Data Intelligence for the coffee industry
Brewing and cold brewing, Ibrik, Dripper, Aeropress and Specialty. In Italy in recent years coffee has ceased to be synonymous with only espresso or cappuccino, and its vocabulary has become enriched in ways we couldn’t have previously imagined, so it befalls SIC to do no less than show off the precious coffee bean in all its global forms and variants.
At HostMilano 2017, the vitality of the sector is confirmed by the latest data from UCIMAC, the organisation representing Espresso Coffee Machine Manufacturers and member of ANIMA-Assofoodtec. In Italy, the “Espresso coffee machine” industry reported a turnover of 445 million Euros in 2016 with a 4.7% increase due in large part to the foreign market, and an almost similar outlook
The idea of blending diverse industries is set to return to the two halls as part of Host 2017: in fact, if in the Gelato / Pastry area, there will be a coffee piazza where the visitors will be able to directly enjoy experiences relating to the precious coffee bean, in the coffee space, there will be a similar gelato
The Belpaese is the home of espresso, 80% of the world’s coffee-making machinery is manufactured in Italy, over nine out of ten Italians drink coffee, according to HostMilano 2017, but we have lost our top-ranking status: today, they say the best coffee is drunk in Sydney or New York, in London or in Portland, but not really in Italy. And yet things
Coffee is a rather special market, in which annual output is affected by variables that can have a huge effect on performance. Global warming, for example, means that the crop now has to be grown at higher altitudes. Then there are the geopolitical upheavals in coffee-growing countries, and last but not least, problems of drought and diseases such as coffee
An industry made up of 325 thousand companies and a turnover worth € 51 billion Italians eat out always more often, over one-third of families’ food expenditure, about 35%, equal to € 75 billion. Unlike domestic consumption, these figures have remained stable throughout the crisis and have started to grow again in the past three years. All this reflects in
The progressively international nature of HostMilano, which will see 55 different countries being represented on the opening day, is substantiated by eight new entries – Belarus, Egypt, Lichtenstein, New Zealand, Serbia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the Ukraine – which will be taking to the stage for the first time, while Canada will be back following the 2011 edition. Excluding
Thanks to the historic Sic – International Coffee Exhibition – show, HostMilano has for 40 editions now been the “home” of the Coffea seed and all of the worlds that revolve around it. A place where the entire industry travels from the four corners of the earth to come together – from growers to roasters and from coffee machine manufacturers
A double paradigm is taking over in the world of coffee, which is growing in volume, quality and variety, and is conquering new channels, such as retail spaces, car dealerships, boutiques, bakeries, ice cream parlours, fast food joints, and so on. Moreover, the product offering is becoming increasingly diversified, ranging from hot to cold, and from mixology to cuisine, with
Italian coffee giant Lavazza has bought 80% of Canada’s Kicking Horse Coffee company, a Canadian leader in the organic and fair-trade sector, Ansa reported. Elana Rosenfeld, founder and CEO, will stay on as a CEO with 20% of shares. The acquisition, 215-million Canadian dollars, would seek to valorise Kicking Horse’s brand equity as it has done with other recent acquisitions,