Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
Have you ever thought about running a coffee company in Finland? Finns were named the top coffee consumer in the world in 2017 by the International Coffee Organization. Finland is known to consume a lot of coffee, at least 12kg per person every year (10 cups/day more or less), as reported by The Independent. A group of entrepreneurs is working to turn
In Italy there are more than 800 thousand vending machines, with about three million dispensed coffees per year (+1,67% compared to the year 2015). According to Repubblica, coffee has reached 55,5% of the total number of vending machine-selected products. According to Confida, Italy is increasing the production and export of vending machines and it is becoming one of the most
The coffee bean is one of the world’s most valuable agricultural products from the tropics: it’s worth over $100 billion worldwide. The coffee chain is characterised by a huge difference between production and consumption: on one side we have 25 million small farmers producing 80% of the world’s total coffee supply, for less than $2 a day, on the other side we have the “Big Four” coffee roasting companies – Kraft, P&G, Sara Lee and Nestle – buying about 50% of the coffee produced worldwide. This make the relation between buyers and producers in the coffee chain [Sign in to continue]
The world of hospitality – this is the claim by Intergastra 2018 , one of the most important European trade fairs for gastronomy, hotels and dedicated hosts. In 2016, the comprehensive exhibition programme across more than 100,000 square metres of exhibition space brought together just under 100,000 visitors and around 1,300 exhibitors from Germany and abroad. And the success story
An innovative new scheme that gets coffee shops new customers and promotes environmental awareness is launching in London in February 2018. When working with Coffee Shop and Cafes to get more customers one of the most successful strategies is using ‘joint ventures’ or cross promotions. By working with non-competitive businesses whose customers or staff are similar to yours you can soon
Mihai Panfil, the owner of one of the famous cafes to go from Bucharest, emphasizes that the freshly fried coffee is another way to extract and serve coffee. However, this new way of serving coffee has made the older companies afraid, because people are used to a certain taste of the past and they are not eager to accept the
The Russian coffee market is still considerably young, and one of the reasons is that Russia is traditionally a tea drinking country. Still, due to the globalization process and coffee culture expansion, Russia is rapidly developing its taste for coffee and nearing European and American standards for coffee consumption. The year 2017 has become indicative in this aspect: coffee consumption has
Start-ups are booming and developing more visionary tools, products and services then ever before. Newcome, which will be staged for the second time as part of the European trade fair Intergastra 2018, will offer start-ups a platform to present their innovations for the hotel and restaurant industry. Covering a special area of more than 1,000 square metres, Newcome will provide
The meeting point for the hotel and restaurant industries will become even more important. The hall area of more than 115,000 square metres, on which Intergastra is expanding through the construction of the new exhibition hall 10 (Paul Horn Hall), is almost fully booked up with the result that there are already waiting lists in some theme halls. “Intergastra 2018
5-to-Go coffee shop chain in Romania is in constant and exceptional development. Its owner, Radu Savopol, has the goal to expand his business, resulting in 5 to go coffee shops found in 70 locations nationwide, and by the end of 2018 it will approach 100 units.[user_id] The 5 to go chain encompasses 65 locations, and it is visited by approximately 220,000