Sands China Invites 5 Rua das Estalagens Shops for Team Member Food Fest

Sands China hosted a food fest for its team members in March at The Venetian Macao, featuring the signature foods of five restaurants, cafes and bakeries from Sands China’s Community Revitalisation Series – Entrepreneurship Recruitment Programme for Rua das Estalagens. Launched in April last year, the programme was a resounding success, receiving more than 120 applications. Seven distinctive businesses were selected in July, and six of them have since started their operations on Rua das Estalagens.

With Sands China providing substantial assistance to these entrepreneurs, the innovative initiative encouraged SMEs in Macao to establish themselves on Rua das Estalagens, reviving the neighbourhood’s economy and helping revitalise the historic street and unleash its past vibrancy.

The food fest exemplified Sands China’s business philosophy of growing with local SMEs by offering them a promotional platform that encouraged team members to take their families to Rua das Estalagens and show their support to the street’s businesses. Nearly 7,000 team members visited the food fest’s five culinary roadshows, supporting local businesses while experiencing the vibrant flavours of the region.

Held on various days between March 18 and March 28, the food fest let team members taste each shop’s unique cuisine at the back-of-house dining room of The Venetian Macao. Underscoring Sands China’s commitment to fostering local entrepreneurship, the event helped these local entrepreneurs showcase their products and attract more customers, while deepening team members’ knowledge of the revitalisation of Rua das Estalagens.

During the roadshows, the owners and employees of the shops served a diverse range of treats. Cafe Fantart showed off two delicate and flaky egg tart flavours: original and curry beef. Olálá served one of its creative Macao-Portuguese snacks, the Olálá Signature Package of bacalhau balls and spicy fish patty. Catfee brought its fragrant Ethiopia natural ice drip coffee, while bakery Panpan delivered its mini pain au chocolat, made with a fusion of Japanese and French baking styles. Finally, Voyage Thai Kitchen served flavourful bottled Thai milk tea and sweet Mango sticky rice.

For more details about Sands China’s revitalisation efforts, please visit https://www.sandschina.com/the-company/scl-community-revitalization-programme.html.