Joint venture brings together two leading industry players
to produce tasty, high-quality, and safe chicken products Joint venture is
Cargill’s first entry in the poultry business in Indonesia, reflecting the
company’s continued commitment to invest in the country Singapore.
Cargill and So Good Food, a wholly-owned Indonesian subsidiary of leading agri-food company Japfa, have entered into a 60-40 joint venture to produce and supply fully-cooked poultry products in Indonesia.
The strategic partnership will leverage Cargill’s broad industry expertise to boost So Good Food’s capabilities in consumer food processing technologies, product innovation and quality assurance.
Cargill and Japfa will also work together to produce a new range of value-added consumer food products.
Besides toll manufacturing for So Good Food, the joint venture company, Cahaya Gunung Foods (Shining Mountain Foods), will supply high quality products to well-established and reputable quick service restaurants (“QSR”); hotels, restaurants, and the food service sector (“HORECA”); as well as convenience stores and petrol kiosks (“CVS”) in Indonesia.
Cahaya Gunung Foods will also have the capability to export products to the region.
Cementing Partnership, Strengthening Capabilities
Derek Schoonbaert of Cargill was appointed Managing Director of Cahaya Gunung Foods and he stated: “Indonesia is an important growth market for Cargill. This is our first venture in the poultry business in Indonesia and we are excited to be partnering with Japfa.
We will implement our world-class systems and processes to ensure high quality chicken products through our broad industry expertise and quality standards. Cargill enters partnership with Japfa for poultry products in Indonesia.
On Japfa’s latest partnership, Mr Tan Yong Nang, Chief Executive Officer of
Japfa, explained, “We are pleased to further cement our relationship with
Cargill, whom we have had a long standing business relationship with. To be
selected as Cargill’s JV partner is testament of Japfa’s high quality, food
safety and welfare standards. We look forward to strengthening our capabilities
and know-how with Cargill’s broad industry expertise, and deliver even better
quality chicken products.”
Cahaya Gunung Foods will initially opera
te out of So Good Food’s existing value-added meat plant at Boyolali, Indonesia and take over the employment of the employees at the processing facility.
Both companies will look to invest and expand the operations together, focusing on new premium products.
Meanwhile, So Good Food will continue to operate its four meat processing plants in Indonesia, focused on producing downstream branded ready-to-eat consumer food products such as chicken nuggets, meat balls and shelf-stable sausages.
Growing Appetite in Indonesia
According to Euromonitor, Indonesia is the largest foodservice market in ASEAN. The value sales for Indonesia’s foodservice market grew at a compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of 8.7% from 2010 to 2014, reaching US$36.8 billion in 2014, which was about US$14 billion higher than the next largest ASEAN market, Thailand.
Full-service restaurants, fast food and street stalls/kiosks are the top three growth drivers for Indonesia’s foodservice market. The sales value of the foodservice market is estimated to increase at a CAGR of 9.0% from 2015 to 2019 to hit US$56.3 million by end 2018.
“As the world’s fourth most populous nation, Indonesia’s foodservice market offers immense opportunities. Today, our So Good, So Good Sozzis and So Nice brands are already award-winning household brands in Indonesia for processed meats such as chicken nuggets, meat balls and shelf-stable sausages. Our JV with Cargill will take us a step further into new growth segments such as HORECA and CVS with a wider range of consumer food products,” concluded Mr Tan.
Cargill and So Good Food, a wholly-owned Indonesian subsidiary of leading agri-food company Japfa, have entered into a 60-40 joint venture to produce and supply fully-cooked poultry products in Indonesia.
The strategic partnership will leverage Cargill’s broad industry expertise to boost So Good Food’s capabilities in consumer food processing technologies, product innovation and quality assurance.
Cargill and Japfa will also work together to produce a new range of value-added consumer food products.
Besides toll manufacturing for So Good Food, the joint venture company, Cahaya Gunung Foods (Shining Mountain Foods), will supply high quality products to well-established and reputable quick service restaurants (“QSR”); hotels, restaurants, and the food service sector (“HORECA”); as well as convenience stores and petrol kiosks (“CVS”) in Indonesia.
Cahaya Gunung Foods will also have the capability to export products to the region.
Cementing Partnership, Strengthening Capabilities
Derek Schoonbaert of Cargill was appointed Managing Director of Cahaya Gunung Foods and he stated: “Indonesia is an important growth market for Cargill. This is our first venture in the poultry business in Indonesia and we are excited to be partnering with Japfa.
We will implement our world-class systems and processes to ensure high quality chicken products through our broad industry expertise and quality standards. Cargill enters partnership with Japfa for poultry products in Indonesia.
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From left: Hans Kabat - President, Cargill Protein Southeast Asia; Dirk Djatmiko – Senior Vice President, PT So Good Food; Derek Schoonbaert - Managing Director of PT Cahaya Gunung Foods |
Cahaya Gunung Foods will initially opera
te out of So Good Food’s existing value-added meat plant at Boyolali, Indonesia and take over the employment of the employees at the processing facility.
Both companies will look to invest and expand the operations together, focusing on new premium products.
Meanwhile, So Good Food will continue to operate its four meat processing plants in Indonesia, focused on producing downstream branded ready-to-eat consumer food products such as chicken nuggets, meat balls and shelf-stable sausages.
Growing Appetite in Indonesia
According to Euromonitor, Indonesia is the largest foodservice market in ASEAN. The value sales for Indonesia’s foodservice market grew at a compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of 8.7% from 2010 to 2014, reaching US$36.8 billion in 2014, which was about US$14 billion higher than the next largest ASEAN market, Thailand.
Full-service restaurants, fast food and street stalls/kiosks are the top three growth drivers for Indonesia’s foodservice market. The sales value of the foodservice market is estimated to increase at a CAGR of 9.0% from 2015 to 2019 to hit US$56.3 million by end 2018.
“As the world’s fourth most populous nation, Indonesia’s foodservice market offers immense opportunities. Today, our So Good, So Good Sozzis and So Nice brands are already award-winning household brands in Indonesia for processed meats such as chicken nuggets, meat balls and shelf-stable sausages. Our JV with Cargill will take us a step further into new growth segments such as HORECA and CVS with a wider range of consumer food products,” concluded Mr Tan.
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