Believe me, it'll be a
snack for us.
相信我，对我们来说就是小事一桩。
I like the
snack shop at the corner of the street.
我喜欢街角的小吃店。
We only have a
snack at lunch time outdoors.
在户外我们只在午餐时间吃零食。
In September, Dongguan, Guangdong province-based snack maker Hsu Fu Chi witnessed a 30-percent year-on-year increase in its candy product sales.
9月，位于广东省东莞市的零食制造商徐福记的糖果产品销售额同比增长30%。
Global food and beverage giant PepsiCo is making its grand appearance at the sixth China International Import Expo, presenting more than 50 snack food, beverage and nutrition brand products.
全球食品饮料巨头百事公司将隆重亮相第六届中国国际进口博览会，展示50多种休闲食品、饮料和营养品牌产品。
Hong Kong stock exchange-listed Haidilao, a Chinese mainland hotpot chain, has introduced several snack varieties at night fairs in cities across the nation to cater to the burgeoning nighttime economy this summer.
香港证券交易所上市的中国内地火锅连锁店海底捞在全国各地的夜市推出了几种小吃品种，以应对今年夏天蓬勃发展的夜间经济。
However, there has been a shift towards more rational consumption, with consumers now seeking healthier snack options, said Guo Xin, a marketing professor at Beijing Technology and Business University.
然而，北京工商大学市场营销教授郭欣表示，随着消费者现在寻求更健康的零食选择，人们已经转向了更理性的消费。
They are a typical pre-meal snack for residents in the Middle East, where they are regarded as a staple food in some countries.
它们是中东地区居民的典型餐前小吃，在一些国家被视为主食。
Beijing Yiqing Holding Co Ltd, a time-honored State-owned enterprise that manages beverage brand Beibingyang and snack business Yili, is increasing its investment in the white liquor sector where it sees strong momentum in development and expects new growth points.
北京亿清控股有限公司是一家管理饮料品牌北冰洋和小吃企业伊利的老字号国有企业，正在加大对白酒行业的投资，该公司认为白酒行业的发展势头强劲，并期待着新的增长点。
Dongguan, Guangdong province-based snack maker Hsu Fu Chi has joined South China University of Technology to establish a healthy snack research center to tap into new trends in Chinese consumer preferences.
总部位于广东省东莞市的零食制造商徐福记加入华南理工大学，成立了一个健康零食研究中心，以了解中国消费者偏好的新趋势。
Nutrition has already become an important trend in the snack market.
营养已经成为零食市场的一个重要趋势。
After investing 350 million yuan ($50.9 million) over the past five years, the company's plant in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, joined the Global Lighthouse Network and became the world's first lighthouse factory in the global biscuit and snack industry in late January.
在过去五年投资3.5亿元人民币（5090万美元）后，该公司位于中国东部江苏省苏州市的工厂加入了全球灯塔网络，并于1月底成为全球饼干和零食行业的全球第一家灯塔工厂。
Joost Vlaanderen, president of Mondelez Greater China, said China's optimized COVID-19 response and further opening-up measures have delivered positive signals to the world and global business community, and the company is optimistic about the snack industry's outlook in 2023 and beyond.
蒙德莱兹大中华区总裁Joost Vlanderen表示，中国优化的新冠肺炎应对措施和进一步的开放措施向世界和全球商界传递了积极信号，该公司对零食行业2023年及以后的前景持乐观态度。
"We see a growing food market in China, especially in the four key applications we are serving - savory, dairy, snack foods and beverages," he said.
他说：“我们看到中国的食品市场在不断增长，尤其是在我们提供的四个关键应用领域——咸味食品、乳制品、休闲食品和饮料。”。
Meanwhile, Mondelez China, the snack company known for its Oreo cookies, has donated 863 boxes of biscuits worth 300,000 yuan ($47,000) to frontline workers in 13 subdistricts in Shanghai's Xuhui district.
与此同时，以奥利奥饼干闻名的零食公司Mondelez China向上海徐汇区13个街道的一线工作者捐赠了863盒饼干，价值30万元（合4.7万美元）。
However, years of market exposure and growing health awareness have cultivated an awareness of its benefits as a snack, the report said.
然而，报告称，多年的市场曝光和日益增长的健康意识培养了人们对其作为零食的益处的认识。
International and domestic companies have expanded cheese snack offerings, mostly marketed to children.
国际和国内公司已经扩大了奶酪零食的供应范围，主要面向儿童。
"For instance, unlike our competitors selling cheese in large chunks, we roll out cheese bars, flake-lets or slices that can go with instant noodles and hot pots, making it something that can be simply consumed as a snack.
“例如，与我们销售大块奶酪的竞争对手不同，我们推出了可以与方便面和火锅搭配的奶酪条、薄片或切片，使其可以简单地作为零食食用。
The new dishes include a spicy hotpot soup made with rapeseed oil, beef tallow and three different kinds of peppers, four different types of lamb meat from Inner Mongolian, a side dish of pea leaves and a snack.
新的菜肴包括用菜籽油、牛脂和三种不同辣椒制成的麻辣火锅汤，四种不同类型的内蒙古羊肉，一道豌豆叶配菜和一份小吃。
Snack food company set to ride rising health awareness for more biz growthSnack food giant Mondelez International is looking to further product premiumization and expand presence of its products in China as twin engines to fuel local business growth, a senior company executive said.
一位高级管理人员表示，这家快餐公司将利用日益提高的健康意识来实现更多的业务增长。快餐巨头蒙德莱兹国际正寻求进一步的产品高端化，并扩大其产品在中国的影响力，作为推动当地业务增长的双引擎。
Mondelez and L'Occitane align with the nation's pursuit of net-zero green goalMondelez International, a global snack company, and L'Occitane en Provence, a French skincare brand, are showing the pace foreign businesses undertake sustainability activities at the local level in China is gathering momentum.
Huguosi Snacks, a time-honored Beijing Muslim snack shop, still does a roaring trade today.
With Spring Festival around the corner, Dongguan, Guangdong-based snack and confectionery maker Hsu Fu Chi unveiled its plan for the festival, giving a sweet taste for people to spend the biggest celebration with.
The company wants more consumers, as well as its industrial counterparts, to know Orion is not just a snack company only but also a comprehensive food provider.
McCafe, the in-house coffee service of fast-food chain McDonald's, announced a plan on Monday to invest 2.5 billion yuan ($152.1 million) over the next three years to accelerate expansion in the Chinese mainland market by adding new shops, boosting deliveries and diversifying snack offerings.
The coffee service has introduced four brand-new snack series including croissants and Danish rolls.
The French yeast manufacturer signed a cooperation agreement with snack company Bestore from Hubei province on Nov 7 before inking another two strategic partnership agreements on Nov 9 and 10 with aquatic products companies Nutriera Group and Yuequn Biotechnology, both of which are based in Guangdong province.
PepsiCo China said on Monday that their beverage and snack products remained safe for consumption after it suspended operations at a food processing unit in Beijing due to confirmed COVID-19 cases.
At the same time, the company reiterated that its snacks are safe as the possibility of survival of viruses during its snack processing under ultrahigh temperature and the ensuing supply chain is close to zero.
PepsiCo Inc's recent acquisition of Hangzhou Haomusi Food Co Ltd, also known as Be & Cheery and one of the largest convenient foods companies in China, is expected to further escalate the fierce competition in the country's fast-growing snack market.
Major snack food retailers in Wuhan, Hubei province, the hardest-hit area in the COVID-19 epidemic in China, have come back to life.
The snack maker has adopted the OEM, or original equipment manufacturer model, and it has more than 200 suppliers nationwide.
Separately, another Wuhan-based snack food chain, Zhouheiya International Holdings Co Ltd, closed its Wuhan factory in late January following the lockdown of the city.
In 2020, the total revenue of the snack food market is expected to reach 2 trillion yuan, according to the China Food Industry Association.
"The demand for healthy, high-quality and safe snack foods in China will continue to increase.
Compared with Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea, the per capita consumption volume and spending on snack foods in China is still relatively low, and the market has considerable growth potential," said Neil Wang, president of Frost& Sullivan in China.
Major Chinese snack producer Bestore Food Co Ltd made its debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Monday through a first-ever online initial public offering ceremony.
The Wuhan-headquartered snack retailer gained 44 percent on its IPO price of 11.9 yuan ($1.7) per share on the first day of trading.
The snack maker also donated about 25,000 boxes of snacks to doctors fighting against the epidemic in Hubei province, and its donations have exceeded 8.6 million yuan.
Meanwhile, Shanghai-based snack food chain Laiyifen, Hunan-based Yanjin Shop Food Co Ltd and Tianjin Guifaxiang, one of China's time-honored brands, have all listed on the country's exchanges.
From 2011 to 2018, the snack food sector in China saw an annual compound growth rate of 12.3 percent, according to Frost & Sullivan.
Based in Hangzhou, Be & Cheery is the country's top three local snack food companies (the others are Three Squirrels and Bestore).
To further endear itself to coffee connoisseurs on its app, Luckin rolled out its snack business as a bonus in November last year.
Luckin Coffee Inc, which surpassed Starbucks as the country's largest coffee chain operator in term of store numbers by the end of last year, said on Wednesday that it was entering the coffee and snack vending machine market to further expand its network, but this does not necessarily generate a quick boost to profits.
Luckin said that its snack and beverage vending machine－Luckin Pop－offers lower prices than its competitors by working closely with global suppliers and receiving discounts through large volume procurement.
Luckin Coffee Inc, which surpassed Starbucks as the country's largest coffee chain operator in term of store numbers by the end of last year, unveiled its plan to enter the smart coffee and snack vending machine market to further extend its network but not necessarily generate a quick boost to its profits.
Luckin claims that its snack and beverage vending machinexa0– Luckin pop – offers lower prices than its competitors by working closely with global suppliers and receiving discounts through large volume procurement.
The company launched "BE-KIND", a popular nut bar brand in the United States, as a new healthy snack product for Chinese consumers at the CIIE.
At the expo, Pakistani pine nut company Halo Foods inked a deal with Chinese snack startup Bestore.
Snack food chain Laiyifen, as a member of the Shanghai trading group for the second China International Import Expo, signed purchase intention agreements with two international food leaders during the ongoing exhibition to further expand its product portfolio.
Chinese snack company Bestore signed a deal with Pakistan pine nut provider worth 300 million yuan ($42 million) on Wednesday as the company furthers overseas efforts with opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative.
A earlier report pointed out that Chinese people consume around 2 trillion yuan of snack food every year following the country's booming internet wave accelerating the growth.
But a bucket full of spicy chicken offal for night snack deliveries has shocked Chinese consumers.
Ferrero Group is planning to expand its portfolio in China to include biscuits and snacks, after the Italian chocolate and confectionery company acquired Kellogg's biscuit brand Keebler and other snack brands in April.
"Rising consumer incomes have increased consumption, spurring growth of the snack food industry," ChaCha said in its annual report.
A Korean imports snack store was launched on the e-commerce platform, while Xiaomi Youpin products might be sold in some duty-free stores in the Republic of Korea in the future, according to a strategic cooperation agreement inked Tuesday.
Brands exploit tradition-related themes and IP to pack a punch in marketingIn early January, a shopping center in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province, hosted a candy and snack fair themed on the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
"The US-based food and snack maker Mondelez International has also joined the efforts to attract younger consumers with Spring Festival elements in its product design, packaging and marketing.
On Nov 11, for the Singles Day shopping festival, the sales of Chinese snack brand Three Squirrels reached 682 million yuan, 41 percent more than the previous year.
Youngme, the imported food brand under the Shanghai-based snack food chain Laiyifen, was unveiled at the first China International Import Expo in Shanghai.
The 81-year-old Nian Guangjiu, owner of Shazi Guazi snack brand, is the oldest on the list, while the 35-year-old Zhang Yiming, founder and CEO of Bytedance, is the youngest.
Shops, or more precisely kiosks, offering these drinks to go are mostly located near school with no seats and frequented by students for a snack after class.
He opened his snack food business in Shanghai in 1993.
Today, Chan's company Oishi ranks among the top 3 snack brands in China.
"Foreign snack and confectionery brands have continuously rolled out innovations on products and marketing campaigns to meet the evolving demands from Chinese consumers, said Zhu.
Nestle, in a transformation from a confectionery and snack producer to a health and nutrition firm, no longer sees its confectionery brand as a darling.
Hsu Fu Chi International Ltd, a Guangdong province-based Chinese snack and candy maker, and JD, China's second-largest e-commerce platform, have joined forces to overcome typical problems faced in online sales of snacks like pastries, like food going stale and inordinate delay in delivery.
Chinese snack and candy maker Hsu Fu Chi International Ltd inked a deal with the nation's second-largest e-commerce player, JD.
Hosted by the National Confectioners Association, the show is an international event held on an annual basis in Chicago from 2003, which attracted more than 800 exhibitors and nearly 18,000 candy and snack professionals this year.
Mondelēz International, which produces snack brands including Oreo and Chips Ahoy!
The discounter offers groceries including wine, snack, breakfast and organic food products at its flagship Tmall store through its Australian suppliers.
"Plus, I can get a drink whenever I want one," she added, referring to the snack bar.
Demand for the juicy snack quickly grew to 4,000 units a day in Shanghai alone－more than Disney's Polish supplier could manage－and buyers were sent to track down more of the poultry legs in South America.
Jinzai Food Group Co Ltd, a Changsha-headquartered snack food company with more than 2,400 employees globally, said the company is expected to import 300 million yuan worth of dried fish products from Kenya this year, after setting up an aquatic product factory with 54 million yuan of investment in the East African country in May.
A special cake made for the Dragon Boat Festival has been sold out in our stores; usually, the festival limited products are sold out before the festival, said an employee at Beijing's time-honored snack brand Daoxiangcun.
Crop harvesting machinery, prefabricated or mobile construction, and snack food machinery products were the most searched products by the US buyers; Indian buyers were keen on mobile phones, sportswear and smartwatches; Slaughtering equipment, snack food machinery were the preference of Brazilian buyers.
On Guijie, a street famous among spicy crawfish lovers and midnight snack seekers, many businesses have resumed around-the-clock operations.
The locals were then struggling to find ways to market the product and sell it to a larger market, so I decided to use Alibaba's e-commerce platforms and transform this traditional food into a popular snack," Liang said.
Mintel's survey report showed that 32 percent of respondents had chosen kebabs as their nighttime snack, followed by 14 percent who prefer noodles and 10 percent who like to eat hamburgers.
On Thursday, the platform's beverage takeout orders increased by more than 1.5 times week on week, and the number of food and snack suppliers increased by more than 70 percent week on week.
Snack giant Mondelez, the maker of the iconic Oreo cookie, is also using cross-border e-commerce to see whether a new product resonates with local consumers.
This is the case for snack giant Mondelez, which launched a limited edition all-white Oreo biscuit featuring the Chinese calligraphy style in the lead-up to the Nov 11 campaign.
Apart from Stride, Mondelez's cookie brand Ritz was a hit during the previous editions of the CIIE, propelling the snack giant to accelerate localized production of these brands, according to Joost Vlaanderen, president of Mondelez China.
Ramon Laguarta, CEO of the US soft drink and snack food giant PepsiCo,xa0 praised the strength of the company's China business on a call with analysts last week, pointing to the strong economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Beverage and snack giant Pepsi-Co Foods sees China as a crucial engine in its global strategy, and the choice of Shanghai as China headquarters marks an important step to fulfill the strategy and navigate the market, said Anne Tse, general manager and senior vice-president of PepsiCo Foods in China.
More and more snack makers are launching their products in blind boxes.
For instance, apart from dishing out 1.2 billion yuan worth of subsidies, the service has come up with an iced, yellow-rice-wine-flavored crawfish, a summertime favorite snack typically featuring pungent and spicy flavors.
Singaporean snack brand Irvins also saw sales rise over 50 times on Nov 11, compared with average sales on non-festival days.
Noting that US electric carmaker Tesla is "ramping up production in China" and beverage giant PepsiCo Inc spent $705 million to buy a Chinese snack brand last year, the article said that Western companies continue to "pour their resources into the rapidly growing economy.
By taking advantage of local agricultural produce, Sangzhi nurtured four geographic trademarks, including its white tea and honey, while other two local specialties — reed leaves used as wrapping for zongzi, a Chinese rice snack, and oil tea —are in the application process for GI labeling.
It has been seven years since Kaldu Sari Nabati Indonesia entered the Chinese market, yet it was the Indonesian snack and beverage maker's first time to participate in CAEXPO, as it hopes to make a difference online.
From selling chili powder in the 1970s, business owners in Yang'an township have developed 1,200 kinds of condiments and seasoning products, ranging from spices, sauces, compound seasonings and pickled peppers to instant foods and snack foods.
I also feel less guilty having them as a snack compared to ice cream.
"Ice cream has become a year-round snack, rather than simply a summer treat for the younger generation.
The seasonal snack, which represents the cultural elements of many regions in China, is becoming a regular snack in the country.
"Similar to moon cakes, the flavor of qingtuan has broken traditional limits and is becoming a creative snack.
"The above reasons are turning qingtuan into a popular daily snack choice.
Some of the consumers there purchase the snack out of curiosity.
Hong Yong, an associate research fellow at the e-commerce research department of the Ministry of Commerce, said: "Qingtuan is becoming a common snack and has achieved innovation and diversity in terms of flavors and market pattern.
Innovative products set to expand more than $100 billion market toward US, Japanese scenariosWith disposable incomes rising and more consumption scenarios appearing, China's snack consumption market is expected to embrace rapid growth.
Data from market consultancy Shanghai Ourui Supply Chain Management Co Ltd showed that China's snack market has been growing steadily in recent years.
According to Ourui, compared with developed countries such as the United States and Japan, China's snack consumption level is relatively low.
In the future, with the increase in residents' disposable incomes, diverse consumption scenarios and emerging innovative products, China's snack market is estimated to maintain steady growth.