How emerging-tier city consumers drive growth in China’s coffee market

China's coffee market

Despite having only truly begun in the 1980s, China’s coffee market has expanded rapidly over the course of the past two decades, thanks to a combination of government investment and a shift in consumer behavior. Coffee is no longer a drink for the “elites” or for white-collar workers, but a daily lifestyle beverage increasingly integrated […]

China’s food & beverage industry white paper

The shifting dynamics of Chinese dietary habits reflect a complex blend of socio-economic and cultural influences. With rising prosperity and heightened health awareness, consumers are increasingly valuing quality and freshness in their food choices, driving a trend toward premiumization. This shift extends to beverages, where the burgeoning popularity of healthier options and the coffee craze […]

Starbucks Coffee in China: A Rising Addiction

Starbucks Coffee in China A Rising Addiction

Starbucks Coffee (In Chinese: 星巴克) launched into the Chinese market for the first time in January 1999, thus opening its first store in China World Trade Building, in Beijing. In a country where tea is as the first most popular drink besides water, Starbuck was given for objective to transform 1.3 billion tea drinkers to […]