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JAPAN – Coffee sales in convenience stores likely to break 700 million cup mark in fiscal 2013
TOKYO – Japanese coffee drinkers are flocking to convenience stores to get that caffeine fix cheap and fast. Total fresh-coffee sales at Seven-Eleven Japan,...
VIETNAM – Dunkin’ Donuts to open its first outlet on Nov 22
HO CHI MINH CITY – American doughnut company Dunkin’ Donuts will open its first store in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Friday 22...
ASIA – Krispy Kreme plans Taiwan debut in December
TAIPEI - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts plans to debut in Taiwan in December. Focus Taiwan's news site reports that the brand's Facebook page posted: "Coming...
MACAU – Young consumers boost coffee sales
Local coffee suppliers remain confident of their business prospects, despite facing competition from world-class coffee brands. They say that a growing percentage of the...
ASIA – Cash-strapped South Koreans cut back on coffee
SEOUL, South Korea – Coffee consumption in South Korea declined for the 3rd straight time on year in the second quarter of 2013, according...
SOUTH KOREA – Instant coffee king shows off what’s brewing
SEUL - In the minus 30 degree Celsius (minus 22 Fahrenheit) chamber on the sixth floor of Dongsuh Food’s production plant in Bupyeong, Incheon,...
MADE IN ITALY – Segafredo Zanetti attended to FHT 2013 Exhibition in Bangkok
MILAN - Segafredo Zanetti, through their distributor Central Food Retail, was present at Food & Hotel Thailand 2013, the biggest and most important exhibition...
GLOBAL – Costa Coffee opens 1000th international store in Bangkok, Thailand
LONDON – UK coffee chain Costa Coffee announced last week the opening of its 1000th international store located in Bangkok, making it the first...
GLOBAL – Starbucks unveils two iconic flagship stores in China
BEIJING, People’s Republic of China – Starbucks Coffee Company opened yesterday two flagship stores in China featuring new, bold design concepts to delight customers...
UK – Costa sales hit by summer heat wave
LONDON - Strong demand for Premier Inn hotel rooms in London boosted sales for Whitbread in the second quarter while Costa posted slower growth...