미국 기타 무알코올 음료 인사이트

Danone inaugurated a new production line worth US$ 65 million at its factory in Jacksonville, Florida, in the United States, the company said in a statement. According to the company, the expansion of the unit, which has been operating in the local community since 1948, aims to strengthen the growth of its coffee and cream brands, such as International Delight and ST K Cold Brew. According to the statement, the new line will feature advanced technology that includes an exclusive bottle molding process, capable of increasing production by 30%, reducing losses, and saving water in the manufacturing of recyclable bottles. The company will also invest in a new regional distribution center in the Jacksonville area to improve supply chain efficiency for the Southeastern United States. With this, Danone anticipates the creation of approximately 200 new direct and indirect jobs in the region.

International coffee prices have slowed their upward trend after marking highs in February and surpassing 48-year records that month, but they remain high. In February, they reached 354.32 cents per dollar/pound, "surpassing the previous record of 305.13 cents per dollar/pound in March 1977," according to the International Coffee Organization (ICO) in its March report, while in the latest report (April 2025), it stated that quotations "lack a clear direction". The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), for its part, assured on May 19 that "strong international demand and projections of a limited harvest for 2025/26 reinforce the expectation of high prices in the future". The ICO's composite indicator price (I-CIP) exceeded the 300 cents/pound barrier on November 27, 2024 (310.03) and began 2025 at 345.44 cents per dollar/pound (January 2); since then, it has remained at high levels, with peaks in February, but also in March (364.20 on the 5th) and April (357.21 on the ...

While continuing to promote coffee exports, Vietnam's coffee industry is making calculations about the market after the countervailing duties imposed by the United States.