--- title: "Latest | Uni-President 2019 Interim Results: Net Profit Surges 40%, Both Beverage and Instant Noodle Businesses Grow" description: "Uni-President announced its 2019 interim results, with revenue reaching RMB 11.47 billion, up 2.2% year-on-year, and net profit up 39.6% to RMB 998 million. Gross profit rose 11.7% to RMB 4.195 billion, with gross margin up 3.1 percentage points to 36.6%." author: "New Distribution" publisher: "New Distribution" email: "zhaobo258@gmail.com" telephone: "+8615854817671" published: "2019-08-07" language: "en" canonical: "https://xinjignxiao.com/en/articles/latest-uni-president-2019-interim-results-net-profit-surges-40-both-beve-d34baace/" markdown: "https://xinjignxiao.com/en/articles/latest-uni-president-2019-interim-results-net-profit-surges-40-both-beve-d34baace.md" original_source: "https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/85YyZmMeHIoQ9ryOmHB_xg" translation: "https://xinjignxiao.com/zh/articles/%E6%9C%80%E6%96%B0-%E7%BB%9F%E4%B8%802019%E5%8D%8A%E5%B9%B4%E8%B4%A2%E6%8A%A5%E5%85%AC%E5%B8%83-%E5%87%80%E5%88%A9%E5%A4%A7%E6%B6%A840-%E9%A5%AE%E5%93%81-%E9%9D%A2%E4%B8%9A%E5%8F%8C%E5%8F%8C%E5%A2%9E%E9%95%BF-d34baace.md" attribution: "New Distribution — https://xinjignxiao.com/en/articles/latest-uni-president-2019-interim-results-net-profit-surges-40-both-beve-d34baace/" usage_policy: "https://xinjignxiao.com/ai-policy.txt" --- # Latest | Uni-President 2019 Interim Results: Net Profit Surges 40%, Both Beverage and Instant Noodle Businesses Grow > Uni-President announced its 2019 interim results, with revenue reaching RMB 11.47 billion, up 2.2% year-on-year, and net profit up 39.6% to RMB 998 million. Gross profit rose 11.7% to RMB 4.195 billion, with gross margin up 3.1 percentage points to 36.6%. Click 'Read Original' for details. Just now, Uni-President announced its 2019 interim results. According to the financial report, **revenue for the first half of 2019 was RMB 11.47 billion, up 2.2% year-on-year.** **Net profit increased 39.6% year-on-year to RMB 998 million.** **Gross profit rose 11.7% to RMB 4.195 billion; gross margin increased 3.1 percentage points to 36.6%.** This shows that in the first half of 2019, Uni-President achieved good results, with revenue, net profit, and gross profit all growing. The increase in gross margin was mainly due to lower raw material prices, preferential policies from the Chinese government on tax and fee reductions, and the Group's continued optimization of its product mix. By business segment, both the instant noodle business and beverages performed well. In the first half of 2019, Uni-President's instant noodle business revenue was RMB 4.268 billion, up 2.8% year-on-year. Among them, the premium noodle brand "Tang Daren" achieved double-digit growth in the first half of 2019. As a premium instant noodle priced above RMB 5, besides its appealing taste to young consumers, its growth also benefited from the recovery of China's instant noodle market. To attract more young people and strengthen the emotional connection between the brand and the new generation of consumers, Uni-President employed new-generation actors and held "Yuanqi Music Festivals" in key cities. Meanwhile, the launch of the self-heating rice product "Kai Xiao Zao" addressed the inconvenience of dining out. Combined with e-commerce platform promotions, it expanded the product's influence. In beverages, **beverage business revenue in the first half of 2019 was RMB 6.795 billion, up 0.6% year-on-year.** **Among them, tea beverages achieved revenue of RMB 3.184 billion; juice business revenue was RMB 918 million, up 0.1% year-on-year; milk tea business grew 14.3% year-on-year, continuing to lead the milk tea category.** Notably, through deep integration with sports scenarios, "Hai Zhi Yan" saw revenue return to growth in the first half. Additionally, "Xiao Ming Tong Xue" will continue cross-border collaborations with the British Museum in the second half to create high-value, differentiated products. Meanwhile, Uni-President Iced Black Tea and Uni-President Green Tea will expand brand influence and develop new consumers through anime, e-sports, trendy markets, and the "Million People Green Action Challenge." For example, Uni-President Iced Black Tea partnered with Honor of Kings to launch new packaging featuring "Benming Heroes," and also conducted event marketing with the KPL Honor of Kings Spring Finals. Uni-President Green Tea, adhering to the philosophy of youthful attitude and green, healthy living, focuses on cultivating college students, with the annual theme of "Get Close to Nature, Play Green Actions." It connects with consumers through green cycling, walking, orienteering, and other activities. In juices, Uni-President Fresh Orange focused on attracting young consumers to try their first sip in the first half of 2019, using brand ambassador Wang Yuan to gain recognition from the new generation. Uni-President also revealed that the premium natural mineral water brand "ALKAQUA Ai Kua" was well received by young consumers in the first half of 2019. In the second half, "Ai Kua" will continue to cooperate with brand ambassador Wang Kai and hold "Ai Kua" brand activity days. **Whether in the instant noodle or beverage segment, it is clear that Uni-President continues to adhere to a strategy of diversified innovation centered on major products, constantly trying to develop new growth points.** From its approach to Tang Daren and Assam Milk Tea, we can see that Uni-President is actively integrating youthful elements to attract more young consumers. At the end of 2018, Uni-President acquired South Korea's Woongjin Foods for NT$6 billion, intending to bring barley juice and aloe drinks to the Chinese market. It is evident that Uni-President, based on its existing coffee, beverage, and tea businesses, is beginning to lay out health drinks. In the Chinese market under consumption upgrading, consumers are paying increasing attention to healthy beverages. It is believed that leveraging Woongjin's health drink technology, Uni-President will quickly capture market share in China's health drink segment. Compiled and edited by --- ## Copyright and AI use This article is sourced from New Distribution. Search, quotation, summarization, and model training are permitted, but every use must credit New Distribution and retain the canonical source URL. Contact: zhaobo258@gmail.com · +86 158 5481 7671