A week of hot news | Ferrero 2 billion to take over Danish blue cans; KFC Launches Chinese Night Snack; Suntley Layout Domestic Health Food Market......

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1. industry trends

1, "2019 yogurt industry analysis and outlook" released, high-end yogurt sales rose to a dark horse

 

2. Enterprise Dynamics
1, Ferrero 2 billion to take over the Danish blue can cookies parent company

2, Japanese beverage giant Siteli teamed up with CITIC Group to lay out China's health food market.

3, AB InBev $11.3 billion to sell its Australian subsidiary CUB.

 

3. Fresh Express
1, roll a string of beer hand-torn chicken, KFC force Chinese supper

2. Snickers in summer may match cans better.

3. Nestle tells a new story about chocolate sugar reduction

4, North American Danone launched oat yogurt, digging deep into the plant-based market potential.

 

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1. industry trends

1, "2019 yogurt industry analysis and outlook" released, high-end yogurt sales rose to a dark horse

Reese Consulting released the "Analysis and Outlook of 2019 Yogurt Industry" report, which showed that the sales volume of China's yogurt industry exceeded 1.2 million tons in the first half of the year, with sales of nearly 26 billion yuan. Among them, high-end yogurt has become a dark horse, contributing nearly 70% of total sales, and sales have maintained an upward trend.

The report pointed out that at present, the Chinese market is still in the popularization stage of yogurt. Although there was the first decline in 2019, it is expected that there is still considerable room for growth in the future.

 

 

 

2. Enterprise Dynamics

1, Ferrero 2 billion to take over the Danish blue can cookies parent company

Recently, Campbell Soup (Campbell Soup Company) announced that it will sell its Kelsen Group (Kelsen Group A.S.) to a subsidiary of Ferrero for $0.3 billion (about 2.062 billion yuan). This means that Blue Can Cookies will become a "family" with Jinsha Chocolate, Kenda Fun Eggs and Nutella Hazelnut Sauce.

It is understood that Ferrero's subsidiary will take over Kelsen's two production plants in North Snezer and Ribe and take over the two major Danish cookie brands. Ferrero expressed his hope to expand its layout in the boutique cookie category through this move.

Kelsen Group, located in North Snezer, Denmark, is the manufacturer of two of the world's best-selling cookie brands-Royal Dansk (Royal Dansk) and Blue can cookies (Kjeldsens). In the past 12 months, Kelsen Group's sales were about $0.157 billion.

Ferrero said that the transaction will be conducted on a regular basis, subject to regulatory approval, and is expected to be completed within two months. After the completion of the acquisition, Ferrero and Kelsen Group will continue to operate independently, and any future business relationship will be carried out on a contract basis.

 

 

2, Japanese beverage giant Siteli teamed up with CITIC Group to lay out China's health food market.

Recently, international beverage giant Suntley Holdings and CITIC Group set up a joint venture in Shanghai. Industrial and commercial information shows that the joint venture company is called "Xinsandeli Trading Co., Ltd." and was established on July 12, 2019 with a registered capital of 0.1 billion yuan.

According to relevant sources, after the establishment of the joint venture company, it will officially start the sales business of SUNTRE functional beverages and provide drip filter coffee products through vending machines. In addition, future new product plans also include health supplements, including the tonic "Brands" currently sold mainly in Southeast Asian countries ".

Japan Suntory Co., Ltd. was founded in 1899 and has developed into a large multinational group. Its business involves alcohol, beverages, food, health products, catering management and flowers. Its business area spans more than 40 countries and regions.

The establishment of "Xinsanderi Trading Co., Ltd." represents another drop in the Chinese health care product market. Functional beverages, drip coffee, and tonics are all popular health products nowadays, and the future is worth looking forward.

 

 

3, AB InBev $11.3 billion to sell its Australian subsidiary CUB.

On July 19, AB InBev announced the sale of its Australian subsidiary Carlton & United Breweries(CUB) to Asahi Group for 16 billion Australian dollars (about 11.3 billion US dollars, including debt). As part of the transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, Asahi Group will acquire the commercialization rights to all of AB InBev's global and international brand portfolio in the Australian market.

The transaction will help Anheuser-Busch InBev accelerate its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region and other fast-growing markets around the world. Anheuser-Busch InBev also stressed that, provided that the valuation is correct, Budweiser remains committed to promoting the listing of a minority stake in its Asian business, while using the proceeds from the sale of CUB to repay debt.

 

 

3. Fresh Express

1, roll a string of beer hand-torn chicken, KFC force Chinese supper

On July 15, KFC officially launched a series of Chinese midnight snack products, including Sichuan fragrant burning spicy chicken, beer hand-torn chicken, fragrant bittern, etc., which are currently sold in 10 cities across the country, including Shanghai, Chengdu and Chongqing. Different cities start at 9:15 or 10:15 p. m. and are supplied until 5:44 or 5:55 a.m.

On the one hand, KFC's layout of the night snack market is to cater to the current trend of "night economy". On the other hand, it is also due to the increasingly fierce competition in the fast food market where KFC itself is located. More efforts are needed in the stores to achieve more stable and sustainable growth. For KFC, a large chain catering brand, product renewal and cross-border are the best way to maintain consumer freshness and store attendance.

 

 

2. Snickers in summer may match cans better.

Recently, Mars Group's brand Snickers changed the old style, launched a summer "cool" style of new products. The refreshing can package may be mistaken for a can of beverage at first glance. In fact, it contains the new chocolate product of Snickers-cool fruit-flavored white chocolate. This new product has introduced three flavors of lemon, peach and coconut, which are also the main energy supply for sports and travel.

It is understood that the special use of Snickers can packaging, in addition to the hope of novel packaging to attract consumer attention, but also for the sake of product storage. Due to the high temperature in summer, chocolate is easy to melt, canned can achieve multiple insulation, can be placed in the refrigerator refrigerated storage, but also easy to carry out.

 

 

3. Nestle tells a new story about chocolate sugar reduction

Recently, across the food company Nestlé announced that it has invented a method of making chocolate without adding sugar.
According to foreign media reports, Nestlé is using a patented technology to make the white pulp covered in cocoa seeds into powdered raw materials as a natural sweetener for chocolate without adding additional sugar.

Nestle said it plans to launch the first 70 per cent dark chocolate KitKat product made with the formula in Japan this fall. The existing 70% dark chocolate KitKat product contains 12.3 grams of sugar per serving. However, the sugar content of the cocoa pulp formula is only 60% of the existing product.

Nestlé will use the same method to make milk or white chocolate in the future, and will use this technology in other countries next year.

 

4, North American Danone launched oat yogurt, digging deep into the plant-based market potential.

Recently, Danone North America launched Yogurt, an oat yogurt Oatmilk in the United States, to expand its So Delicious plant-based dairy product portfolio. The series uses gluten-free oats and live bacteria as raw materials, and has four fruit flavors, including mango, mixed berries, strawberries and vanilla. All varieties are certified Gluten-Free, Vegan Action and Non-GMO Project, dairy-free, nut-free and soy-free.
The introduction of the oat yogurt means that plant-based drinks are more and more recognized by consumers, but also intensified the market competition. Last year, Danone announced plans to combine its position in the dairy industry with high plant-based growth potential and plans to triple the size of its factory operations by 2025. In February, Danone North America opened a new building at its plant in DuBois, Pennsylvania, to increase its plant-based food production capacity.

 

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