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McDonald’s Corp.， the world’s biggest restaurant chain， said on May 7 that it will open at least 200 McCafes in China this year.
The fast food giant is expanding its coffee business in order to meet the country’s surging demand. The value of coffee sales in China reached 6.25 billion yuan （$1 billion） in 2011， up 20 percent from a year earlier， said market research firm Euromonitor International.
According to research firm Mintel， the Chinese mainland market for packaged coffee products has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 18 percent every year since 2007 and could rise another 75 percent to 16 billion yuan （$2.6 billion） by 2017.
Quality Accusation
Nongfu Spring， one of China’s biggest bottled water companies， recently filed a lawsuit against The Beijing Times over reports that its products fail to meet national standards.
In an online statement on May 6， the company said it is seeking 60 million yuan （$9.7 million） in damages from the paper， which it accuses of defamation.
The dispute first erupted on April 10 when The Beijing Times published a report that said Nongfu Spring， whose sales of bottled water account for 20 percent of the domestic market， did not meet the national water quality standard， and instead adhered to a lower standard set by Zhejiang Province where the company is based.
Bottled-water companies in China adopt a variety of water standards， including national standards set by different ministries， standards by local governments and those made by the companies themselves.
Experts say a lack of a unified standard regulating bottled water not only brings confusion but makes it difficult to supervise companies.
The fast food giant is expanding its coffee business in order to meet the country’s surging demand. The value of coffee sales in China reached 6.25 billion yuan （$1 billion） in 2011， up 20 percent from a year earlier， said market research firm Euromonitor International.
According to research firm Mintel， the Chinese mainland market for packaged coffee products has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 18 percent every year since 2007 and could rise another 75 percent to 16 billion yuan （$2.6 billion） by 2017.
Quality Accusation
Nongfu Spring， one of China’s biggest bottled water companies， recently filed a lawsuit against The Beijing Times over reports that its products fail to meet national standards.
In an online statement on May 6， the company said it is seeking 60 million yuan （$9.7 million） in damages from the paper， which it accuses of defamation.
The dispute first erupted on April 10 when The Beijing Times published a report that said Nongfu Spring， whose sales of bottled water account for 20 percent of the domestic market， did not meet the national water quality standard， and instead adhered to a lower standard set by Zhejiang Province where the company is based.
Bottled-water companies in China adopt a variety of water standards， including national standards set by different ministries， standards by local governments and those made by the companies themselves.
Experts say a lack of a unified standard regulating bottled water not only brings confusion but makes it difficult to supervise companies.