------ Chinesische Kunden kaufen Sie Lebensmittel in einem Geschäft von Zhouheiya in Kunshan City, Central China Provinz Hubei, 29. Januar 2016. Zhouheiya Essen Co, Chi
--FILE--Chinese customers buy food at a store of Zhouheiya in Yichang city, central China's Hubei province, 29 January 2016. Zhouheiya Food Co, a Chinese food company known for its spicy dried duck snacks, is planning to go public in Hong Kong and raise up to $500 million, media reported on Tuesday (24 May 2016). According to reports citing people familiar with the matter, the company is expected to file an application for an initial public offering in Hong Kong in the next couple of weeks. It could be the first food firm seeking to list on the bourse in 2016, the newspaper said. The company, established in central China's Hubei province in 2006, has been expanding quickly in the past decade with chain stores and factories covering more than 10 Chinese cities in China. It recorded a net profit of 306 million yuan ($46.7 million) in 2015, according to reports citing data from China's company-registration website. Zhouheiya, or "Mr Zhou's black duck" in Chinese, made an appearance in the 2014 Hollywood hit "Transformers: Age of Extinction.", said the reports.
