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Danone's venture capital arm, Danone Manifesto Ventures, announced last week it was part of a $30 million investment in coconut water producer Harmless Harvest,根据食品商业新闻。品牌来源来自泰国,并通过微滤过程生产新鲜的有机椰子水。
Harmless Harvest — which launched in 2010 — differentiates itself in the increasingly crowded coconut water space through its Fair for Life certification. This is awarded to sustainable businesses that support social, agricultural and environmental improvement.
Danone宣言Ventures董事总经理Laurent Marcel告诉Food Business News:“无害收获是一个独特的美国品牌,在有吸引力的植物性类别中具有强大的消费基础和巨大的增长潜力。”“我们期待利用我们的专业知识和资源来帮助无害的收获发挥其全部潜力,同时保持了能够成功的独特DNA。”
潜水洞察力
这$2 billion-plus U.S. coconut water industry只是竞争激烈。
达能(Danone)的最新投资使这家法国公司获得了市场研究公司Technavio预计到2021年达到31亿美元的热门空间。according to an article from FoodBev Media.这项投资,这家基于工厂的公司的一项精明的举动,反映了更广泛的替代水市场的增长。销售额在2016年增长了21%,达到27亿美元,预计到2020年将达到54亿美元。
Harmless Harvest官员表示,这项投资将用于通过“提高和优化可持续生产能力”,并提高品牌知名度和扩展分销来支持增长计划。
达能的投资继续大型食品公司的最新趋势,包括通用磨坊,雀巢,凯洛格和坎贝尔汤,它们使用了该车辆与年轻的初创公司相关。这项投资不仅使他们能够购买成长中的公司的股份,还可以注入洞察力,采购效率和更广泛的分销网络,而且还使他们再次了解可能不熟悉的新市场。同时,如果该公司投资的公司无法生存,则食品制造商几乎没有财务风险。
达能并不是对流行饮料类别感兴趣的唯一大型食品公司。2013年,可口可乐获得的Zico纯高级椰子水, and PepsiCo — which already has a stake in O.N.E Coconut Water —was rumored to be in talks last year与Vita Coco。
这re are a number of factors driving the product’s sales trajectory and investment optimism, including its perceived health benefits. Consumers are increasingly turning to carbonated beverage alternatives, and coconut water is well positioned because of its high nutrition content and naturally sweet flavor. The product also is finding traction because of its authentic, exotic appeal — attributes that today's consumers are increasingly interested in.
达能(Danone)最近一直在建立其植物性投资组合丝绸家主whitewave。该公司还为其销售其如此美味的非乳制冷冻甜点系列而投入了资金。该公司在无害收获中的股份符合这一趋势,并且由于其基于任务的索赔和有机状态,可以增强公司的健康光晕。
It will be interesting to see whether Danone will be able to grow Harmless Harvest quickly enough to compete with market leader Vita Coco,which boasts about $1 billion in sales。尽管大型食品公司在该空间中有健康的并购活动,但椰子水尚未达到市场饱和。达能(Danone)可以找到一个赚钱的人,如果成功的话,它将已经成熟了下一次收购。








