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The Food Industry is Changing For generations, consumers have been deluded by Big Food and they have started to realise that. The Fruit Loops of the world are fast loosing market share. And the past years have seen a vast number of innovative food and beverage startups offering more transparent, more individualised and more nutritious alternatives. Some industry observers already refer to the food industry as "the new internet".
China is Upgrading its Consumption Patterns The rise of the middle class, the increase of products available on the market, coupled with a lack of confidence in local food supply chains have led to major changes in the grocery shopping landscape. China has quickly become the biggest marketplace for nearly all FMCG categories. Food continues to secure a lion share of the overall spending behaviour outperforming transportation, the next ranked category, by a factor of 2x. By 2020, the Chinese online grocery market is set to be worth over $ 280 billion. Providing enough food at acceptable levels of quality and at an affordable cost is shaping up to be one of China’s most challenging issues. And sales of imported food will continue to grow at double digits.
Our Mission: An Unfair Advantage Feast Creative Foods is a China-focused platform investing in emerging food and beverage brands. Our team has decades of experience in marketing, e-commerce, media and China's food industry. And we pulled our resources together to support international F&B startups in China like no other concept. Our sole purpose and mission is giving our partner startups the backing, budgets and brainpower necessary for a successful launch in China. We are their import agents, community builders, marketing experts, brand ambassadors, distributors, networkers, sales managers, trade show representatives and their own China office. Our goals are fully aligned. We work completely transparent and we're just as excited about new food concepts as you are.
Documentation Food product entering China Sanitary certificate issued Inspection Bringing a Food declaration Product to China Label compliance Registration Sample inspection and Customs label auditing declaration If you are launching a food product in China, there are many stakeholders to handle in a complex linguistic, cultural and regulatory environment. Customs Tax payments clearance Customs inspection Customs clearance
Our Founded in 2009 Annual Growth (CAGR): 81% Background Offices in Shanghai and Hefei >100.000 tons annual turnover Feast benefits from10+ years of experience in China’s food & beverage market via the operations of its founding parent ESB Group & its 45+ headcount Visible market share subsidiaries (www.esb-foods.com). Large recurring customer base 30 countries of origin ESB leverages Feast platform by providing key competencies in ‣ Logistics services Category expert (frozen) 7 categories (frozen foods, snacks) ‣ Import & customs clearance ‣ Inventory management Multiple sales channels > 220 SKUs ‣ China sales network & experience ‣ Quality assurance 11 port destinations in China >140 plant numbers >80 customs agencies >100 suppliers
Importers & distributors Sales agents Rep. office or direct sales 4 Paths Lead to Marketing support - - - ✔ China There are many different ways of launching a brand in Alignment - limited ✔ ✔ China. Most larger F&B companies would opt for setting up an own organisation, building it brick by brick and with huge resources, both capital and time. Transparency - - ✔ ✔ Smaller companies usually work with agents or distributors, but it can be a challenge finding an agent who shares the same passion for their Speed medium faster slow full speed products. Feast offers an entrepreneurial path into China. We finance the expansion in exchange for an equity stake Overall risk low higher max. risk - in our partner brands. This way we have ”skin in the game” with our goals fully aligned. max. For startups there’s no faster and no more efficient way Investment medium medium entrepreneurial of entering China. investment
4 Phases of Vesting Every brand needs a different China strategy and every product will face different hurdles on I Initiation (1-3 months) the way to the hearts and shopping baskets of the Chinese consumers. ‣ Sign MoU We vest upon an agreed valuation. ‣ Market study Over 4 phases, we develop and implement an ‣ Focus groups and and product tastings individual launch strategy for each partner ‣ China workshop together with brand brand with clear KPIs and deliverables. owners Brand Launch (2 ‣ ‣ Develop Chinese label Develop marketing and communication months) II strategy ‣ First test order ‣ First regular product shipment ‣ Sign vesting contract ‣ Hire brand ambassador / sales manager ‣ Official brand launch ‣ Launch social media channels
Growth / Sales III (6-9 months) ‣ Activate marketing plan ‣ Grow sales network ‣ Organise brand events ‣ Formulate initial business case for evaluation and long-term cooperation Evaluation (1month) IV … And One ‣ Demonstration of sustainable business model in the territory ‣ Sales projection after phase IV Common Goal The big advantage compared to traditional distribution models is that our goals are completely aligned and the brand owners know exactly what’s happening with their product in China. The 4 phases also give us enough time to build the trust necessary for a successful cooperation.
Feast Holdings (Singapore) The Feast Cooperation & Vesting Agreement Holds assets Framework Feast OpCo (China) … And One The Cooperation & Vesting Agreement Regulates the equity investment targeting a minority stake of Common Goal 5-10% of ordinary shares by means of reverse vesting. Buys goods Operational execution, sales, Vesting is triggered upon deliverables within the 4 Brand marketing, brand distinctive phases over the initial engagement Distribution Agreement period (typically 9-18 months) with a commitment building of payment-in-kind of up to US$ 500k per brand. Ships goods The Distribution Agreement regulates the use of intellectual property rights and commercial terms for procurement.
What We are Looking for We are looking for enthusiastic entrepreneurs with a vision and a mind-blowing product compatible with the demand in China's supermarkets, restaurants and online stores. We seek to partner with the best-in-class food innovators and management teams to help accelerate their international growth and boost their strategic value with a meaningful presence in the world's largest consumer market. We are looking for companies that ‣ turn the old food industry upside down ‣ are planet positive ‣ offer healthy, nutritious and sustainable products ‣ have a solid, diverse team ‣ have a clear growth strategy ‣ have existing products in the market
Our Target Categories and Their Market Size in China All numbers in Billion CNY Functional Food / Breakfast Cereals Baby Food Snacks Beverages Supplements 300 20 13 1100 700 225 15 9,75 825 525 150 10 6,5 550 350 75 5 3,25 275 175 0 0 0 0 0 2011 2014 2017 2010 20132016 2012 2015 2018E 201020132016 2012 2014 2016
Portfolio
Case Study (Pilot Case) Total Sales vs China-Exports Channel Revenues 1% 22500 monthly total units sold 10 % 4 % monthly China-Exports Ecommerce 16875 Distributor 1% 11250 Other HoReCa 23 % 5625 Corporate 61 % Retail 0 Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Client Sources Regional Distribution 3% 1% 2% Events & Ads Shanghai Beijing One year after bringing Noveltea to Existing network 8% 41 % Jiangsu Tianjin China, the People’s Republic now Client refferal Zhejiang Shandong accounts for 42 percent of the Freelance sales Xinjiang Guangdong company’s global unit sales. If you are Social media Shanxi Hong Kong interested in the details, ask us for our Other Noveltea case study. 45 %
To be successful in China, China market representation Trade show representatives it’s not enough to list your product on Taobao. The typical Chinese consumer requires 9 brand touch Shared office space Import agents points* before making a Social media Community builders Distributors managers purchase decision. That’s 4 more than in the most Western countries. For our Event promoters Brand ambassadors partner brands we are … *McKinsey China
China’s Digital Customer Journey Social Friends & Family Offline Inspiration Inspiration Inspiration Sharing Purchase Research
‣ Gourmet food and drink shop Route-to-Market ‣ > 3 million followers ‣ Regular content offering with dedicated editors, video producers, food Partners science experts & freelance writers We have strategic partnerships with several of the ‣ 80s and 90s generation, largest Chinese e-commerce platforms and online ‣ 60 % female retailers. Penguin Guide, our preferred launch partner, has so much social media pull, that their promotions usually even have a measurable effect in the brand’s own ‣ China’s premium online home market. store ‣ 20 million followers on WeChat and over 3 million daily video views ‣ Distributed in >50 main channels online & offline ‣ Customers mainly 70s and 80s generation, ‣ mainly male followers
Founders & Core Team Janis is a former Nic is a food Benedikt joined Rachel started her Max is the founder journalist and entrepreneur who ESB in 2012. He long career in retail and former CEO of entrepreneur who started his China spent years as a at industry giants Lazada, the leading has been living in journey in 2005. MD at tech startups such as P&G and e-com platform in SE Shanghai since His company and consulted mid- Carrefour where she Asia. In 2016, he 2002. Food is his ESB provides key cap companies as worked as a sold the company to passion. services to Feast. finance specialist. Purchasing Director. Alibaba. Janis Vougioukas Nicolas Stöckert Benedikt Stöckert Rachel Han Max Bittner CEO Strategy Finance Operations Angel/Advisor April Wang Cindy Fan Lana Khovracheva Tom Su Monica Fan Rita Zhai Justin Jing Elyn Gao Summer Liu Sales Director Creative Director Event Manager E-com Manager Sales Manager Logistics Designer Analyst Administration
Connect Shanghai Feast Creative Foods Ltd. shanghai@feast-china.com RM 204, No.664 Xinhua Road Changning District, Shanghai, 200052 PRC 上海海市⻓长宁区新华路路664号 万宝国际商务中⼼心204室 邮编:200052 Munich Feast Germany munich@feast-china.com ℅ GFEP Family Equity Maximiliansplatz 15 80333 Munich Germany Global www.feast-china.com
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