Research shows “Made in China" brand is damaged

摘要：研究发现Made in China声誉受损！ 本研究由CSR与香港大学共同完成，不管权威性如何，至少还是有些借鉴作用，大家可以下载报告全文。83%的受访者表示愿意花高价买更加安全的产品，生产安全的产品，即使成本增加，或许对企业仍然是有所裨益的。

Research undertaken by CSR Asia in cooperation with the University of Hong Kong, reported here, investigates the perception of the public in relation to Chinese-made products, given the recent recalls and product safety problems of products in China.

The survey identified changing purchasing behaviour and changing confidence in relation to concerns over product safety in China. The main findings many people have lost confidence in Chinese goods but that loss in confidence varies industry to industry. It also reveals that people are willing to pay more for safer products. Women are more concerned than men. Full findings are as follows:

38% of respondents have reduced their purchases of Chinese-made products

34% of respondents have become less likely to buy Chinese-made products

14% of respondents have become more likely to buy Chinese products

62% of respondents have become less confident in the purchase of food and beverages

Loss of confidence in toys, electronics and clothing was 42%, 35% and 21% respectively

83% of the respondents were willing to pay more for safer goods

73% and 79% of the respondents believed the government and companies manufacturing products were responsible to ensure product safety.

Starbucks have bottled coffees to go

摘要：星巴克与百事昨日(11-1)在上海共同宣布，星巴克瓶装星冰乐®即饮咖啡饮料从即日起将在中国国内上市供应。这款纵情美味的瓶装星冰乐®咖啡饮料将在星巴克门店以外为消费者带来独特的“星巴克体验”，方便消费者在家庭、工作或途中享受他们心爱的星巴克美味。

据悉，星巴克与百事公司成立的新的合资企业 — “国际咖啡伙伴”（International Coffee Partnership, ICP）,将有助于双方借助百事公司的饮料分销渠道，把新型的、振奋人心的星巴克®即饮咖啡饮料推向市场。星巴克与百事公司的合作也将为中国的高端即饮咖啡饮料市场的发展带来新的模式和发展思路。同时,凭借创新的市场营销，会让中国的消费者体验到“国际咖啡伙伴”为瓶装星冰乐打造的独特的营销组合。

星巴克瓶装星冰乐®咖啡饮料使用纯正的星巴克意大利烘焙咖啡制成。在意大利烘焙咖啡特有的轻微烟熏甜香中融入了柔滑的牛奶和适量的糖分，成为令人难以抗拒的美味体验。星巴克意大利烘焙咖啡为醇度适中的拉丁美洲综合咖啡，经烘焙后形成略深于星巴克浓缩烘焙咖啡的颜色。

星巴克咖啡公司董事长霍华德•舒尔茨（Howard Schultz）在此间表示：“享用星巴克咖啡的最佳方式当然是在星巴克的门店点上一杯由星巴克资深咖啡师亲手调制的咖啡。星巴克门店堪称是家庭和工作之外的‘第三生活空间’。然而，我们也了解，我们的顾客无法随时惠顾星巴克门店。不过，随着瓶装星冰乐®咖啡饮料登陆中国市场，星巴克咖啡将成为消费者在门店内外‘唾手可得’的美味体验。”

星巴克瓶装星冰乐®咖啡饮料将在上海、北京和香港的部分便利店、食品零售店、以及包括星巴克门店在内的零售网点中销售，首批上市的两款风味饮料分别为咖啡原味和摩卡咖啡。

Starbucks Corp today started selling bottled coffee.

Starbucks will sell bottled Frappuccino in its stores in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong as well as selected convenience and grocery stores and other retailers, company chairman Howard Schultz said in Shanghai today.

All the products will be produced by the International Coffee Partnership, a joint venture between Starbucks and Pepsi Co in the United States.

The company is also considering local production in order to cut costs.

The 280ml bottled frappuccino, which comes in its two top-selling flavors, Mocha and Coffee, will be priced at 15 yuan (US$2) to 20 yuan in the three cities.

Seattle-based Starbucks has rapidly added new stores in China as well as broadening its production channels as it forecasts the country will become its biggest overseas market.

"The most important number one growth market in terms of growth and development for Starbucks around the world is China," said Schultz."It's just the beginning of the growth we have planned for China."

Since the bottled drinks were introduced in North America in the mid 1990s they have generated US$1 billion in sales.

The coffee chain entered China in 1998 with its first store in Beijing. It now has about 600 stores in China including 300 on the mainland with over 10,000 employees. Last year, it opened 80 stores in China.

China's Mengniu to supply milk to KFC restaurants

摘要：百胜餐饮集团中国事业部和蒙牛乳业集团22日宣布，肯德基与蒙牛结成策略联盟。从明年年初开始，在中国肯德基近两千家连锁餐厅里，人们将可品尝到香浓可口的蒙牛牛奶。

SHANGHAI, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Mengniu Dairy, China's biggest milk producer, will start supplying milk to the country's 2,000 KFC restaurants next year, as it aims to expand sales channels beyond supermarkets and retail outlets.

Mengniu and KFC's parent Yum Brands Inc have formed a strategic alliance on milk supply, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

"This means a new market for Mengniu, and will be translated into more sales," said Guo Changsheng, analyst at Shanghai Securities.

"However, milk may be sold to KFC quite cheaply so the profit margins of this business should be thin."

The companies delined to disclose details of the agreement.

Mengniu has been expanding its sales channels amid cut-throat competition with Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co and Bright Dairy & Food Co in the world's fastest-growing dairy market.

Earlier this year, Mengniu replaced Nestle to supply milk to Starbucks coffee shops in Beijing.

The company, which owns a yoghurt venture with French food group Danone, posted a 41.3 percent jump in profit in the first half, with sales increasing 33 percent to 10 billion yuan ($1.3 billion).

Danone sells Chinese dairy stake

摘要：10月16日，光明乳业发布公告称，该公司第三大股东达能亚洲将所持的20.01%的股份以每股4.58元低价转让给光明乳业的两大股东——上海牛奶集团和上实控股，两家公司各接受10.005％，转让款合计为9.55亿元。双方有关的业务合作协议和知识产权许可协议也将同时终止。为此，达能将向光明乳业支付3.3亿元的市场、渠道等相关补偿费用。而在此之前的4月，达能在收回托付光明打理的子品牌“碧悠”时，也曾向其支付了相关补偿费用8000万元。至此，达能和中国新鲜乳品霸主光明乳业结束了长达15年（1992年3月－2007年10月）的合作，而达能为了此次分手先后共支付了4.1亿元的高额费用。

　　　达能方面接受本报记者采访时表示，此次基于各自发展战略的需要，双方达成了转让股份的协议。但对于更为具体的“战略需要”，达能方面没作出更为详实的回答。

　　　业内人士分析称，达能此次全面退出光明，主要目的是希望借缩小国内战线谋求与娃哈哈继续合作的可能性。因为达能不愿意放弃中国饮料市场，尤其是娃哈哈。虽然达能与娃哈哈合资纠纷进入了诉讼程序，但达能仍未放弃与娃哈哈和解的想法，并且正通过各种渠道促进这种可能性的实现。

Danone is a step nearer to going it alone in the Chinese dairy market after selling its entire 20.01 per cent stake in Shanghai-based Bright Dairy and Food and terminating a distribution agreement for its products.

A spokesperson for the France-based company yesterday told DairyReporter.com that the sale, which he claims was scheduled for some time, allowed Danone to "regain room for manoeuvre" in order to develop fresh dairy products in the country.

Danone refused to give the financial details about the sale of its stake in Bright Dairy or who the buyer was.

Bright Dairy stated that Danone would pay 330m yuan (?31m) to terminate the existing distribution and production agreement between the two businesses. Danone refused to comment about the terms.

Though an increasing number of food and beverage groups are working with local partners to expand into new markets, the strategy is not without its problems for some manufacturers.

Danone in particular has been engaged in a number of legal disputes with various joint venture partners in China, India and South America over the last year, relating to how its brands are marketed and produced.

Despite these recent difficulties for the company's joint venture strategy in emerging markets like Asia, the group spokesperson said that ongoing disputes with both current and former partners had not changed its future expansion plans.

The spokesperson added that Danone remains "pragmatic" with its plan to enter markets, either by pursuing joint ventures where opportunities arise, or through developing a business from scratch if it is required.

However, Danone was unable to comment on whether it had further expansion plans for its global operations at the moment.

The company had originally ceased operational cooperation with Bright Dairy back in 2006, which allowed it to claim back the license for its BIO brands in the country, the spokesperson added.

The resolution of the deal will come as some relief to the company, which has found expansion in some markets anything but plain sailing.

In June, the Indian government informed Danone that it needed permission from local partner the Wadia group before it could sell its brands separately within the country.

The government referred to Press Note 1, a piece of legislation relating to foreign companies that work with an Indian group in a joint venture.

Foreign operators must get permission before operating independently, according to the Business Standard.

The decision came on top of a number of disagreements between the two parties over Danone's investment in local nutraceuticals company, Avesthagen, and some royalty payments relating to other ventures.

The difficulties in India mirrored a bitter fall out between Danone and a Chinese joint venture partner Wahaha, with which it is currently locked into a court battle over alleged breaches of contract.

Earlier this year, Wahaha criticised its partnership with Danone for preventing the company from manufacturing goods that compete directly with products released through its joint ventures with the French business.

Coca-Cola seeks medicinal and coffee kicks

可口可乐公司在中国开设研究中心

10.17.2007

Starbucks and PepsiCo Announce a Multi-Country Deal

总部位于西雅图的星巴克表示，目前在大中华区总共经营着540家以上的咖啡店。

双方的这一合作将使星巴克能够通过百事公司的饮料分销渠道，包括食品杂货店和便利店等来供应其即饮咖啡饮料。

星巴克目前在韩国、日本和台湾地区通过与其它一些公司的合作来销售其即饮咖啡饮料，该公司此次与百事扩大合作不会影响其在这三个市场的合作关系。

Starbucks and PepsiCo announced today they are expanding their relationship beyond North America. This expanded partnership has the potential to bring Starbucks® ready-to-drink coffee beverages to an increasing number of coffee lovers around the world.

"Coffee is the heart of our business,"said Gerry Lopez, president, Starbucks Global Consumer Products Group. "With our coffee expertise and PepsiCo's extensive sales and distribution network, this joint venture will allow us to provide an authentic Starbucks coffee experience to millions more consumers around the world anytime and anywhere they want it. This could include countries that may not currently have Starbucks stores."

"We are very excited about building on the success of the North American Coffee Partnership between PepsiCo and Starbucks, which essentially created the ready-to-drink coffee market in the U.S. and Canada," said Michael White, chief executive officer of PepsiCo International and vice chairman of PepsiCo. "As we look ahead, we see opportunities to bring outstanding Starbucks® ready-to-drink coffee products to consumers in many more countries."

The joint venture will enable the companies to provide new and existing Starbucks® ready-to-drink beverages via PepsiCo's beverage distribution channels, including grocery and convenience stores, as well as other locations. Starbucks will provide the coffee knowledge, and all coffee used in the products will be sourced and roasted in accordance with Starbucks stringent coffee quality standards.

Initial Expansion into China

The first market to benefit from the expanded relationship outside of North America will be China. There are currently more than 540 Starbucks stores operating in Greater China.

"Thinking back to my first trip to China, I was humbled by the warmth of the people and acceptance and enthusiasm for the Starbucks brand," said Howard Schultz, chairman, Starbucks Coffee Company. "It is an honor to now announce our next commitment to China by making it the first country, as part of the new joint venture, where Starbucks® ready-to-drink coffee beverages will be available."

Starbucks currently sells ready-to-drink coffee beverages in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan through relationships with other companies. The expanded relationship with PepsiCo will not change the current relationships in those three markets.

In North America, Starbucks® bottled Frappuccino® coffee drinks, Starbucks DoubleShot® espresso drinks, and Starbucks® Iced Coffee drinks are available through a joint venture between Starbucks and PepsiCo. A new line of dark chocolate Starbucks® bottled Frappuccino® beverages were announced this fall. The first offering for the holiday season is a Starbucks® Dark Chocolate Peppermint Mocha bottled Frappuccino® coffee drink.

"全聚德烤鸭"将发行股票 成A股首家餐饮集团

中国证监会25日宣布，证监会发行审核委员会定于9月29日审议中国全聚德(集团)股份有限公司的首发申请。如果获批，全聚德将成为中国首家A股上市的餐饮集团。

全聚德的招股说明书(预披露稿)显示，公司此次拟发行不超过3600万股，并在深圳交易所上市。

公司发行前总股本10556万股，发行后总股本不超过14156万股，发行前每股净资产2.42元/股(按公司截至2007年3月31日经审计净资产计算)。

发行前，全聚德的最大股东首都旅游集团占48.4%的股权，第二大股东是北京兴业餐饮股份有限公司，第三大股东是北京轫开投资公司。

本次募集资金将用于全聚德前门店和丰泽园饭店装修改造项目、连锁拓展项目、食品生产基地和物流配送中心升级改造项目。公司称，通过上述项目的实施，公司原有店面的盈利能力将会进一步增强；公司直营店的区域布局将更加合理，公司的市场覆盖率得以提高；公司食品生产基地的生产品种将得到增加，产能得以扩大，仓储配送能力得到提高，从而使公司食品加工产业链更加完善。全聚德是商务部命名的“中华老字号”，主要提供“全聚德”品牌的高档烤鸭系列菜品。全聚德目前在北京、上海、重庆、长春等地拥有9家直营全聚德烤鸭店，在国内外共拥有61家特许加盟店(其中大陆地区56家，海外5家)。今年4月16日，公司还并购了北京市仿膳饭庄、北京市丰泽园饭店和北京市四川饭店三家企业。

今年一季度，公司营业收入为1.88亿元，净利润2562.02万元；2006年，公司营业收入为6.66亿元，净利润5666.04万元。2004年至2006年，公司的营业收入、净利润复合增长率分别为22.31%、22.68%。

Danone Campaign to Woo US over Benefits of Probiotic Yoghurts

摘要：数据显示，今年美国的酸奶市场3.8 billion euro，益生菌酸奶为half a billion euros，而欧洲酸奶市场12 billion euro， 益生菌酸奶为 2 billion 。另外，美国人酸奶的人均消费量只有欧洲市场的三分之一，无形之中有着非常巨大的市场。达能准备在美国推广其益生菌酸奶。与此同时，还有General Mill's 和 Kashi公司的竞争。

French dairy giant Groupe Danone is bidding to make significant in-roads into the lucrative US market with its probiotic yoghurts.

Under its US subsidiary Dannon, the company is seeking to persuade sceptical consumers and the medical community of the benefits of its yoghurts that carry patented bacteria. Tests have shown these "good bacteria" help digestion, say the manufacturer.

The US yoghurt market is a potentially lucrative one and, since Americans, on average, only consume one third of their counterparts in Western Europe, one where there is room for growth.

Figures released by Euromonitor International reveal the American yoghurt market will be worth 3.8 billion euro this year, with probiotics accounting for half a billion euros of that amount. In Europe the total yoghurt market is 12 billion euro, where probiotics sales reach over 2 billion euro.

In an effort to persuade sceptics in the US, Dannon teamed up with rival Yakult to fund a symposium last year on the health impact of probiotics at Harvard Medical School's Division of Nutrition. Dannon has also focused some of it marketing in specialised medical publications.

Dannon said it views the US as a growth market and has plans to launch one of its best-known probiotic brands there after its extensive market research indicated the market might be more receptive.

But it will have competition after General Mill's and Kashi, a natural food company, also put their own probiotic products on the market.

Pepsi extends Unilever tea deal

摘要：2004年，全球两大巨头百事公司和联合利华公司在广州共同宣布，由百事公司和联合利华合资建立的国际联盟———百事立顿国际公司的业务范围将扩展至中国市场。百事(中国)投资有限公司将负责在中国市场生产和销售立顿即饮茶。双方合作始于1991年，立顿茶饮料在美国与加拿大即饮茶市场上一直牢牢占据领先地位。去年11月，百事公司与联合利华建立了一家国际性合资公司，双方各占50%的股份，在世界各地指定市场中经销立顿即饮茶饮料。

此次签定的合作协议之所以签定，是双方合作的一个延伸。百事可乐公司将和联合利华公司联手使利顿即饮茶饮料打入世界市场，满足广大消费者对健康饮料的需求。

协议规定，百事公司将使用其装瓶技术和销售网络销售联合利华公司生产的茶饮料，使茶饮料的全球销售增加一倍。为了满足消费者对非碳气饮料的需求，公司会在欧洲和亚洲扩大其贸易范围。协议双方将在西欧和亚洲新开辟11个市场，其中包括：德国、意大利、法国、荷兰、瑞士、澳大利亚、比利时、葡萄牙、韩国、台湾、南非。百事饮料公司的总经理MichaelWhite称，鉴于消费者对健康和营养型饮料的需求，两个公司签定这个协定是两个公司向世界迈进的重要一步。可以说，这对百事公司来说是强化其在饮料市场地位的最有效方法之一。

Pepsi and Unilever are to extend their agreement over distribution and marketing of the Lipton ready-to-drink tea brand to target a growing global demand for the products..

Through the deal, Pepsi will combine its bottling and distribution networks with Unilever's core tea brand to double the global capacity of their joint venture.

The company revealed that the agreement would allow it to extend its reach to markets in both in Europe and Asia, targeted growing consumer demand for non-carbonated alternatives for soft drinks.

With consumers turning away from carbonated beverages towards products that claim health and nutrition benefits, PepsiCo's chief executive officer Michael White said the deal was an important step for growth of it global operations. 

"This is a wonderful opportunity to strengthen our position in one of the fastest-growing beverage categories," he stated.

Under the agreement, the partnership will operate in 11 new markets in Western Europe and Asia.  This will extend the venture into Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and Portugal as well as Korea, Taiwan and South Africa

A previous agreement between the two companies has been in place since 1991, resulting in the creation of the leading ready-to-drink tea brand in the US, PepsiCo claims.

This deal was extended in 2003 with the formation of the Pepsi Lipton International joint venture that operates in over 40 countries worldwide.

The move to expand their focus into Western Europe in particular could prove prudent for the group, with the region enjoying strong growth for sales of tea-based beverages.

Between 2002 and 2006 the market for ready-to-drink tea products grew 7.4 per cent to ?1.5bn, according to consumer analyst Euromonitor.

Coca-Cola Bottling Philippines to Reorganise Manufacturing Operations

Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI) and its subsidiaries Cosmos Bottling Corporation (CBC) and Philippine Beverage Partners Inc. (PhilBev) have announced reorganization plans.

The reorganization will create an additional 1,000 new jobs across the Philippines. CCBPI will directly employ as much as 7,367 people in the Philippines.

CCBPI Public Affairs and Communications Director JB Baylon said: "As a business organization, we want to further drive both our market and financial growth by refocusing our organization towards market development and customer service".

Under the plan, Cosmos Bottling Corporation will transfer the manufacturing requirements of its plants located at Cauayan, Isabela; San Jacinto, Pangasinan; San Fernando, Pampanga; Iloilo, and Cebu to specified plants of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc.

It is expected that about 1,500 Cosmos workers will be made redundant with the closure of the 5 facilities.

However, "many existing CBC and PhilBev sales employees will be redeployed to other specified CCBPI installations. Those, who cannot be redeployed, will receive a good and fair separation package," CCBPI said in a statement.

The Coca-Cola Company fully acquired CCBPI in February. Coca-Cola bought San Miguel's 65% stake in the bottling firm for USD 590 million. FLEXNEWS initially reported the acquisition in November 2006.

San Miguel and Coca-Cola jointly acquired CCBPI in July 2001 from Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. of Australia.

Starbucks to Source Coffee from China

全球最大咖啡连锁店星巴克（Starbucks）高级副总裁兼大中华区总裁王金龙昨表示，因中国经济地位日趋重要，星巴克大中华区的门店数量将因此倍增至1,000家。

内地咖啡销售年增25%

　　路透社引述王金龙表示，星巴克大中华区目前约有540家门店，随着中国在世界发挥着愈来愈重要的作用，门店数目在未来将增至1,000家，当中除了中国内地外，也包括台湾及香港等地区。

　　虽然，王金龙未有提出达到1,000家门店目标的具体时间表，但他认为目前星巴克正致力于扩展中国市场，其销售增长率亦高于其他地区，此举可以为实现目标创造有利条件。

　　另外，他表示目前中国咖啡消费行业销售，正以每年20%至25%速度增长；星巴克在中国的销售增长率则高于这个水平。

计划向云南购买咖啡豆

　　关于在中国的产品采购问题，王金龙称，星巴克除已选择蒙牛乳业（2319）作为其牛奶供应商之外，亦有计划从中国云南地区购买咖啡豆。

　　星巴克在1998年进入台湾、99年进驻北京，在短短几年间，星巴克已成为内地咖啡行业的第一品牌；以内地为例，分店遍布于北京、天津、上海及南京等各大城市。此外，对内地消费者来说，星巴克不止是咖啡饮品，更是一个品牌和一种文化。

Starbucks Corp, the world's biggest coffee-shop chain, said it planned to source coffee from China for the first time as it expands in a country with more than 5,000 years of tea-drinking culture.

Starbucks has been working with coffee farmers in China's southwestern Yunnan province to help them meet sourcing standards and has sent coffee shipments to the United States for testing, Starbucks China President Wang Jinlong said at the Reuters China Century Summit on Tuesday.

"China does produce some quality coffee," Wang said at the summit, held at the Reuters office in Shanghai.

He added that sourcing from China would start "very soon, maybe in a couple of years".

Starbucks also plans to build a roasting plant in China, where its sales are outpacing market growth, Wang said, adding that China's coffee consumption is increasing 20 to 25 percent each year.

He reiterated that Seattle-based Starbucks aimed to more than triple its global outlets to 40,000 and expected China to become its biggest overseas market.

Coca-Cola to Shut Drinks Manufacturing Plant in Ireland, Cut Jobs

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Dublin, Ireland, August 29, 2007 - Coca-Cola Inc. (KO) announced plans Wednesday to close one of its three plants in Ireland and trim 166 jobs.

The Atlanta maker of Coke, Sprite and scores of other drinks said it was shifting its production of concentrates from its 30-year-old plant in Drogheda, north of Dublin, to two other Irish plants to boost efficiencies and save costs.

In a statement, Coca-Cola said 256 jobs would be cut in Drogheda, but 90 jobs would be created at the other two plants in Ballina, County Mayo, in Ireland's extreme west and Athy, County Kildare, southwest of Dublin.

The company said boosting production at those two bases would be "sufficient to meet the current and future demand for concentrate and beverage base supply from Ireland."

Hugo Reidy, general manager of the Drogheda plant, said it would close in September 2008. Workers who didn't want to relocate to other Coca-Cola plants in Ireland would receive "a generous redundancy and early retirement package together with financial advice, job search, retraining and business startup assistance," he said.

Labor union leaders accused Coca-Cola of mounting the action to close down a plant with union-organized workers in favor of the Ballina plant, where workers are not unionized.

Arthur Hall, regional secretary of the Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union that represents many Coca-Cola employees in Ireland, called the Drogheda cutbacks "corporate greed at its worst."

"This is a highly profitable operation and it has not lost a day of production in disputes for well over a decade. The only reason why it is moving its main production to Ballina that I can see, is that it has a non-unionized work force there and can ensure less of its profits stay in the local economy," Hall said.

For the past three decades the Drogheda plant has produced concentrates for drinks that are distributed to bottling plants throughout Europe.

Ireland's trade and employment minister, Micheal Martin, said he regretted Coca-Cola's cutbacks but thanked the company for offering generous layoff payments and other support. He said the government also would offer those who lost jobs retraining opportunities.

Coca-Cola said it would keep open its shared services center in Drogheda, which employs more than 110 people and offers support to company operations worldwide. The planned cuts would leave Coca-Cola with 540 employees in Ireland.