Arome Bakery

Arome Bakery
Traditional Chinese東海堂
Simplified Chinese东海堂
Literal meaningHall of the East China Sea
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDōnghǎi Táng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDūng hói tòhng
JyutpingDung1 hoi2 tong4
Arome Bakery outlet in Queensway Plaza, Admiralty

Arome Bakery (Chinese: 東海堂) is a Hong Kong–based Japanese-style chain bakery. It operates over 50 shops in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1985 by Ching-Po Yu (于鏡波) and his daughter Man-Ying Yu (于文瑛), who are also the founders of Hong Kong Construction, the Hong Kong branch of Kumagai Gumi. Arome was acquired by Maxim's Catering, which is owned by Dairy Farm International Holdings, in 2008.

2022 animal cruelty campaign

Arome Bakery has been targeted by a campaign claiming they use animal cruelty in their supply chain across Asia This campaign claims Arome Bakery and all Maxim's Group restaurants use eggs from battery cages that are banned by the European Union Council Directive 1999/74/EC.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hong Kong (Construction) Holdings Limited Archived 24 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Maxim's Caterers Limited Archived 1 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Maxim's: Filth and Food Safety Risks". 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "European Union Council Directive 1999/74/EC". Official Journal of the European Communities. European Union. 19 July 1999. Retrieved 30 May 2020.