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Hong Kong's Kau Kee Food Factory opens first retail shop after 66 years

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After 66 years of operating as a wholesale supplier to nearly 1,000 eateries, Kau Kee Food Factory has opened its first retail shop in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Second-generation owner Anita Lee spearheaded this modernization, aiming to make the brand, whose fish balls are a staple in the city, directly accessible to consumers. Lee, a former civil servant, took over the family business during the COVID-19 pandemic, navigating significant challenges to the street food industry that impacted Kau Kee's wholesale operations. AI

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Hong Kong's Kau Kee Food Factory opens first retail shop after 66 years

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Oscar Liu ·

    After 66 years, Kau Kee’s first shop offers fish balls ‘every Hongkonger has eaten’

    Anita Lee Yan-kwan grew up around a traditional business that supplied fish balls to Hong Kong’s street food stalls and eateries. But for decades, Kau Kee Food Factory’s signature product was known only among industry operators until Lee, a second-generation owner, opened the com…

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