UR Great is a Greek company specialised in the production and sales of healthy and natural Mediterranean food products. The founder and owner Mikis Pollalis wants his brand to relay the image of a traveler bringing healthy Mediterranean food back from his holiday.
As many others, UR Great took notice of the huge potential the Chinese market offers. They decided to make entering this market their strategic priority and began researching on this topic. At this time, Mikis attended an EU SME Centre presentation in Athens. He learned there that good preparation is paramount to success in China, thus he started to gather information on the food and beverage market. After researching Chinese tastes, he prepared his team back at home ready to adapt the marketing strategy, especially the products, to suit the Chinese market.
The EU SME Centre was able to offer different types of help at different stages. The presentation by one of the Centre experts was an eye-opener for the founder of UR Great, since it showed that many different aspects needed to be considered when entering the Chinese market and that preparation was a prerequisite for sustainable success. Mikis says the take-home message from this event was “a company should be ready to enter China and a lot of preparations are required”.
He continues to use the free services of the Centre and rates them highly. The webinars provided him with reliable and relevant information he immediately incorporated in his strategy and action plan. As a final step, the CEO of UR Great approached the Business Development experts via the Ask-the-Expert feature on the EU SME Centre website. Upon their request, they received a list of potential food importers.
