Formosa Chang raises prices 3.8% on averageStaff writer, with CNAPrices at Formosa Chang rose today, a day after the Taiwanese restaurant chain — famous for its braised minced pork on rice — announced it would raise prices on 48 menu items due to higher raw material and operating costs. Customers eat inside a Formosa Chang restaurant in an undated photograph. Photo: CNAThe price adjustments average 3.8 percent, including the chain's signature Taiwanese braised pork rice, which rose from NT$66 to NT$71 for a small bowl. According to its Web site, Formosa Chang was founded in 1960 by Chang Yan-chuan (張炎泉) as a street food stall selling traditional Taiwanese snacks at Shuanglian Market (雙連菜市場) on Minsheng W Road in Taipei. Other than Formosa Chang, coffeehouse chain Louisa Coffee also recently raised prices on 90 items, citing the higher cost of ingredients, wages and utilities.
