{"id":3094,"date":"2024-03-22T04:37:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T04:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2024-08-08T03:57:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T03:57:12","slug":"barbarians-at-the-gates-will-mainland-eateries-flood-hks-fb-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/zh_hk\/2024\/03\/barbarians-at-the-gates-will-mainland-eateries-flood-hks-fb-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbarians at the gates \u2013 will mainland eateries flood HK\u2019s F&amp;B scene? 20240322"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3094\" class=\"elementor elementor-3094\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5441f6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5441f6d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cc8f4b\" data-id=\"4cc8f4b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-114143c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"114143c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the hottest topics in dinner conversations of late has been Hongkongers shopping or even spending weekends in Shenzhen, even major media channels are reporting the phenomenon (eg. in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/hong-kong-economy\/article\/3232053\/penny-wise-hongkongers-shop-play-and-eat-shenzhen-taking-advantage-better-prices-and-service\">SCMP<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/20\/business\/hong-kong-shenzhen-shopping.html\">NYT<\/a>). The scale of the outbound outpouring is not restricted to just Guangdong of course, given how locked down HK has been during 2020-2023, and how strong the HKD has risen against other currencies of late.<\/p><p>This thirst for new and affordable cuisines and services should not have escaped the attention of any ambitious PRC brands \u2013 in fact the southbound march has begun in earnest already (as seen in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stheadline.com\/food\/3312653\/\">Singtao piece<\/a>). We have found some examples of recent PRC brands opening here:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-898bd31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"898bd31\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06d5e48\" data-id=\"06d5e48\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d815775 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d815775\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Figure 1: MuWu BBQ<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d5b8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72d5b8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Figure-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3096\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Figure-1.png 499w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Figure-1-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Figure-1-16x12.png 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-553e6c0\" data-id=\"553e6c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdf2bd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdf2bd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Figure 2: HeFu Noodle<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1893a39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1893a39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"521\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3097\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture2.png 521w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture2-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture2-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8caa83c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8caa83c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a45e859\" data-id=\"a45e859\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e966ce6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e966ce6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Figure 3: Tai Er Pickled Veg Fish<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-693972a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"693972a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"503\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3098\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture3.png 503w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture3-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture3-16x12.png 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-555b7c4\" data-id=\"555b7c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02ea43b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02ea43b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Figure 4: Tan Yu <\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bb8991 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6bb8991\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3099\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4.png 517w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4-16x12.png 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a4b364 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a4b364\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06a6705\" data-id=\"06a6705\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c4c519 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c4c519\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So how big are the potential inroads these Mainland brands can make in HK? We start by looking at a Top 100 PRC Restaurants for 2023, which covers some 219,000 outlets nationally to assess likely impact of shop openings in HK. The top 30 names from the list is shown here alongside their scores and franchise sizes:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-97df7eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"97df7eb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7600351\" data-id=\"7600351\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dedd02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4dedd02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Table 1: Top 100 PRC food &amp; beverage brands and their cuisines<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d1df4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d1df4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3100\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5.png 373w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5-247x300.png 247w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5-10x12.png 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e5eae77 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e5eae77\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0fae7e\" data-id=\"b0fae7e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5624b10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5624b10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Charting food preferences in China<\/strong><\/h4><p>By analysing the breakdown of the top F&amp;B chains into their cuisine and types of foodstuffs, we are able to peer into the modern taste of the Chinese urban population at large.<\/p><p>First, by cuisine, Sichuan cooking has the highest number of chains operating across China (16 of them, followed by beverage brands at 13, see <strong>blue bars<\/strong> below):<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2202302 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2202302\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79dd961\" data-id=\"79dd961\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9399820 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9399820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Chart 1: Top 100 PRC brands\/outlets by cuisine <\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d9c2e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d9c2e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture6.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3101\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture6.png 592w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture6-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture6-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9dcfd0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9dcfd0d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb8366a\" data-id=\"bb8366a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9036d7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9036d7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sichuan cooking is also the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> highest cuisine by number of outlets (<strong>orange marks<\/strong> above), closely following beverages at #1 and American at #2.<\/p><p>Together, almost 30% of Top 100 PRC F&amp;B outlets offer Sichuan and Guangdong cuisines. Most surprisingly however, of the 23 cuisines charted above, Shandong and Jiangsu ranked #23 and #19 respectively despite their reputation as part of the \u2018eight major cuisines of China\u2019!<\/p><h4><strong>Made to order &amp; fast food dominate food types<\/strong><\/h4><p>When it comes to type of foods, it is unsurprising to see people wanting their individual tastes catered for, resulting in cook-to-order (also known as \u5c0f\u83dc) chains ranking first by brands (<strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> blue bar<\/strong> below). We think this more labour intensive way of catering should be dominated mostly by smaller chains in the list, not to mention millions more even smaller eateries not in the top-100 list.<\/p><p>The next biggest entries are all easy to cater, volume business type foodstuffs, such as hotpot, beverages, fastfood, burger, pizza, and the like:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9523b1f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9523b1f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e1fecf\" data-id=\"7e1fecf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b82827 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b82827\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Chart 2: Top 100 PRC brands\/outlets by food type \u2013 mostly fastfood varieties <\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a9197a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a9197a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture7.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3102\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture7.png 587w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture7-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture7-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3453e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3453e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3c6f60\" data-id=\"e3c6f60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-634cb3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"634cb3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Also unsurprising is how these fastfood outlets \u2013 handshake beverage, Chinese fast food, fried chicken, Chinese braised meat (or \u6ef7\u5473) \u2013 given the economies of scale due to fast turnover and large volumes came high in the ranking of number of outlets (<strong>orange marks<\/strong> above).<\/p><h4><strong>Why is Guangdong cuisine so underrepresented?<\/strong><\/h4><p>Despite the freshness, high creativity, and widespread availability around the world, it was surprising for us to note that Guangdong cooking was probably the most underrepresented cuisine in the top-100 list:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d1e026 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d1e026\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d71f0d3\" data-id=\"d71f0d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7f1f66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7f1f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Chart 3: Brand % vs outlets % &#8211; high penetration from fastfood vs low presence from Guangdong <\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51b3de5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51b3de5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture8.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3104\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture8.png 598w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture8-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture8-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63f3f4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63f3f4e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2c62d0\" data-id=\"a2c62d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bacb5ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bacb5ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In fact, as is clear from the chart above, Guangdong cuisine is the furthest away from trend in relative proportion of branches as well as outlets. This unexpected pattern might be explained by the need to have fresh ingredients many of which from warm climate, and proliferation of seafood dishes which call for proximity to the ocean, and possibility of the more skilled preparations required (eg more frying rather than braising) which limits the availability of proficient cooks being available to staff the kitchens\u2026<\/p><h4><strong>Drinks and mass fast food items dominate market shares<\/strong><\/h4><p>In the food type domain, the same factors are at work in deciding which type is abundantly supplied (fastfood category food, see <strong>blue labels<\/strong> below) compared to those serving cook to order food (<strong>red label<\/strong>) where complexities in diners\u2019 orders results in a smaller number of brands operating but is compensated by higher number of outlets (in fact the highest category by food type):<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6e4478 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6e4478\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79ca70e\" data-id=\"79ca70e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27b80ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27b80ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Chart 4: Brand % vs outlet % &#8211; Food Items <\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ceaa1ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ceaa1ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture9.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3105\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture9.png 598w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture9-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture9-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6bee623 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6bee623\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb33909\" data-id=\"cb33909\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4401b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d4401b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>How do Shenzhen and Shanghai measure vs national average?<\/strong><\/h4><p>We next look at how brands enter top cities (we chose Shanghai and Shenzhen) to gauge how each city has its own appetite, as well as if opportunities exist for under served cuisines in these cities.<\/p><p>It is interesting to note that in Shanghai, the over populated brands (<strong>red names<\/strong> below) appear to be dominated by listed companies from HK and benefited from easy access to capital market for their expansion plans. On the other hand, the underpenetrated brands tend to be regional brands which may have a lower mind share or \u2018prestige\u2019, thus explaining their under penetration in Shanghai (ie population implied outlet numbers are much higher than actual outlets, eg. Shuyi and CHAGEE):<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f17ecd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f17ecd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-750da12\" data-id=\"750da12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf548b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf548b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Chart 5: SH &#8211; population implied outlets vs actual outlets<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d19d08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d19d08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture10.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3106\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture10.png 581w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture10-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture10-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bdfd94f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bdfd94f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ed225a\" data-id=\"7ed225a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b819fd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b819fd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The pattern is even more interesting in Shenzhen \u2013 the one phenomenon that stands out here is how the city is highly penetrated by local brands and cuisines \u2013 Hakka and Guangzhou already point to the geographical proximity of their cuisines, while ZhenGongFu and Muwu are both locally grown brands:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-067877f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"067877f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a085da3\" data-id=\"a085da3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afbdc09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afbdc09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Chart 6: SZ \u2013 population implied outlet numbers vs actual<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ad63c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"92ad63c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture11.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3107\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture11.png 582w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture11-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture11-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51b2e06 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51b2e06\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68175e9\" data-id=\"68175e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4394cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4394cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>HK to see a torrent of new entrants yet<\/strong><\/h4><p>Set aside the fact that HK may be at equilibrium in its number of F&amp;B outlets, the large number of PRC hopefuls to establish a bridge head here, or simply to use HK as a marketing medium given its international status, should suggest that a large number of the top F&amp;B brands in China will continue to come this way.<\/p><p>So how do we estimate the likely inflows? With Hong Kong and Shanghai both being gateway cities, it may well be a good proxy to use the Shanghai F&amp;B population as a proxy of likely concentration of eateries present there already but not yet entered HK yet. Below is the result of our projections:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f11ffbe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f11ffbe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-566f86c\" data-id=\"566f86c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6619a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6619a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Chart 7: SH population implied outlets vs actual numbers in HK<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a16b441 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a16b441\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture12.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3108\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture12.png 580w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture12-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture12-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-faa01a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"faa01a2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96a6426\" data-id=\"96a6426\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2146b12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2146b12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Funnily, the Shanghai concentrations suggest that Caf\u00e9 De Coral is over populated in HK, and could be in need of some trimming in numbers. However in its place there are dozens of just the top-100 brands that will want to open up here, as shown by the whole bank of orange marks on the left. All of them, given their own concentration in Shanghai already, should mean hundreds of new arrivals in HK in the months and years ahead \u2013 the thinner arrow above suggests each brand with &gt;10 outlets, and those behind the fatter arrow suggests single digit openings.<\/p><p>Applying the SH mix to HK, here is a league table of top brands that need to open shop here:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3135c86 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3135c86\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e23473\" data-id=\"8e23473\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df32fe8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df32fe8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Chart 8: HK brand potential \u2013 most likely entrants and leavers charted <\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a105f29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a105f29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture13.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3109\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture13.png 581w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture13-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture13-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e66163 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e66163\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f592cb\" data-id=\"6f592cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99e836d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99e836d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The results are an incredible number of new beverage outlets to come, at roughly 300 stores from the above chart! Factors outside the above quantitative analysis however must be factored in when making predictions, for example, how heavily penetrated are local HK coffee shops already \u2013 you can hardly not bump into specialty barista cafes anywhere you go these days, have they already filled the gap of the Luckins of the world? What about the local traditional herbal tea brands that may reduce demand for mass PRC milk tea offerings like HeyTea?<\/p><p>On the flip side of likely inflows, we may have an oversupply of brands in HK such as Juewei which specialises in duck necks (?!), and local champions like Caf\u00e9 de Coral may also see leakage of its traditional customer base as the HK product mix enriches with new entrants\u2026<\/p><h4><strong>Retail demand from new entrants \u2013 not material<\/strong><\/h4><p>So how will this new onslaught of new brand openings in HK bring in terms of new retail floor space demand? Our modelling suggests some 0.55m square feet of new entrants from the top 100 brands, which when benchmarked against HK\u2019s retail stock at 130m square feet, is but a rounding error \u2013 or a mere 0.45% boost. It is exciting nevertheless as a consumer to see new offerings which increases shopper choices and introduces new ways of eating\/drinking which can only enhance HK\u2019s reputation as a \u2018paradise of food\u2019 even further\u2026<\/p><p><em>The author would like to thank Yeung Ching Wa Oscar from City University of Hong Kong majoring in Finance for assisting in data collection and analysis of this article.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hottest topics in dinner conversations of late has been Hongkongers shopping&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1534,9,8],"tags":[1535,1542,1539,1543,1540,1547,1226,1549,1548,1538,1545,1544,1546,1537,1541,1536,1415],"class_list":["post-3094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","category-hong-kong","category-shenzhen","tag-cuisine","tag-fb","tag-franchise","tag-haidilao","tag-hefu-noodle","tag-heytea","tag-hk","tag-juewei","tag-luckin-coffee","tag-market-entry","tag-mixuebingcheng","tag-muwu-bbq","tag-northbound-spending","tag-restaurant","tag-retail-stock","tag-shanghai","tag-shenzhen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MIXU.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3094"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3269,"href":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions\/3269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bricksandmortarmgt.com\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}