BRIEF: Auntea Jenny’s profit jumps 52% as store expansion accelerates
Bubble tea chain operator Auntea Jenny (Shanghai) Industrial Co. Ltd. (2589.HK) announced on Tuesday its revenue rose 36% year-on-year in 2025 to 4.47 billion yuan ($649 million), while its net…
China’s franchising boom cooks up new giants, leaves mid-tier Western chains behind
"Geopolitics and the aftermath of Covid provided conditions for Chinese consumers to start favoring domestic brands, to the detriment of Western brands that were not sufficiently or strongly established in…
Auntea Jenny survives at periphery of China bubble tea market. Drink with caution
After a difficult period of revenue contraction in 2024, the mid-tier premium tea seller returned to strong profit growth last year Key Takeaways: Auntea Jenny said it expects to report…
Mixue dips toe into beer market with first major post-IPO purchase
The leading milk tea chain will pay $40 million for 51% of Fulujia, one of the country’s leading operators of stores selling beer-based drinks Key Takeaways: Mixue will pay 285.6…
Despite stellar results, Mixue gets investor cold shoulder as delivery wars wind down
Analysts are calling the leading bubble tea chain’s revenue and profit gains unsustainable as its takeout delivery partners pledge to cut back on discounts and vouchers Key Takeaways: Mixue’s shares…
NEWS WRAP: Chagee posts double-digit growth, as global expansion advances
The premium tea chain’s revenue rose 10.5% in the second quarter, as it entered the U.S. with its first store in Los Angeles https://youtu.be/4XDOwHwZ-cI By Doug Young Premium tea…
Zeekr’s buyout stalls, and Chagee’s returns cool
A group of early investors in NEV maker Zeekr have protested a recent privatization bid for the company, saying it's too low. Will the buyer heed their complaints and raise its offer? And Chagee's maiden quarterly results show its revenue grew at just half the rate of its new store openings. What's behind the evaporting returns?
