Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
A ban on a range of vegetables, fruit, and flowers from Uganda was imposed by the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance. The ban is aimed to fight contraband goods that might be shipped to Russia from Europe via African countries despite the sanctions. Earlier this year the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance banned reexport of certain
Sometimes it’s even hard to find the capsule you want in a massive pile of different capsules and it is very frustrating before that first morning coffee. So, it could be useful to know some storage solutions for organizing and storing coffee pods and capsules. The infographic below reports 5 storage ideas, most of these you can make at home
According to the Industry Development Fund of the Russian Federation, Torgaktiv LLC plans to start the production of automatic coffee machines in St.Petersburg. The cost of the project is about 400 million rubles ($6.2 million). This project is supposed to let Russian products take about 20-30% of the Russian market. The cost of such coffee machine is expected to be
The world sixth largest coffee producer, India, depends on its Southern State of Karnataka for around 70% of the country’s total coffee yield. But the severe weather conditions, with high temperatures and low rainfalls hitting the coffee plants at the important flowering stages, are to impact the fruit formation badly hence affecting the overall expected yield; reported Reuters India. The state-run
Tesco has announced it plans to sell coffee chain Harris and Hoole to Caffe Nero, as announced today by the Sky News. The announcement came as Tesco reported a second successive quarter of sales growth for the first time in more than five years. The supermarket group launched Harris & Hoole in 2012 with Nick, Andrew and Laura Tolley, the Australian
In April 2016 Starbucks opened its first coffee shop in Johannesburg, South Africa and thus added the 71st country to its retail chain. It is not the first time the famous coffeehouse chain is trying to conquer Sub Saharan Africa. In 2010, during the FIFA World Cup, Starbucks made a deal with Emperica marketing agency and a hotel chain Tsogo
The extreme weather conditions have been holding tightly the Vietnam’s Central Highland coffee belt. This is the worst drought in 30 years. According to the Vietnam’s National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the temperatures are expected to be 0.5 to 1 degree Celsius higher than usual. The 599 reservoirs used for irrigation in Dak Lak province are up to 20% non-functional
Cofix, an Israeli coffee shop, bar and supermarket chain, has found partners to start expansion into the Russian market. Satesh Melwany, CEO at Melson Group (developer and food producer), and Mikhail and Grigoriy Pecherskiy, managing partners at ADG Group (developer) have closed the deal that will bring 1000 new coffee shops to Russia. Cumulative share of the partners in Russia
French consortium Groupe SEB has recently announced the signature of an agreement with KKR. According to this agreement, Groupe SEB acquires WMF, a German group producing coffee machines and cookware. Thus the company has affiliated another old and famous brand to its list of iconic names (together with Schaerer, Silit, Kaiser and HEPP, among other). According to the press release
Cherie LLC, a Georgian coffee production company, is planning to deliver its coffee to Russian and Kazakhstan markets. According to Cherie CEO Irakli Lomtatidze, the company has been considering expansion to new markets for some time now. At the moment, the meetings with distributors are held. The plan is to send the first shipments to Russia and Kazakhstan in September.