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Sourcing around 2,000 products, across 14 countries, spread through more than 100 cities, necessitates a whole lot of "working together" … FOR SURE! This is the reason why SINODIS has committed to this value as the backbone of its over-all operations and dedication towards higher service levels to satisfy all types of stakeholders. This edition of the newsletter will show glimpses and sparkles of this, how we live it every day, how we breathe it in every conversation we engage in. Enjoy!

Open House Day in Beijing Warehouse - June 22, 2011 SINODIS Beijing organized its first Open House Day to give the opportunity to all interested customers to have a closer look at Sinodis' resourceful warehouse management. Guests from both the Food Service and the Retail channels joined a guided tour of the warehouse to get a better understanding of the overall, professional, inventory management of the organization, and discovered "live" the full assortment of our arsenal. This is a great new way for chefs and purchasers to go shopping, after getting bored with all the designer boutiques at Wangfujing! Carry on! more

500 New Store Listings Across China! Upon review of the 1st semester of 2011, SINODIS has just realized the hard work and the cooperation between our Headquarters and various appointed SINODIS sub-distributors in the country. By covering some 35 cities and supported by more than 80 sub-distributors, key weighted accounts' incremental distribution numbering to the 500's have been achieved strategically. We are now majorly present in Chengdu's Ito Yokado, Shijiazhuang's Bao Long Cang Hypermarket, Dalian's MyKAL Department Store, and Zhongshan's Yi Hua Department Store... more

Growing the Business Together - Hand in Hand A magical transformation occurred with the SINODIS Retail team during this past 1st semester, as dramatic improvements towards an organizational structure built with a Key Accounts approach, complemented with a strong Field Sales team, and further beefed up by our Trade Marketing team, was established. The clear and positive manifestation of this initiative is the more than 30% growth of SINODIS' Grocery business in total Retail... more

PRESIDENT UHT Milk becomes LACTEL UHT Milk Lactalis, with its recently approved purchase of Parmalat, has become the world's biggest dairy company, with a turnover of over Euros15 billion, and 52,000 employees, globally. Its strength obviously lies in its dairy expertise of Cream, Butter, Cheese and Milk. The President brand has been at the forefront of this charge and development and will now focus on its core processed dairy range... more

Dodoni Greek Yoghurt DODONI yogurt is made only from fresh, pasteurized milk, strictly selected for its quality without the use of preservatives, and with the sole additive of yogurt culture according to the traditional way that only DODONI knows. It is a pleasant, refreshing and healthy dairy product, very common in the Balkans and known to the ancient Greeks. Many people actually believe that yogurts give longevity... more

Bahlsen - We Sweeten Your Life! New snack range biscuits arriving! BAHLSEN, the German premium biscuit brand since 1889, now brings two new snack products to China! These come in small bags but packed with big punches and surprises! Leibniz ZOO Country: fluffy sheep, moo-moo cow, plump piggy…… what are these? They are the Leibniz ZOO country biscuit characters... more

Wai Lana Yogi Chips Wai Lana yogi chips, a delicious salty and healthy snack that you can enjoy without moderation! This all-natural snack is free from GMO's, trans fats, cholesterol, artificial flavors, preservatives plus, it is made with 40% less fat than your regular brand of potato chips! more

Luxury Swiss Night - EMMI sponsor Famous for its superbly crafted watches and luxury goods, for its spectacular mountains and lakes and its glamorous palace hotels, Switzerland is bringing its unmistakable style to the premiere Chinese luxury travel market again. On the 11th of June, Switzerland Tourism and CHUANGYILIFE.COM, co-held the "Luxury Swiss Night" evening party in a restored and historically-preserved compound, the Shanghai Forest Manor. 150 socialites, celebrities, entrepreneurs, and artists were invited to attend... more

La Fete Nationale 2011 @ Beijing & Shanghai On the 14th of July, the French Ambassador invited around 700 VIP guests in his residence in Beijing, while around 600 more VIP guests were in the Shanghai Consul's residence, to celebrate the French National Day. Being a strong supporter of the French community in China, during this event, SINODIS was well represented thanks to its traditional cheese platter and delicacies that were specially shipped for this occasion. Both Chinese and French guests enjoyed the best of French cheeses supplied by our partners, President, Bongrain and Fromi... more

DGF Pastry Demonstration by MOF Bruno Pastorelli On July 8th, SINODIS and DGF hosted an afternoon pastry demonstration by MOF Bruno Pastorelli at Maison Pourcel Restaurant. Pastry chefs and R&D Managers from 37 top hotels, restaurants, and bakery concepts attended this event. Chef Pastorelli prepared two days for the event, with support from Sinodis Pastry Technical Consultant Jay Song and the Maison Pourcel team led by Chef Christophe Agranat... more

VALRHONA Chef in BEIJING Kitchens In Bejing this month, Valrhona Chef Lou Campagna led five days of "flash" demonstrations at the capital’s leading hotels and restaurants. Pastry chefs and staff from Peninsula, China World Summit, Kerry Center, Westin, Raffles, Park Hyatt, Opposite House, Simplot, Ebee Cake, and JE Point learned new ways to use P125, Valrhona's high-concentrate chocolate. They also created shiny chocolate lollipops by filling Valrhona's hollow chocolate balls with the popular caramel-flavored milk chocolate Caramelia ganache, finished with Absolu Cristal glaze... more

LA ROSE NOIRE @ 20 Celebrating in Style This year, 2011, commemorates our partner, La Rose Noire's, 20th anniversary - 2 decades of passion. A joyful evening with friends and colleagues was shared in their 20th Anniversary Party held at Disneyland Hong Kong on 13 May 2011. Distributors from around the world joined in this memorable event. Gerard's latest cookbook titled "Crafted Passion." was also launched in that evening... more

Timtam Special Offer for AustCham Shanghai Membersi Want to share a piece of Timtam this Christmas? SINODIS is offering all AustCham Shanghai members the special discount to pre-order: - 5% discount if ordering 5 cases or 10% discount if ordering 10 cases. By August 31 for deliveries by November 30 By September 15 for deliveries by December 15 ... more

Gres du Maquis des Cremiers This soft cheese with a washed rind is ripened in Alsatian Vineyards. It is covered with a mixture of herbs de Provence, fennel, oregano, basil and juniper berries. The aromas of the mixture of herbs permeate the cheese all the way to the centre and deliciously season its body. The coating of herbs also creates a sort of rind with a special texture which forms an interesting contrast with the smoothness of the cheese's body... more

Snowing Almond Candies Ingredients: 50g HARIBO chamallows coco balls, 30g Butter, 4 spoons SEEBERGER almond smoked-flavored roasted (about 50 pcs), 1 spoon Raisins Preparation: 1. Put chamallows coco balls and butter into a small heat-resistant bowl. Put the bowl into a pot with water. Heat it, melt butter... more

From Good 'Ole Days to Good Challenges and Good People (Steven Sun - Food Service National Wholesale Manager) It has been 10 years that I am working with Sinodis, 1 full decade in food! I used to take care of all different kinds of clients: hotels, restaurants, catering, pastry & bakery … and since 2010, I have taken over the national food service wholesalers business. I like this new challenge! Countless days on the road to grow the business in each city also means that you are all the time in this great mix of all the different Chinese regions, dialects and cultures…. and foods!! ... more

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch … say what? Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch looks like a misspelled word right? Wrong. This is actually "a large village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait next to the Britannia Bridge and across the strait from Bangor. The village is best known for its name, the longest place name in Europe and one of the longest place names in the world (Wikipedia)". So why are we featuring this? Well, not as difficult to pronounce but just as fun are cities where SINODIS' imported products are manufactured... more

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