- CEO
- Scott Anthony Price
- Full Time Employees
- 79,000
- Sector
- Retail trade
- Industry
- Food retail
- Address
- FWD Tower Hong Kong Hong Kong HM 12
- IPO Date
- Feb 20, 1991
- Business
- DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (D01.SI) operates as a leading pan-Asian retailer focused on food, health and beauty, home furnishings, convenience stores, restaurants, and other retailing segments. The company offers supermarkets and hypermarkets under brands including Wellcome, Market Place, Cold Storage, CS Fresh, Giant, Oliver’s, 3hreesixty, San Miu, Lucky, Yonghui, Jasons, Hero, and Mercato; convenience stores under the 7-Eleven brand; health and beauty stores under Mannings, Guardian, and Watsons; home furnishings through IKEA; restaurants via Maxim’s brands; and additional department, specialty, and DIY stores through associates like Robinsons Retail. DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited, founded in 1886 and headquartered in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, conducts operations across Hong Kong, Mainland China, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Brunei, the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand; it functions as a subsidiary of Jardine Strategic Limited and employs approximately 190,000 people.
In recent developments, the company completed the divestment of its stake in Yonghui Superstores to MINISO Group in early 2025, sold its Hero Supermarket business in Indonesia in June 2024 to pivot fully to Guardian and IKEA operations there, divested its Singapore Food business—including Cold Storage, CS Fresh, Jason’s Deli, and Giant brands—to Macrovalue for approximately US$93 million with completion expected by end-2025, and sold a 22.2% stake in Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. in May 2025 to streamline its portfolio and fund growth in digital retail media, own-brand products, and omnichannel capabilities. The group also refreshed its corporate branding from Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited to DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited in May 2022, launched partnerships such as Wellcome with Dingdong Limited for fresh produce in 2025, and advanced sustainability initiatives including low-carbon rice pilots and solar installations. These strategic shifts emphasize accretive M&A, operational efficiency, and shareholder returns amid a focus on core high-performing businesses.