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  • Mood Tea offers unique flavours with a purpose

    Mood Tea offers unique flavours with a purpose

    In times of stress or crisis, when things tend to go wrong, it’s important you let your mind relax and take it easy. So when time gets tough, may we suggest tea to rescue? It’s believed that in times of stress, a cup of tea can work wonders for your nerves. In countries like Japan and India, brewing and bonding over cups of tea is a usual practice and it ensures general well being of the family.

    It’s been quite a long journey for tea as a beverage. What started as a humble cup of regular chai has now ended up in elegantly packed designer boxes of flavored teas. Tea has become more of a lifestyle now. There’s a tea for every mood, flavor for every season. While your workout regime is incomplete without wellness and detox green teas, your winter evenings just cannot happen without a hot steaming cup of Kashmiri Kahwa or Darjeeling.

    Don’t you remember Mad Hatter from ‘Alice in Wonderland’? Even he seemed to agree that “it’s always tea-time”. A hearty breakfast with a cup of earl grey and late nights with Masala chai or Vanilla tea pretty much sums the day up. However, many of us aren’t much aware of the options of teas available. Here’s a comprehensive list of teas for all moods available with exclusive makers of flavored single origin teas.

    Tea for Moods:

    Kick-start flavours: For the times we drag ourselves out of bed and still don’t seem to be fully awake, let our good old strong black Assam tea wake you up every morning. With or without milk, it is a perfect good cup to start your day.

    Herbal De-stress: A long day at work, the fever and fret, leave you tired and stressed. Nothing can be more refreshing than a hot shower followed by a cup of warm de-stress relaxing tea. Jasmine tea and refreshing lemon -ginger herbal infusion work on stress and calm your nerves like magic!

    Mood Lifters: Didn’t have a good day at work? Upset over a job not done? Rejuvenate with tea and start anew! Spicy chilli tea, lemon tea and masala chai are great mood lifters. They give you just the right push to get things done.

    Weekend Detox: After a long hard week, a crazy weekend is the least you can ask for. But what about the Sunday morning hangover? Nevermind because we do have a tea solution for that as well. The goodness of organic green tea not only detoxes you but also increases your metabolism. The antioxidants found in herbal green tea play an important role in keeping your natural immunity in place.

    Post Workout: And ofcourse, for the fitness freaks. How can we forget that your workout ain’t complete without a cup of weight-loss tea to mark the finish! A cup of green tea with a tinge of honey can work wonders for your weight loss program.

    Sleep well: Last but not the least, when you go to bed, teas that ensure you sleep well. Try out sleepwell carrot orange multivitamin herbal infusion or relaxing pomegranate orange herbal infusion to relax you before going to bed.

    When nothing else seems to work, keep calm and settle down with a cup of steaming tea and let your mind figure out a way.

  • Grab to increase all service fares

    Grab to increase all service fares

    Ride-hailing giant Grab will raise all fares from March 10, the first tech-based transport firm to do so amid record-high gasoline prices.

    GrabCar’s first two-kilometer fare will be raised by VND2,000 ($0.09) to VND29,000 for four-seater and VND34,000 for seven-seater vehicles in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

    That of each subsequent kilometer will be VND10,000, up VND500.

    GrabCar fares in other cities and provinces will also be increased by VND2,000-2,500 for the first two kilometers, and VND600 for each subsequent kilometer.

    For its bike ride-hailing and delivery services, the giant’s fares will go up to VND12,500-13,500 for the first two kilometers and VND4,300 for each subsequent kilometer.

    The tech-based transport firm cited surging gasoline prices as a reason for the adjustment.

    Gasoline prices in Vietnam hit the all time high of VND26,830 per liter for popular RON 95 and VND26,070 per liter for biofuel E5 RON 92 last Tuesday, after authorities adjusted them upward for the sixth time in less than three months.

    The last time Grab increased its fares was at the end of 2020, after authorities raised value-added tax for tech-based transport services from 3 percent to 10 percent.

    Taxi firms expect to increase their fares if gasoline prices stay at the current all-time high.

  • Carrefour Easy store opens inside Suning branch

    Carrefour Easy store opens inside Suning branch

    Convenience-store Carrefour Easy has opened inside Chinese retailer Suning.com’s Shanghai Zhongshan store, marking the latest step towards integrating the two retail businesses.

    With sales areas ranging from 100sqm to 250sqm, Carrefour Easy has been building a network of standalone convenience stores in China since 2015.

    The launch inside a Suning store marks the latest development for the business since Suning acquired an 80-per-cent equity stake in Carrefour China last September for US$689.2 million, part of a move by Suning to accelerate the expansion of its brick-and-mortar portfolio into a full-scenario retail model.

    “This is a key step to Suning’s Smart Retail Plan,” said Suning.com chairman Jindong Zhang at the time of the acquisition. “FMCG experience and supply chain capabilities can be integrated with Suning’s full-scenario retail model, solid logistics network and advanced technology. With our smart retail capabilities, Suning can transform Carrefour stores into fully integrated online-and-offline supermarkets to meet evolving consumer demands.”

    Suning then announced five long-term strategies of Carrefour China, including digitalising Carrefour’s physical stores, improving current store models, expanding to lower-tier cities with Suning’s Retail Cloud Franchise Store, integrating with Suning’s convenience store, and opening new stores in the existing market.

    Suning’s home appliances stores opened in more than 200 Carrefour stores the day after the purchase. In early November, Suning Finance integrated Carrefour’s finance system so customers in Carrefour stores could pay with their Suning Finance account.

    In mid-November, Carrefour participated in the single’s day event (Nov 11) for the first time, with all of Suning’s business segments. Additionally, some Carrefour stores in Nanjing and Shanghai built quick-picking warehouses, storing approximately 3000 SKUs, with customers placing their orders online through Suning’s Convenience Store app, Carrefour Mini WeChat program and third-party platforms.

    At China International Import Expo, as a purchaser and exhibitor, Carrefour signed 150 million-RMB purchase contracts. At the end of November, the Italian Trade Agency visited Carrefour China and negotiated the import of Italian products through Carrefour’s supply chain.

    On Black Friday, Carrefour’s online flagship store opened on Suning.com, focused on selling high value imports with delivery services channeled through Suning Logistics.

    In the future, Suning.com will pursue more offline integration with Carrefour China. Other than home appliance stores, Carrefour stores will also incorporate other Suning business models, including in the mother-infant category, sports retailing and movie theatres.