Review of the year
June
A railway in Japan became the first to use Kit Kat wrappers as tickets to travel on its trains while promoting a crisis-hit part of the country.
Australia’s food and grocery council gave a gloomy report on the country’s food manufacturing industry, saying it was one of the most expensive countries in the world to make food.
A report on Bordeaux wines showed that even Sir Alex Ferguson was suffering from the global slump in the tipple, with Hong Kong traders now hunting to find buyers for the grand cru region (pictured).
And one European dietary supplements company branded Malaysian businesses “lazy” for failing to keep up with the sort of innovation that their neighbours in Thailand were accustomed to.
