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  • BreadTalk high expectation on its tea brands

    BreadTalk high expectation on its tea brands

    Bakery franchise BreadTalk Group has brought two Shenzhen-based specialty tea brands – Nayuki and TaiGai – into Singapore.

    BreadTalk will operate and manage both brands in its joint venture with Shenzhen Pindao Food & Beverage Management. The agreement marks both tea brands’ first overseas stores, which will open this year. They enter a market in which tea drinks are an increasingly popular beverage product.

    Both the Shenzhen-based tea brands have been successful in China. TaiGai operates 60 stores on the Chinese mainland, while Nayuki has 100 new stores planned in China by end of this year – it made national news when it opened three stores within 33 days, earning it the label “veloci-tea”.

    Their signature offerings feature healthy tea options using mainly fresh fruits and premium-quality teas. While Nayuki is known for its “soft-euro bakes” cake products, TaiGai is best known for its signature fruit-blended milk cheese crowns, which it terms “fruity milky kisses”.

  • BreadTalk Group to bring new tea cafes to Singapore and Thailand

    BreadTalk Group to bring new tea cafes to Singapore and Thailand

    BreadTalk Group has partnered with Shenzhen Pindao Food & Beverage Management to introduce tea beverages to Singapore and Thailand.

    BreadTalk’s wholly owned subsidiary Together Inc and Shenzhen Pindao have formed a JV, BTG-Pindao Venture. Together Inc will hold a 90 per cent stake of the JV, with Pindao holding the balance. Under the S$3 million (US$2.2) agreement, BTG-Pindao will run and manage tea beverage brands Nayuki and Tai Gai in Singapore and Thailand, with a first right of refusal for Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

    The first Tai Gai store outside China is slated to be launched late this year. While it offers a novel way of appreciating tea, Nayuki brings a new cafe concept of premium tea creations complemented by European-inspired artisanal breads. Tai Gai first opened in China in July 2015, followed four months later by Nayuki.

    “It took us just three years to build both Nayuki and Tai Gai to more than 100 stores in China, despite a landscape where international beverage chains were capturing the hearts of many young consumers,” says Pindao CEO Zhao Lin.

    Founded as a bakery brand in Singapore in 2000, BreadTalk has become an award-winning F&B group with bakery, restaurant and food-atrium footprints. With nearly 1000 retail stores across 17 territories, its brand portfolio comprises Bread Society, BreadTalk, Din Tai Fung, Food Republic, So, The Icing Room, Thye Moh Chan and Toast Box.

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