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Dangdang Founder Accuses Luckin Coffee of Monopolizing Ethiopian Coffee Beans

Dangdang Founder Accuses Luckin Coffee of Monopolizing Ethiopian Coffee Beans

Jan 12, 2022
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Recently, Li Guoqing, founder of Chinese e-commerce platform Dangdang, released a video questioning Luckin Coffee’s purchase of nearly half of the available Hambella coffee beans, suggesting that the transaction may constitute a hidden monopoly in the upstream supply chain.

Li believes that it is good enough to use mix coffee beans for a coffee chain, an…

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