The Growing Halal Restaurants in France
The growth of Halal products in France is expected to reach 10 percent per year until 2012.
Category: HalalFocus Editorials
Jul 30, 2010 | 0 comments
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Export Strategies for Halal Producers
The Halal market is on the move. Since the first Malaysian International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) in 2004, and the first World Halal Forum in 2006, you can now attend Halal trade shows and conferences all around the world practically every month of the year. Brunei, Philippines, Thailand, Dubai, France, USA, Indonesia, and South Africa, are [...]
May 08, 2010 | 0 comments
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KFC Halal issue shows Halal is an identity issue
By Abdalhamid Evans, Founder, HalalFocus
The extent to which the KFC Halal trial has stirred public interest, both online and in the streets shows how much of an issue this is…and how deep it goes.
Naturally for the Muslims, eating Halal is an identity issue, especially for those of us who live in a predominantly non-Muslim country. [...]
Apr 28, 2010 | 0 comments
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KFC’s UK ‘Halal Trial’ put on trial…and found guilty
by Abdalhamid Evans, Founder, HalalFocus
In the UK, KFC’s now infamous ‘Halal Trial’ has taken a turn that may well prove to be a pivotal one in the shift of Halal into the mainstream. In any event, it has uncovered a series of misconceptions that can now be seen in a better light.
KFC’s 80-plus restaurants that [...]
Apr 18, 2010 | 2 comments
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UK: KFC chickens do not fulfil LCM Halal Criteria
The Lancashire Council of Mosques (LCM) Halal Sub Group held their planned meeting with KFC representatives on the 14th April. The outcome of the meeting is going to require KFC to go back to the drawing board if they want their new Halal outlets to get their Halal policy on track.
Apr 18, 2010 | 0 comments
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Halal Goes Mainstream… Mainstream Goes Halal
You know there is something going on when the world’s biggest retailer is chasing after your product. Usually it is the other way around. Manufacturers of all sizes queue up for the chance to pitch, slash costs, squeeze suppliers and upgrade their software systems in order to get their products onto Wal-Mart shelves.
Jan 20, 2010 | 0 comments
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Halal – A Perfect Storm on the Horizon
Markets, like everything else, go in cycles, and we are all of us well aware that we are going through a period of market contraction. But contraction and expansion go together, they are one of the pairs of opposites upon which Allah has created existence, and we can be confident that contraction in any given time is the preparation, the source even, for an expansion to follow.
Jan 17, 2010 | 0 comments
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Natural Allies – Halal Food and Islamic Finance
The rapid growth of Islamic banking – not only in countries like Malaysia, Bahrain and Singapore, but also the UK and elsewhere – and the emerging global market for Halal products and services represent the tip of the iceberg of the impact of Islam on commerce, a convergence which we believe is destined to be one of the defining factors of the coming decade.
Jan 16, 2010 | 0 comments
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The European Halal Market Outlook
The demand for Halal products and services in Europe is steadily increasing, and this is driving some changes in the industry that are likely to have ripples beyond the shores of the EU. Halal is now being seen as a potential engine of growth in economies all over the world, and it may well be that the next wave of initiatives in the market will not be coming from the more traditional markets of S E Asia of the Middle East, but from the West.
Dec 19, 2009 | 0 comments
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