Dumplings have always been a traditional Chinese specialty food, and in the northern customs, there is a saying of "dumplings on the car, noodles on the car", and it has become an important food for people to usher in. With the acceleration of the pace of life, the public is more inclined to simple and fast quick-frozen dumplings, and almost everyone knows about "Wan Chai Pier" dumplings. After 30 years of market experience, Wan Chai Ferry Terminal has developed from an inconspicuous dumpling stall to a multinational brand with 15 production bases, annual operating income of 6 billion yuan, and products at home and abroad.
The successful transformation of Wan Chai Terminal is due to three times of cooperation with foreign investors. In 1983, in cooperation with Daimaru Department Store in Japan, it was able to transform from a street stall to a small factory, and the products changed from freshly boiled dumplings to frozen products, and entered the supermarket channel sales, gradually occupying the Hong Kong quick-frozen dumpling market and becoming the first brand of quick-frozen food in Hong Kong. After being acquired by Pillsbury, the third largest food company in the United States, a 70% stake was established, and a joint venture was established in Shanghai, and its products were successfully introduced to the mainland market, and then started production at the Guangzhou and Beijing factories.
In 2001, General Mills, one of the world's largest food companies, acquired Pinshile and became the controlling shareholder of Wan Chai Terminal. As a result, Wan Chai Terminal has obtained sufficient development funds, solved the problem of cold chain logistics, and dumpling products have begun to be sold all over the country. The product is no longer limited to dumplings, but has expanded to steamed buns, barbecued pork buns, glutinous rice balls, etc., but dumplings have always been its trump card products.
Among the quick-frozen dumplings, the price of Wan Chai Pier is not cheap, but the overall production is good, not only the packaging is exquisite, but also the dumplings are good in color and taste. Thanks to a series of imported processing equipment, the dumplings can ensure the freshness of the product to the greatest extent. The equipment imported from Europe can carry out automatic one-stop slaughtering of pigs, and the mixer evenly stirs the meat filling, meat and vegetables, so that the filling is fully mixed, and the destruction of moisture and nutrients is reduced as much as possible. The dumplings are frozen rapidly in the freezing tunnel, a tracker is installed in the freezing car, and the automatic temperature monitoring is implemented during the transportation process to ensure that the product is always in a constant temperature state.
In addition to the advanced equipment, Wan Chai Terminal also controls raw materials at all levels. Its pork is selected from Sichuan and Shandong, where good pigs are produced, and only the front leg pork is selected, with a moderate ratio of fat and lean, delicious and elastic meat, and no lymph. Vegetables are produced from designated production bases, and pesticide residues and drug residues are strictly controlled, and the US FDA standards are implemented. Cut vegetables in one form, the particles are uniform and the juice is guaranteed to the greatest extent. The dough is delicate and tough.
Wan Chai Pier does not have a trump card item, and the sales are good, which is enough to prove the public's love. Different flavors of dumplings, corn pork, Chinese cabbage pork and cucumber pork are the lightest, corn kernels can eliminate the greasy taste of meat, sweet and tender, each bag of 720g is priced at 28.8 yuan. The most popular Chinese cabbage pork, the filling is sweet and delicious, the juice is plump, and the price of 720g per bag is 30.8 yuan. Cucumber pork is a new flavor, fresh and crispy and juicy, and the price of 720g per bag is 32.8 yuan.
Wan Chai Pier does not put effort into the exotic flavours, but makes the traditional flavours extremely authentic. There are 5 kinds of vegetable fillings alone, among which the taste of leek pork and purser pork will not be very rushed, not greasy, salty and light, and the price of each bag of 720g is 30.8 yuan. In addition, there are celery pork and Malan head pork to choose from, and the price is not much different.
If you pay attention to "freshness" when eating dumplings, you can try its three fresh dumplings, which use mushrooms, onions, and dried shrimp to enhance the flavor, but they are slightly saltier than vegetable filling, and the price of 720g per bag is 28.9 yuan. The highest-priced sea cucumber prawn dumplings in a single product, add fish sauce seasoning, improve the saltiness and freshness, bite open the sea cucumber and shrimp particles, fresh and pure, but there is celery in it, those who mind it choose carefully, each bag of 600g is priced at 49.8 yuan.