Pancakes or porridge: the battle for China’s breakfast

Source: Want China Times

An increasing number of international food chains in China are offering a breakfast service, aimed at tapping into growing demand from the country’s consumers, the Beijing-based Economic Weekly reports.

Foreign baby formula off shelves

Source: By Cang Wei and Wang Zhenghua (China Daily)

Retailers in China have withdrawn a foreign brand of infant milk formula from shelves following a media scare over its safety.

Mengniu Dairy records 36b yuan in sales in 2012

Source: By Li Woke (chinadaily.com.cn)

China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd said Wednesday its sales last year reached 36 billion yuan ($5.8 billion), a year-on-year decline of 3.5 percent.

NZ milk import quota depleted within a month

Source: By Mao Jing (chinadaily.com.cn)

Chinese importers have used up the import quota of New Zealand dairy products for 2013, and further imports will be levied in accordance with the Most Favored Nations (MFN) tax rate, CBN Daily reported.

Tmall.com Starts Shipping Overseas Milk Powder To Thirsty Chinese Consumers

Source: China Tech News

Tmall.com, the B2C Internet shopping subsidiary of Alibaba Group, announced that it will cooperate with Danone and Nestle to launch direct sales and delivery of milk powder under six brands of the two groups, allowing Chinese consumers to enjoy the safe importation of milk powder products.

Tmall partnering Danone and Nestle to sell overseas milk powder

Source: Morning Whistle by Kang Xiaoxiao

Tmall announced on March 1 it will be partnering with Danone (NYSE: DA) and Nestle in selling milk powder directly for overseas producers.

Online stocks of infant milk powder under pressure

Source: By Yu Ran (China Daily)

Online shopping sites say they are finding it hard to keep up with demand for canned infant milk powder, after measures came into force at the start of the month to restrict people carrying the product from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland.

NY shops see brisk milk sales

Source: By Hu Haidan in New York (China Daily)

New York retailers said sales of powdered baby formula have been rising, although it’s unclear if the increased demand is linked to export limits in Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia to two cans per consumer.

In Hong Kong, baby formula feeds discord with mainland Chinese

Source: By John Hannon and Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times

BEIJING — In Hong Kong, baby formula has become a precious commodity, kept under lock and key.

80% of foreign infant formula brands in China are not foreign

Source: Want China Times

Concerns about the quality and safety of domestic infant formula products have prompted mainland Chinese buyers to clean out stocks of infant formula abroad or purchase products manufactured by foreign companies. However, allegedly nearly 80% of foreign brands of formula in China are not actually “foreign,” reports Shanghai-based First Financial Daily.