Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons opened its first store in Shanghai on Tuesday [26 February 2019], entering a crowded market with competition from rivals Starbucks, Costa and Chinese startup Luckin Coffee. With more than 4,800 stores in North America, the Philippines and the Middle East, Tim Hortons has big plans for China, aiming to establish
Starbucks will set up the first Italian food-featured cafe in China, highlighting Italian dishes and drinks, the company said Friday [15 February 2019]. The move came as part of the U.S. coffeehouse chain company’s efforts to carry out a “purpose-driven growth agenda to play the long game in China,” according to the company’s statement…Full Article:
Eyeing growing appetite among Chinese consumers for premium meat, Uruguayan meatpacker Rondatel SA is looking to expand export of its distinctive black-pack meat products to the Chinese market. The slick packaging is eye-catching, and it also has an innovative label that tracks the contents from pasture to plate…Full Article: China Daily Feb 2019 Key Points
China has confirmed new outbreaks of African swine fever in four provincial level regions, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said Saturday. On a farm in Shanghai, 50 pigs were confirmed infected with the viral disease and 11 confirmed dead, the ministry said, citing a China Animal Disease Control Center report…Full Article: China Daily
Even before the first pork chop based on Danish raw material has been cut and packaged at Danish Crown’s new processing facility in China, the ‘sold-out’ sign is going up…Full Article: Danish Crown Nov 2018 Key Points In November 2018, Danish Crown secured a CNY 2.5 billion (EUR 300 million) 5-year distribution agreement to supply
Coffee is as central a beverage to life in Costa Rica as tea is to China. Coffee cultivation has a long history in the Central American nation. The coffee bean was for years the country’s main export product, and came to form part of the national identity, with Costa Ricans taking pride in the quality
Starbucks China launched its delivery services on Wednesday [19 September 2018] in Beijing and Shanghai before expanding to more than 2,000 stores in 30 cities in the country by the end of this year. This means more than half of its current Starbucks stores in China will be covered and the coverage will continue to
Danish Crown’s 4WD strategy specifically declares that DAT-Schaub must be a global market leader. To achieve this goal, additional capacity is required in the selecting and processing of natural casings from pigs and lambs…Full Article: Danish Crown Mar 2018 Key Points In March 2018, DAT-Schaub, a sausage-casing producer and subsidiary of Danish Crown, purchased a
Statistics from the Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau show that imports of aquatic products for 2017 came out to 52,900 shipments, with their total imported value being $810 million, up 9 percent and 19 percent respectively from 2016, Xinmin Evening News reported Monday [15 January 2018]…Full Article: The Global Times Jan 2018 Key Point
According to data from the Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, last year’s fruit import through the port of Shanghai reached 1,008,800 tons. This is the first time that the quantity surpasses one million tons, making it the biggest fruit import year for the port…Full Article: Fresh Plaza Jan 2018 Key Point From 2016 to