With the promotion of expanding consumption policies and the recovery of the tourism market, the catering industry has accelerated its recovery and driven the food supply chain enterprises to rejuvenate themselves. However, how to quickly solve the financial pressure and reduce the financing cost is the crux of the problem that food supply chain enterprises cannot avoid. On May 10, the "Dahe U Vegetable Network Excellent Supplier Commendation and Zhengzhou Rural Commercial Bank Financial Empowerment Conference" held in Zhengzhou Dahe International Hotel brought inspiration to how to better develop food supplier enterprises.
It is reported that the conference was jointly organized by Dahe U Vegetable Network, a subsidiary of Henan Daily Newspaper Group, and Zhengzhou Rural Commercial Bank, attracting more than 200 people from suppliers, experts from catering industry associations, food testing institutions, banks and upstream and downstream catering enterprises. The meeting conducted in-depth discussions on further strengthening the construction of the supply chain system, deepening the collaborative innovation of the supply chain, and seeking high-quality development of the industry. The meeting commended the outstanding suppliers of Dahe U Vegetable Network in 2023, and awarded honorary medals to the representatives of 30 outstanding suppliers.
Tian Jianguang, Deputy General Manager of Henan Daily Newspaper Group Co., Ltd., Bai Ping, Member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Henan Institute of Inspection and Testing Group Co., Ltd., Wang Jianqiang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhengzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd., and Ai Zhaohui, Secretary of Henan Catering and Accommodation Industry Association and Chairman of the Group Catering and Central Kitchen Committee, attended the meeting and delivered speeches.
Dahe U vegetable network joins hands with suppliers to help the construction of modern food industry chain
Tian Jianguang, deputy general manager of Henan Daily Newspaper Group Co., Ltd., introduced in his speech that Dahe U vegetable network, as a fresh supply chain platform under Henan Daily Newspaper Group, is an important starting point for the group's diversified industrial layout. It mainly focuses on providing one-stop and traceable distribution services for rice, noodles, grains, oil, meat, eggs, vegetables and other ingredients for B-end customers such as party and government organs, state-owned institutions, schools, banks, and catering enterprises.
According to reports, there are more than 10,000 registered customers and hundreds of cooperative supplier enterprises, providing ingredients for more than 600 unit canteens on average every day. 50% of the banks and more than 200 kindergartens in Zhengzhou are provided by Dahe U Cai.com, and it has high-quality customers such as the provincial government, the provincial CPPCC, the provincial disabled persons' federation, the provincial agricultural department and dozens of primary and secondary schools, ranking the first camp in Henan's institutional meal market.
"This year, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government have taken the cultivation and expansion of 28 100-billion-level key industrial chains as the core competitive advantage of Henan's manufacturing, and the key industrial chain of modern food is among them. It is hoped that through this meeting, we can further strengthen cooperation with suppliers and friends, collaborate and empower, optimize services, and build and share together, and create a win-win situation. Tian Jianguang said.
Bank empowerment support to protect the "tip of the tongue security"
In order to further play the role of financial "living water" and empower enterprises to become bigger and stronger, Zha Hengliang, member of the Party Committee and vice president of Zhengzhou Rural Commercial Bank, brought a large wave of favorable policies to the meeting: Zhengzhou Rural Commercial Bank will open a white list library for suppliers of Dahe U vegetable network, provide active credit, customize exclusive credit products with high quota, low interest rate and fast lending, and provide a "package" of high-quality financial services such as payment and settlement, collection and distribution, and international business, and help the institutional catering industry to further release its innovative vitality through fee reduction and profit.
Zha Hengliang introduced that as a local financial institution with the largest number of business outlets and the widest coverage in the city, Zhengzhou Rural Commercial Bank adheres to the original mission of "taking root in the soil, serving the three rural areas, serving small and medium-sized enterprises, and serving community residents", and serves the high-quality development of the local economy and society with financial strength, and has successively won a series of honorary titles such as "Henan Social Responsibility Enterprise" and "Zhengzhou Civilized Unit".
"In the future, Zhengzhou Rural Commercial Bank will consistently adhere to the positioning of supporting agriculture, supporting small branches and micro markets, continue to deepen its main business, serve entities, and strive to build a 'bank trusted by the government', a bank that satisfies enterprises, and a bank close to the people, so as to repay the care and support of all sectors of society with more excellent results." Zha Hengliang said.
Dahe U vegetable network "hand-in-hand" Yujian Group Food Inspection Institute Co., Ltd. to build a food safety lifeline
At the meeting, Dahe U vegetable network signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Henan Food and Salt Industry Inspection Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Henan Provincial Institute of Inspection and Testing Group Co., Ltd. (Yujian Group). Yujian Group Food Inspection Institute Co., Ltd. will provide comprehensive and professional testing technical support for Dahe U vegetable network, help Dahe U vegetable network quality inspection center to upgrade comprehensively, create raw materials "bright kitchen and bright stove", further ensure the freshness and safety of ingredients, and jointly protect the safety of consumers' tables.
Bai Ping, member of the Party Committee and deputy general manager of Henan Provincial Institute of Inspection and Testing Group Co., Ltd., introduced that Yujian Group Food Inspection Institute Co., Ltd. is the only provincial inspection and testing institution in Henan Province led by the government, integrating food, grain and oil, salt products and Chinese herbal medicines. The provincial scientific research and innovation platform has a team of experts with strong scientific research strength, high technical level and excellent service ability.
Henan group meal nuggets 100 billion market, homogeneous competition compresses profit margins
At the meeting, Ai Zhaohui, secretary of the Henan Catering and Accommodation Industry Association and chairman of the group catering and central kitchen committee, revealed that the catering revenue of Henan Province is about 340 billion yuan, and the revenue of group meals can reach 130 billion yuan, of which the revenue of ingredients is about 70 billion yuan.
Zhang Xinzhe, deputy general manager of Dahe Express Co., Ltd. and chairman of Henan Dahe Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., quoted the data of the "2022-2027 China Fresh E-commerce Industry Demand Forecast and Development Trend Prospect Report" released by the China Commercial Industry Research Institute in the "Dahe U Vegetable Network 2024 Development Report", saying that from 2016 to 2023, the scale of China's institutional catering market will grow steadily and rapidly, surging from 900 billion yuan to 2.1 trillion yuan. It is estimated that the sales of group meals will reach 2.3 trillion yuan in 2024, of which raw materials will account for about 44%, with an amount of about 1 trillion yuan.
Zhang Xinzhe believes that the fresh food distribution industry is a rigid demand industry, with a large enough market capacity and enough room for development. However, at present, there are still problems in the industry, such as low threshold, small scale, and serious homogeneous competition.
"There are 5,200 food distribution related enterprises registered in Zhengzhou, most of which are small and micro enterprises, and the homogeneous competition is very serious, which has lowered the profitability of the industry and made the entire industry at the middle and low end of the industrial chain. If we want to break the predicament and make new achievements, we also need supply chain enterprises to link up and down and work together to help the supply chain become a 'win-win chain'. Zhang Xinzhe said. (Lee Dong-bo)