That's a mighty fine product, Emearg. Healthy and delicious AND with all the goodness of a cup of NZ milk AND with the goodness of Blis.
I sure wish I knew what they know in Blis headquarters. Yes, there is no knowing what the Chinese are going to do. Here's a Southland business that has had no feedback on exactly that for three months and so laid off workers as there is still no visible time line.http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/1018...na-rule-change
But what Blis know, and I sure wish I knew, is what they will do if they hear nothing in say another month or another two months. There's the product, it looks hugely sellable. But is it stuck waiting for Chinese factory approval, or can they roll it out anyway elsewhere? In which case, are they actually rolling it out anyway? Is this the product that is going into China and Europe and the Middle East? Or is there another?
If I thought a food product of this quality would be for sale this year regardless of whether we hear back from China, I'd be feeling pretty upbeat about where things are going. (Naturally that assumes this product sells at a profit, which wasn't the case for the ice cream. But we (or I) assume they aren't going down that road again now. And presumably a joint venture involves the other party taking on some of the risk?) The catch with that idea is that the last report said, "provided outstanding market access issues are resolved", which doesn't suggest they are ready to roll much presently otherwise?
I sure wish I knew what they know in Blis headquarters. We "know" one possible outcome, but we know nothing of the other possible outcomes. They surely have ideas on that.