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HOTELEX Shanghai will be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center on 29 May- 1 June 2023

HOTELEX is a series of leading hospitality equipment, supplies and fine food trade fairs in China, held in 4 marjor cities (Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Tianjin) each year. HOTELEX Shanghai covers the entire hospitality and catering value chain including Catering Equipment Supply, Tableware, Food and Beverage, Bakery & Ice Cream, Coffee & Tea, Wine & Spirits, etc. As the most international event

of its kind in China with 30 years’ history, HOTELEX Shanghai has developed 400,000 square meters exhibition area; 200,000+ global professional buyers; 3000+ Exhibitors; 600+ 5 star hotel group buyers; 30+ industry events; 12 major areas. HOTELEX Shanghai also host around 30 world-renowned special events, ranging from China Barista Championship, China Latte Art Championship, China Brewers Cup, China Coffee Roasting Championship, China Cup Tasters Championship, The 8th World Bread Contest China Selection - East China Division, 2021 China Gelato Championship, The 9th China Master Bartender Competition, The 22nd FHC China International Pastry & Bakery Competition, uniform shows and table art competitions to bring together an unparalleled experience for industry professionals and beyond. The 30th Shanghai International Hospitality Equipment & Foodservice Expo is entering a new stage of development. HOTELEX will still play the role of Chinese hospitality & catering industry trend leader, and build a broader platform for industry communication and push the development of domestic hotels and high-end catering industry to a new level.

16/07/2025

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16/01/2025

💫Seize New Opportunities and Stay Ahead in Foodservice Trends—All in HOTELEX 2025!😊

The Chinese foodservice industry is undergoing an unprecedented transformation—health and sustainability concepts are rapidly gaining traction, with plant-based foods and low-fat, low-sugar dining becoming the new market favorites. Digitalization and smart technology are reshaping the industry landscape, with AI-powered cooking equipment and smart ordering systems significantly enhancing operational efficiency. The booming markets for food delivery and ready-to-eat meals continue to rise, with convenient consumption models gaining momentum.

As Asia's leading exhibition for the foodservice and hospitality industry, HOTELEX Shanghai has always been at the forefront of industry innovation and trends. With over 30 years of development, HOTELEX has become a key platform for professionals, brands, and innovators to network, learn, and discover business opportunities.

🤭Skip the lines by pre-registering, and make the most of your time in Shanghai
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☘Date: 30 March - 2 April
🔎Venue: National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai).

04/03/2023

Recently, Tims China will accelerate its strategic layout in the Chinese market through tens of thousands of stores in 21st Century Real Estate across the country. The brand is named "C21 X Tims Express Coffee Shop-in-Shop", and its first store has opened in Chengdu.

Executives from both sides said that C21 X Tims Express store-in-shop will take the lead in focusing on Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Suzhou and other cities, and will complete 100 store pilots in 20 cities this year.

This is the third "large-scale" crossover of real estate in China in the 21st century. Compared with the previous two high-end sauce brands such as Jiufang and hairy crab, C21's "crossover" is more fashionable, close to the people, and more traffic.

03/03/2023

Recently, Bain & Company announced a global service alliance with OpenAI, the artificial intelligence system ChatGPT, and Coca-Cola became the first company to join the alliance.

James Quincy, chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, said he is excited to unleash the next generation of creativity through this rapidly emerging technology. "We see an opportunity to enhance marketing with cutting-edge AI and explore ways to improve our business operations and capabilities." Bain is working with OpenAI to embed AI into its customers' operations and support the changes necessary to improve technology, processes, operating models, and data assets.

Coca-Cola and bottlers share an organization called the Cross-Enterprise People Group, which effectively coordinates and organizes raw material commodities, saves a lot of money for the entire global system, and enables business continuity and supply security, rather than just focusing on supplier price concessions.

25/02/2023

According to the data of iMedia Consulting, the size of China's baking food market is estimated to reach 2600.8 billion yuan in 2021, up 19.9% year on year. In 2023, China's baking food market will reach 306.99 billion yuan. The report also points out that the consumption of new Chinese style pastries has increased, which has once again raised the unit price of customers and the repurchase rate. The report shows that the survival rate of new Chinese style pastry stores is as high as 92.8%.

On February 17, Tao Xi Man Man completed millions of angel rounds of financing. The investor was the leading enterprise in the field of enterprise procurement, and announced that it had reached a deep strategic cooperation with Wuhan So See Network Technology Co., Ltd. Tao Xi Man Man will become the only supplier in their pastry sector.

24/02/2023

😎HOTELEX’s Back!
From May 29 to June 1, 2023, HOTELEX Shanghai will be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) with 12 classic sections, series of special exhibition areas, international competitions and large industry forums. HOTELEX Shanghai will continue to innovate and upgrade in terms of professionalism, scale, quality, service, etc., bringing new ideas to the hotel and catering exhibition.

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16/02/2023

According to 36Kr, the bakery supply chain enterprise "Multisweet Food" received 30 million yuan in Series A financing, which was exclusively invested by Shengyin Capital's Fresh Food Capital Industry Fund. This round of funds will be mainly used for supply chain construction, product research and development, and large-scale product brand marketing and promotion.

Founded in 2015, Multisweet Food is a new bakery food group based on the IP bakery product supply chain and incubating its own large single product brands. Multisweet Foods is a special supplier of Disney, providing Disney IP bakery products to the national baking chain. In addition, Multisweet Food has also established cooperation with Universal Studios, Freshippo, Naixue's Tea, Younuo, etc., and through the self-built + cooperation model, it has created an annual production supply chain of baking and quick-frozen products with an annual production capacity of 400 million yuan across the country, producing cupcakes, ice and snow puffs, Basque cakes, leaf pastries, cookies, energy bars and other frozen and room temperature products.

09/02/2023

Daily Economic News, February 6, every reporter learned from Cotti coffee, Cotti coffee announced the opening of the "100 cities and thousands of stores coffee carnival".
It is understood that the activity will last from February 6 to March 31, during which more than 70 hot products of 6 series will be promoted from 9.9 yuan. The participating stores will cover 181 prefecture-level cities across the country, with a total of about 1,300 stores. It is reported that this activity is the first round of major marketing activities for Cotti Coffee since its establishment.
Cotti Coffee was founded by Qian Zhiya, the founder and former CEO of Luckin Coffee, with the original core team of Luckin. The company is headquartered in Beijing with a registered capital of $200 million. Cotti Coffee co-founder and CMO Li Yingbo said, "Since the opening of its first store in Fuzhou on October 22, 2022, Cotti Coffee has grown rapidly."

09/02/2023

Securities Daily News, on the evening of February 2, Babifood released its 2022 annual results flash report. During the reporting period, the company achieved revenue of 1.525 billion yuan, an increase of 10.88% year-on-year, and achieved a net profit of 185 million yuan withheld from the mother, an increase of 21.70% year-on-year. Babifood revealed in the results flash report that during the reporting period, the company's total assets were 2.68 billion yuan, up 5.82% from the beginning of the reporting period; the owner's equity attributable to shareholders of the listed company was 2.066 billion yuan, up 8.26% from the beginning of the reporting period.
From the perspective of the life cycle of Babifood, the company's store model is well polished and is currently in the pre-growth national expansion stage, with strong certainty of revenue growth. In the future, as the number of stores increases and the brand effect is enhanced, the scale effect will also be highlighted.

14/01/2023

In Shenyang, there is such a "Guochao Style Hot Pot", the style of the store combines wine shops, night tours, markets, etc., 12 desserts are free to eat, spicy duck blood pot bottom is free shabu, and even alpaca "stationed" can be stroked for free!

This brand is called "Xiong Meow is coming", which is a "hardcore Internet celebrity" that has been opened by Shenyang for 7 years. At present, Shenyang's mainstream business districts have been crowded, and the Garden City store has been listed on the must-eat list of public reviews in 2022; At the same time, it became a CCTV-2 recommended brand; Ranked No.1 on the Shenyang hot pot list. It is reported that a 375㎡ shopping mall store, with a daily turnover of up to 7.7 rounds, and a per capita consumption of less than 100 yuan, the monthly turnover exceeded 1.8 million...

13/01/2023

Since November last year, Haidilao has strengthened its internal management through a series of measures under the "Woodpecker Plan", and the company's management and operation have improved significantly. In September, the "Hard Bones" plan was launched to restart some stores.

It is worth noting that Haidilao has also established a new business module, the Community Operation Division, through the integration of internal and external resources of Haidilao, to form a community operation model of "takeaway + community + live broadcast + online mall", strengthen the "home" service format, and strive for "takeaway + fast food + pre-made dishes" to meet diversified consumer needs through multiple channels.

On the other hand, the Haidilao system has also gained a lot. In September, catering supply chain service provider Shuhai Supply Chain completed a series B financing of 800 million yuan, and on December 30, Haidilao's overseas business Special Sea International was split and listed, up 42% on the first day of listing. As of December 2, Tehai International has opened 110 restaurants in 11 countries in Asia, North America, Europe and Oceania.

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