IFDA News
컨설팅 펌인 Innosight의 설립자 Mark Johnson이 다가오는’ IFDA/IFMA 프레지던트 컨퍼런스’에서 사업모델운영을 위해 필요한 4가지의 중요한 요점들을 공유할 예정이다. Mark Johnson, co-founder of innovation consulting firm Innosight, will keynote the upcoming IFMA/IFDA Presidents Conference where he will share a practical framework that identifies the four fundamental building blocks that make business models work. The Presidents Conference is an opportunity for decision makers from the operator, distributor, and manufacturer communities to network and gain insights on key supply-chain issues. The conference, taking place November 4-7, will be held at the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, AZ. For full online conference information, click here.
Distributor News
‘East Coast Wings’ 와 ‘Grill and US Foods’ 정식으로 ‘East Coast Wings & Grill’의 성장전략을 위해 협업하기로 했다고 발표했다. East Coast Wings & Grill and US Foods have announced a formal alliance for servicing East Coast Wings & Grill's growth plans. US Foods' Charlotte Division will serve as the main distribution division for East Coast Wings & Grill's restaurants in the Southeast, reported RestaurantNews.com. Full Story
‘McLane Company,Inc.’는 ‘Meadowbrokk Meat Company,Inc’를 인수 체결하였다. McLane Company, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Meadowbrook Meat Company, Inc. (MBM). MBM will continue to be run in the same manner as it has been for the past 65 years, led by the current executive management team, and operating out of its existing facilities in the same markets, reported Bloomberg.com. Full Story
Operator News
‘Chobani’는 지난25일 맨하튼에 첫번째 ‘요거트 바’를 개점하였으며, 이 바에서는 무화과, 호두 등을 꿀과함께 토핑하여 즐길 수 있는 요거트 및 오이, 올리브 오일등을 첨가하여 먹을 수 있는 여러가지 옵션을 제공할 예정이다. Chobani is opening up its first "yogurt bar" in Manhattan July 25, Chobani SoHo, and will offer yogurts with chopped figs and walnuts with honey drizzled on top and savory options such as yogurt with cucumbers or olive oil. Orders are served in glass bowls in 6-oz. or 12-oz. sizes and customers are given recipe cards with their orders and can buy ingredients such as olive oil and fruits at the store with the intention of making Chobani sold in supermarkets more of a household staple, reported The Associated Press. Full Story
‘Peet’s Coffee & Tea’가 Joh. A. Benckiser와의 $1billion 인수거래에 차질이 생겨 경쟁사와의 시장점유 확보 경쟁에 타격을 입을 것으로 보인다 Peet's Coffee & Tea struck a deal to be acquired by Joh. A. Benckiser for about $1 billion, a move that will give Peet's a financial jolt as it competes against larger coffee and tea shops and will broaden the reach of Germany's Reimann family in the coffee business, reported Reuters. Full Story
뉴욕시는 저칼로리 소비를 권장할 수 있는 ‘슈퍼사이즈 소다’ 금지법을 제안하였다 New York City's proposed ban on super-sized sodas would lead to less calories consumed, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Investigators found that if consumers switched from 32-oz. drinks to 16-oz. drinks, they would consume 63 fewer calories every time they bought a fast-food meal, reported HealthDay. Full Story
아웃백스테이크하우스의 운영회사인 ‘Bloomin’ Brands’는 주식공개상장으로 1.4million의 주식과 1주당 가격을 $13~$15로 책정 예상된다고 밝혔다. Outback Steakhouse operator Bloomin' Brands expects its initial public offering of 21.4 million shares to be priced between $13 and $15 each. At the midpoint of the expected price range, the offering will raise about $300 million, reported Reuters. Full Story
McDonald's net income fell 4% in the second quarter as a result of the strong dollar and actions of increasingly bud 맥도날드가 국제시장과 미국시장에서 매출이 3.7%,3.6% 상승했음에도 불구하고, 달러강세와 소비자들의 구매위축으로 인해 순이익이 2분기에 4% 하락했다. et-conscious consumers, while global same-store sales rose 3.7% and U.S. sales grew by 3.6%. However, unfavorable currency exchange rates from a more valuable U.S. dollar are hurting the company, according to the Associated Press and reported by NPR. Full Story
2012년 4월까지 1년간 2억 가량의 아이스크림 주문이 U.S Foodservice 아울렛에서 이루어졌으며 이는 지난해 대비 2%가량 상승한 수치이다. Nearly two billion servings of ice cream were ordered at U.S. foodservice outlets in the year ending April 2012, up 2% from the same period the year prior, according to The NPD Group's CREST research. Nontraditional varieties are piquing consumers' interest, such as mango, green tea and key lime pie, reported Nation's Restaurant News. Full Story
주 단위 샐러드 서비스의 매출 량이 월요일에 가장 높고 금요일에 가장 저조한 것으로 나타났다. Weekday foodservice salad sales are highest on Mondays and lowest on Fridays, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. Chop't, a salad company in New York and Washington, D.C., usually sells 10% more salads on Mondays than on other days of the week. Full Story
시카고 시의회는 푸드트럭에 대한 제한을 넓힌다고 승인하였다. 승인 안에는 트럭 내 조리 허용 및 운영시간의 장기화 등이 있다. The Chicago City Council approved a measure to expand food truck offerings. The ordinance would allow cooking aboard trucks, longer operational hours and special food truck stands in busy neighborhoods. Last-minute changes last week included banning operation between 2 and 5 a.m. rather than allowing 24-hour service and prohibiting operation in vacant lots even with the property owner's permission, reported Chicago Tribune. Full Story (Free Registration Required)
스타벅스는 매출이 저조한 유럽의 매장들에 대하여 철수키로 하였다. Starbucks plans to close an unspecified number of its unprofitable stores in Europe, according to its CFO. The stores will be shut over the rest of the year, reported MarketWatch. Full Story
Retail News
뉴욕시의 서부 시장에서는 남성들의 소비가 특히 높은 맥주, 시리얼, 탄산음료, 안주거리 등을 판매 컨셉으로 하는 ‘The Man Aisle’이라는 식품점을 오픈 할 계획이다. New York City's Westside Market created a grocery aisle specifically for men, "The Man Aisle," that stocks stereotypically male items like beer, cereal, soda, beef jerky, hot sauces, barbecue sauces and Chock Full o'Nuts coffee. The concept was proposed last year by Procter & Gamble and supported by an ESPN study finding 31% of grocery shoppers are now men compared to 14% in 1985, reported NBCNews.com. Full Story
‘Natural Groces by Vitamin Cottage’는 주식공개상장의 첫 가격으로 1주당 $15로 책정하였다. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage priced its initial public offering at $15 per share, the top end of its expected range, according to an underwriter. The company, which sold 3.6 million shares, raised $54 million from the offering, reported Reuters. Full Story
‘Superpretzel’의 프레즐인 ‘softstix’가 냉동프레즐 카테코리에서 70%가량의 점유율을 보인다. Superpretzel's soft pretzels and "softstix" account for nearly 70% share of the frozen-pretzel category at grocery, according to SymphonyIRI (not including Walmart data.) At ballparks, amusement parks and other venues, Superpretzel controls roughly three-fourths of hot-pretzel volume, according to brand owner J&J Snack Foods, reported Advertising Age. Full Story (Free Registration Required)
영국의 가정에서는 냉동식품과 건조식품의 소비가 늘고 있다.British families are buying more frozen and dried food at the supermarket to cut waste and save money, according to a report from the Bank of England. According to data from the British Frozen Food Federation, Britons spent $8.4 billion on frozen food during the year to the end of June, a rise of 6% over the previous 12 months, reported Daily Mail. Full Story
Kraft Foods는 자사의 제품을 찾기 쉽게 하기 위하여 치즈모양과 유제품 케이스를 변형하는 등의 작업을 Jewel-Osco와 그 외 업체와 협력할 예정이다. Kraft Foods is working with Jewel-Osco and other grocers to reshape cheese and dairy cases at more than 4,000 stores to make its products easier to find. Kraft anticipates 3% to 5% sales gains at stores implementing the program during the first year, reported Chicago Tribune. Full Story (Free Registration Required)
해양보존단체인 ‘Oceana’는 최근 플로리다 남부지역의 60개 매장을 대상으로 96종의 해산물을 검사한 결과 1/3가량의 제품이 잘못 표기 되어있었다고 밝혔다. The marine conservation group Oceana recently tested 96 fish samples purchased from 60 outlets in South Florida and found that nearly one-third of the seafood was mislabeled. Grocery stores had the lowest numbers of wrongly labeled fish, about 8% of samples collected, while sushi sellers were the worst offenders, with 58% of samples mislabeled, reported The Miami Herald. Full Story
가축소의 증가로 인하여 2012하반기 소고기의 가격이 하락하였으나 내년 초 공급이 줄어들어 가격이 상승할 것으로 전망된다. Following an uptick in cattle slaughter, beef prices will fall in late 2012 but will rise sharply by January in the wake of dwindling supplies and smaller livestock herds, reported The Associated Press. Full Story
‘Korger’는 카드결제가 아닌 현금결제로 구매하는 고객들에게 할인을 적용해주는 안을 검토 중이다. Kroger is considering offering discounts to shoppers who pay cash instead of using a credit card. The company did not say whether it planned to impose a surcharge but is exploring options that include offering discounts to cash buyers and users of certain credit cards that charge merchants lower fees, reported Cincinnati Enquirer. Full Story
Industry News
세계적인 탄산음료 회사들은 탄산음료 소비가 1998년 대비 17%가량 감소하였으며, 다시 소비를 늘릴 수 있는 칼로리, 화학적 스위트너 등이 없는 새로운 포뮬라를 개발하는 것이 시급하다고 밝혔다. The world's top soft drink companies hope finding a formula that incorporates no-calories, artificial sweeteners and no aftertaste will reverse the decline in consumption of carbonated drinks. With rising obesity rates and growing variety of flavored waters and sports drinks, per capita soda consumption is down 17% to about 1.3 cans a day since its peak in 1998, according to data from Beverage Digest, reported USA Today. Full Story
‘Smithfield Foods’는 브라질로부터 옥수수 수입을 시작할 것이다. Smithfield Foods will begin importing corn from Brazil. Analysts state it is unusual for a U.S. livestock producer to import supplies from South America, though it could be cheaper to ship corn from there to the eastern US than by rail from the Midwest amid high domestic corn prices, reported MarketWatch. Full Story
코카콜라사의 비타민워터가 해외 출시된지 4년만에 24개의 시장에 진출했다.Coca-Cola's Vitaminwater brand began rolling out overseas more than four years ago and is now in 24 markets. Still, just one-fifth of the brand's sales come from outside the U.S. Some 80% of volume is concentrated in four countries: the U.S., China, Japan and Germany, according to Coca-Cola, reported Advertising Age. Full Story (Free Registration Required)
‘Kraft Foods’는 어린이를 주요타깃으로 한 제품의 실질적 비율이 성인구매가 높은 것을 감안하여 성인용 스트링 치즈, 젤오 등의 제품을 새롭게 선보였다. Kraft Foods is introducing sophisticated versions of childhood foods like string cheese and Jell-O, reformulated for adult palates to squeeze more sales from aging core brands. Products including fruit and nut-laced Nut-rition peanut butters were developed specifically for adults after Kraft learned two-thirds of its peanut butter consumers were adults, and the company is also introducing a single-serve, microwaveable version of its reformulated home-style mac-and-cheese dinner, reported Crain's Chicago Business. Full Story (Free Registration Required)
미국 오렌지주스 연간매출의 40%가량이 가정이 아닌 외부에서 발생하는 것으로 나타났다. About 40% of annual U.S. orange juice consumption occurs away from the home, according to the Florida Department of Citrus. Yet the department spent about $15 million during the 2011-12 season and plans to spend about the same this season on TV ads to convince supermarket shoppers to buy more OJ for the home, the remaining 60% share of U.S. consumption, reported The Lakeland Ledger. Full Story (Free Registration Required)
Foursquare의 ‘로컬 업데이트’라는 기능을 통하여 지역 상인들이 근처에 체크인을 하거나 ‘좋아요’를 한 사용자들에게 일종의 ‘안내판’역할을 하는 광고를 보여줄 수 있다. Through Foursquare's "local updates" tool, businesses can send their updates to a pool of users who will be picked by Foursquare's algorithm based on the frequency of their check-ins and the businesses they've "liked." It could give the nearly one million businesses that have claimed their listing on Foursquare a stronger incentive to be active on the platform, since they can place messages about specials and events for free in the activity streams of users who have likely already spent money in their stores, reported Advertising Age. Full Story (Free Registration Required)
네슬레와 까르푸를 포함한 다국적기업들은 글로벌 경기둔화로 소비가 줄자 인도네시아와 같은 빈곤층의 비율이 큰 나라를 대상으로 저가용품 시장을 공략할 것이다. Multinational corporations including Nestle and Carrefour are particularly interested in customers earning less than $4 a day in countries such as Indonesia, with companies selling products to those customers outperforming competitors during an economic downturn, analysts claim. Those consumers, which make up around 80% of the populace in Indonesia and 60% of household spending, still must buy food, soap and other basic goods when the economy is poor while middle-class buyers cut back on discretionary items, reported The Wall Street Journal. Full Story (WSJ Subscription Required)
Health News
탄수화물의 과다섭취가 유방암의 발병률을 높인다. Older women who eat a lot of starchy and sweet carbohydrates may be at increased risk of a form of breast cancer, claims a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, reported Reuters. Full Story
‘셀레늄’등 항산화식품을 많이 먹으면 췌장암의 발병율을 크게 줄일수 있다.Eating a diet high in antioxidants such as selenium and vitamins C and E may reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer by up to two-thirds, claims a study published in the journal Gut, reported HealthDay. Full Story
Washington News
캘리포니아에서는 제너럴밀스가 스낵 식품표기에 ‘Natural’의 단어를 사용한 것에 대하여 잘못 표기하였다며 소송을 제기했다. General Mills is being sued over the use of the word natural in its snack food labeling. The lawsuit, filed by two California mothers, claims the company has wrongly marketed its Nature Valley products as natural when they contain ingredients such as high maltose corn syrup and maltodextrin and can't be called natural. A spokesperson for General Mills stated the company was aware of a news release put out by the women's lawyers but has not yet seen the lawsuit. The women are seeking to turn the suit into a class action, reported The New York Times on the web. Full Story (NYT Subscription Required)
농업보조금이 현재 가축업 및 특정 작물시장의 악화를 고려하여 1년간 연장될 것으로 보인다.It appears likely the Farm Bill will be extended for one year while immediate disaster aid will be provided to livestock and specialty crop producers impacted by the severe weather. "The feeling of leadership is a one year extension provides certainty to folks out on the farms," stated House Agriculture Committee chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK). At the same time, ranking member Collin Peterson (D-MN) will oppose any extension of the current farm bill, reported Politico. Full Story
캘리포니아의 도시 엘몬테는 재정부족을 선언하며 도시내의 설탕첨가 음료에 세금을 부과할 것을 검토 중이다. El Monte, CA plans to declare a fiscal emergency and seek a tax on sugary beverages sold within the city. The declaration would allow the city, with a population of more than 113,000, to hold a special election this fall for the tax proposal. If approved by voters, the tax would collect one cent per ounce of "sugar sweetened" drinks sold and could generate as much as $7 million in total annual revenues, according to a city report, reported The Los Angeles Times. Full Story (Free Registration Required)
Market News
국제적으로 오렌지 생산량이 작년대비 51.5 MMT 줄어 7%가량 하락하였으며, 이는 브라질, 멕시코의 작물감소 및 유럽시장에 거래되는 과일량이 줄어들었기 때문이라고 밝혔다. Global orange production dropped 7% from the previous year to 51.1 million metric tons (MMT), largely because of smaller crops in Brazil, Mexico and the EU making less fruit available for processing. Global orange juice production is estimated at 2.2 MMT, down 9% from the previous year. Global grapefruit production is estimated slightly higher than the previous year at 5.4 MMT with growth in China and Turkey countering declines in the U.S. and Mexico. USDA Report
중서부와 동부해안의 가뭄으로 인하여 서부해안의 채소시장의 가격과 수요가 크게 상승하였다.The drought in the Midwest and East Coast is in turn boosting demand and prices for West Coast vegetable marketers. Storms in Quebec plus high heat in the Ohio Valley and across the US took a toll on local leafy greens and helped spike the California romaine market in mid-July, reported The Packer. Full Story
캘리포니아 남부의 땅콩재배가 지난 달 대비 향상되었다.The South Carolina peanut crop is greatly improved from last month. A majority of the peanut growing area has received at least some rain over the last two weeks. For the most part, growers have caught up with weed control and are into their 60-75 DAP fungicide applications. White mold and late leaf spot are beginning to develop in some areas, reported Southeast Farm Press. Full Story |
