Friday, 20 December 2019

Atlantic Clinches Partnership with Vivas in Bid to Take Leading Position in Coffee Market

ZAGREB, December 20, 2019 - Croatia's leading food and beverages producer, Atlantic Grupa, has decided to enter into a strategic partnership with the Vivas cafes chain which includes almost 300 coffee shops and bars, the Zagreb-headquartered group said in a press release on Friday.

"The collaboration is a part of Atlantic’s well-defined strategy to take a leading position in the Croatian coffee market and achieve expansion in the growing segment of out of home consumption," reads the press release.

In this way, Atlantic significantly strengthened the espresso segment, which is expected to generate an additional eight million kuna in sales revenue thanks to the newly-established cooperation with Vivas led by former national football player, Dario Šimić.

Atlantic produces 24,000 tonnes of cofffee a year.

"With approximately 24 thousand tonnes of coffee produced annually, the Atlantic Group is the leading coffee producer in the region," said Mate Štetić, the new General Manager of the SBU Coffee in Atlantic Group.

"We are the leading company in the Serbian market with our brand Grand kafa, the undisputed leader in Slovenia with the brand Barcaffe and an ambitious contender for the leading position in the Croatian market, where our market share has increased from 4 to the current 15.5 percent since the Atlantic's acquisition of Droga Kolinska in 2010. With a share of almost 21 percent in total revenue, coffee is the largest individual business unit in Atlantic Grupa and certainly one of the strategically most important units for future business development," Štetić was quoted as saying.

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Sunday, 18 August 2019

Croatians 20th Biggest Coffee Drinkers in the World

ZAGREB, August 18, 2019 (Hina) - Croatians consume up to six kilos of coffee per person per year, which puts them on the 20th place on the ranking of the biggest coffee drinkers in the world.

According to some surveys, Nordic countries are the biggest coffee drinkers, with consumption in Finland as the world's highest, 10.35 kilos per capita a year. The second biggest consumer is Sweden, (9.48 kilos).

For instance, Italy ranks seventh with 6.5-7 kilos consumed per person per year.

According to a survey conducted by the GfK agency in 2012, 80% of the Croatians aged above 15 drink coffee every day.

A teacher in the secondary school in the town of Prelog, Goran Žižek, who has recently held a lecture on the history of coffee consumption, provided Hina with the above-mentioned information about this brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans.

He also quoted a statement made by Sheikh Abd-al-Kadir about coffee in 1587.

"Coffee is the common man's gold, and like gold, it brings to every man the feeling of luxury and nobility. Where coffee is served, there is grace and splendour and friendship and happiness. All cares vanish as the coffee cup is raised to the lips."

Žižek said that the first coffee house in Croatia had been opened in Zagreb's main square in 1748 and the owner had been merchant Leopold Duhn.

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Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Why Has Starbucks Skipped Croatia?

TimeOut asks an important question.

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