chain in the Netherlands for products from Malaysia – a collaboration between Port Klang and the Port of Rotterdam – is expected to be established in six months. Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA) director Bas Pulles said the halal supply chain at the Port of Rotterdam is needed to tap the growing…
