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  • Nutella Cafe Opens in Union Square, NY

    Nutella Cafe Opens in Union Square, NY

    Confectionery giant Ferrero opened a permanent Nutella Cafe in the heart of New York City this week. The cafe, the brand’s second in the US after its debut in Chicago last year, is designed to create “an authentic Nutella experience all year-round” with a menu of Nutella-centric foods and specialty espresso beverages.

    “We are thrilled to celebrate the grand opening of Nutella Cafe New York in one of the greatest culinary cities in the world,” said Rick Fossali, VP of operations at Nutella Cafe. “The response to our first Nutella Cafe in Chicago has been outstanding, and we cannot wait to treat New Yorkers and tourists alike to a wonderfully delicious Nutella experience showcasing the uniqueness and versatility of this beloved product.”

    The menu at the Nutella Cafe New York will include all-day dishes such as freshly baked breads, pastries, breakfast specials, desserts and gelato – all featuring Nutella hazelnut spread.

    Highlights include Chicago favourites like the Pound Cake Panzanella and Grilled Baguette, along with several items which are exclusive to the New York location: Hazelnut Blondies with Nutella hazelnut spread; multi-grain Piccolino (“little one” in Italian) freshly baked croissants; Grilled Banana Bread with Nutella, warmed and topped with fresh banana slices and toasted hazelnuts; Chia and Hemp seed pudding, topped with Nutella and fresh banana slices; Frozen Nutella Pops and a “Create Your Own” station that allows customers to pick their favourite base with Nutella and customise it with their own choice of fillings and toppings.

    Nutella Cafe New York is located at 116 University Place, a stone’s-throw from Union Square.

    Nutella was created in 1964 by Michele Ferrero, based on the recipe for Giandujot developed in 1946 by his father, Pietro Ferrero – a confectioner and the founder of Ferrero – in Italy’s Piedmont area. These days it is sold in more than 170 countries.

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  • Korea’s snack prices increase as costs rise

    Korea’s snack prices increase as costs rise

    Nineteen Nongshim snacks, including its famous Shrimp Crackers, will cost more beginning tomorrow, the company announced on Tuesday. “We have decided to raise prices in the face of accumulated pressure from rising production, labor and management costs,” said a Nongshim spokesperson. “We have tried to minimize the scope of the price rise in consideration of our consumers.”

    According to the company, Nongshim will raise the prices of 19 out of its 23 snacks by an average of 6.7 percent beginning from Nov. 15.

    A 90-gram (3.17 ounces) bag of Shrimp Crackers, one of the company’s iconic products, will now cost around 100 won ($0.08) more than the current 1,200 won. The prices of other favorites, such as Onion Rings, Honey Twist Snacks and Tako Chips, will rise by 6.1 percent, while the price of Pretzels will jump by 7.4 percent.

    Tomorrow’s hike will mark the first time in over two years that Nongshim has increased snack prices. It upped the price of 15 of its snacks by an average of 7.9 percent in July 2016. In Feb. 2014, it increased the price of Shrimp Crackers by 10 percent.

    Earlier this year, competitors Crown-Haitai Confectionery and Lotte Confectionery began charging more for some of their snacks, both citing rising production costs.

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  • Pepsi India betting big on digitisation for growth; to connect 10 million retailers

    Pepsi India betting big on digitisation for growth; to connect 10 million retailers

    Food and beverages major PepsiCo India is betting on digitisation as a big growth opportunity and is looking at using technology in both backward and forward integration. According to a report: The maker of Lay’s, Kurkure and many a cola brand, including Pepsi, said it is working on a project to digitally connect about 10 million retailers along with about 600 million consumers, with the supplier.

    Ahmed El Sheikh, President and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo India, said that the company has just finalised a project which is digitising the total supply chain within PepsiCo India, end-to-end.

    “We are working on another project to digitise our connection with farmers. We are talking about thousands of farmers where we want to be connected with the crops in the field, getting certain parameters measured and taking corrective action against it through digital solutions.

    “We are using digital in backward integration of supply chain network,” he said.

    Sheikh said the company is making technology as the cornerstone and building the business around it.

    “We are looking at how technology is going to reshape India and I think this is one of the key enablers to unleash the potential of our business in the country,” he said.

    The company, which reported profit in 2017-18, after a gap of seven years, is bullish on the prospects in the country and is rolling out the first river shipment of its snack portfolio from Kolkata to Varanasi.

    “We are going to start the first river shipment this month, from Kolkata to Varanasi. This is based on GST, which we are leveraging. We are starting a pilot with the Government.

    “It is the first containerised movement on inland waterway on river Ganga,” he said.

    Sheikh, PepsiCo India’s first expat president, further said the company, which has been in the country since 1989, isseeing healthy growth coming out of India, which is well balanced between food and beverage, while the nutrition segment comprising Quaker Oats and Tropicana, is growing faster albeit on a lower base.

    “We need to be positive growth driver for PepsiCo, but that growth needs to be sustainable and responsible,” he said.

    He added that the water and juice segment outgrows the soft drink segment in India, and the company is counting on being glocal to succeed in the food segment.

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  • More Tokyo snack brands in Singapore

    More Tokyo snack brands in Singapore

    Two Tokyo snack brands are setting up shop in Singapore, one opening today and the other in eight days’ time.

    Established in 2013, The Maple Mania is ready to roll out the red carpet at Ion Orchard. It is known for its maple butter cookies, maple baumkuchen with a caramelised top, and maple financiers.

    With its iconic cow logo, Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory will follow with an outlet at Raffles City. The six-year-old brand is known for its cheese cookies – salt and camembert, honey and gorgonzola, and porcini and gouda. It also offers milk cheesecake, a strawberry milk roll plus its own Cow Cow Ice ice cream in two flavours and a sundae option.

    During the festive season, The Maple Mania will sell cookies from Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory as well. Both are sister brands of LeTao, which was brought to Ion Orchard last year by Alvin Ng, the founder of The Rosti Farm and Once Upon a Milkshake, both at Waterway Point in Punggol.

    From Hokkaido, LeTao is known for its double fromage, a two-layer cheesecake.

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  • Crown brings back Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels to Korea

    Crown brings back Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels to Korea

    America’s all-time favorite pretzel brand Snyder’s of Hanover will re-enter South Korean snack market via local snack maker Crown Confectionery Co., with the salty and buttery biscuit gaining popularity as a tidbit among beer and wine lovers in Korea.

    A pretzel is a type of snack made from sourdough most commonly shaped into a twisted knot and has a salty taste. It remains as an all-time favorite snack in the U.S. and Europe.

    Crown Confectionery on Tuesday said it inked an agreement with Snyder`s-Lance Inc., U.S-based snack maker that owns Snyder’s of Hanover brand along with many other snack labels, to form a strategic partnership. Under the agreement, the Korean snack maker will have exclusive rights on pretzel supplies to sell and distribute the Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels in Korea. The Korean snack maker also plans to gradually increase the volume of cross-selling products with Snyder`s-Lance.

    Snyder`s-Lance first entered Korean snack market with its pretzels in 2007 through a bakery company as its reseller but it was forced to exit the market last year after failing to penetrate into Korea’s bigger retail shops. The America’s number one pretzel brand suffered a disgrace in its first attempt due to the marketing strategy of positioning itself as an assortment of bakery products when it actually is a type of snack, industry experts said.

    The American snack maker posted $1.66 billion in net revenue for the full year 2015 and accounts for a 35 percent of pretzel market in the U.S.

    The demand for pretzels is rising sharply, especially among beer lovers, said an unnamed Crown Confectionery official. The estimated size of pretzel market in Korea is around 40 billion won a year, according to local snack makers.

    The pretzel assortments will hit the shelves in near future through Crown Confectionery’s sales network throughout the country, the official added.

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  • YLKI Protests Indecent Bikini-brand Snack

    YLKI Protests Indecent Bikini-brand Snack

    Chairman of Executive Committee of the Indonesian Consumers Organization Foundation (YLKI) Tulus Abadi protested on a Bikini-brand snack product. Tulus said the brand sold in social media is considered as indecent.

    “That is a snack (fried noodle) product with a non-educational, even indecent, brand name”, Tulus said Wednesday, August 3, 2016.

    Recently, information of the Bikini snack circulates through chain messages. The product shows a woman’s body from shoulder to hip with just wearing a bikini. The worst part is the package has “remas aku” (squeeze me) slogan written on it.

    YLKI protested the circulation of the product and asked to recall the product from the market. Tulus requested the National Drug and Food Agency of Indonesia (BPOM) to reprove the manufacturer and demand to shut down any form of sales through social media.

    “Online selling, particularly via e-commerce Olx.com and Bukalapak.com, must be immediately stopped. Consumers must not purchase the product, especially the children,” said Tulus.

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