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The Calmer Co.
Our vision to become the dominant
kava company in the world.
A company with an unrivalled supply chain spanning the Fiji islands and
offering great opportunity to thousands of Fijian kava farmers across
multiple provinces. Then delivering fresh green noble kava to a modern
and well equipped manufacturing facility in Navua which produces
leading kava products to be exported to the world.
In FY24 we made significant steps toward this vision. Establishing a
leading position with online sales to the US market via Amazon and
recording exceptional sales growth in Australia.
DIRECTORS
COMPANY SECRETARY
SHARE REGISTRY
James Dack (Non-Executive Chairman) –
appointed 29 September 2022
Natalie Climo
96 Victoria Street
West End QLD 4101
Automic Share Registry
Level 2, 267 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
1300 288 664 (Local)
+61 2 9698 5414 (International)
CONTACT INFORMATION
BANKER
Zane Yoshida (Non-Executive Director) –
appointed 20 December 2018
Anthony Noble (Managing Director) –
appointed on 20 December 2021
James Tonkin (Non-Executive Director) –
appointed 30 January 2023
Griffon Emose (Non-Executive Director) –
appointed 30 January 2023
REGISTERED OFFICE
Tel: +61 7 3844 1010
AUDITORS
Hall Chadwick QLD
Level 4, 240 Queen Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
GPO Box 389
Brisbane QLD 4001
ANZ
94 Robinson Road East
Virginia QLD 4014
PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS
96 Victoria Street
West End QLD 4101
POSTAL ADDRESS
96 Victoria Street
West End QLD 4101
Table of Contents
Directors’ Report
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Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and
Other Comprehensive Income
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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
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Consolidated Statement of Changes In Equity
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
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Directors’ Declaration
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Independent Auditor’s Report
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Corporate Governance Statement
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Additional Information for Listed Public Companies
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Message from
the Founder,
Zane Yoshida
“As we conclude FY2024
I’m filled with a deep
sense of gratitude
and excitement for
the journey we’ve
embarked on together.”
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Dear Calmer Co Shareholders,
This past year has been transformative for our
company, and industry on several fronts. We
continue to see strong interest and adoption of
noble kava in markets in which we operate at a time
when Pacific Island governments have just recently
come together to launch the Regional Kava
Development Strategy (RKDS) which will focus on a
more resilient, inclusive and sustainable kava
industry for the benefit of our communities and
future generations. This supports our vision and
mission and our commitment to bringing calm and
balance to the lives of people around the world.
OUR EVOLUTION AND VISION
Our roots in FijiKava gave us a strong foundation in the natural
wellness space, grounded in the rich traditions of the Pacific
Islands. Kava, with its calming properties, has always been at the
heart of our mission to promote natural well-being. However,
as we’ve grown, so too has our vision. Today, as The Calmer
Co International, we’re broadening our focus to encompass a
wider range of kava formats that cater to the global demand for
wellness products that are both effective and ethically sourced.
This evolution is more than just a name change. It represents
our commitment to expanding our product portfolio, entering
new markets, and innovating in ways that stay true to our core
values. We remain deeply committed to the principles that
guided us as FijiKava, sustainability, respect for nature, and a
dedication to improving the quality of life for our customers.
A YEAR OF GROWTH AND INNOVATION
2024 has been a year of significant growth for The Calmer Co
International. We’ve expanded our reach across international
markets, bringing our unique blend of traditional knowledge
and modern science to a broader audience. Our product lines
have grown to include not only our premium kava products but
also a range of other natural supplements designed to support
mental and physical well-being.
In the coming year, we’ll be launching several new products
that we believe will make a significant impact on the wellness
industry. We’re also focused on expanding our community
engagement, building stronger relationships with our
customers, and advocating for the benefits of natural health
solutions on a global stage.
A HEARTFELT THANK YOU
To our community, our customers, partners, investors, and
team members, thank you. Your support, trust, and belief in
our mission have been the driving force behind our success.
We couldn’t have achieved what we have without you, and I’m
incredibly excited to see where we can go together.
Here’s to a future filled with calm, balance, and continued
growth.
With sincere gratitude, Vinaka Vakalevu!
Zane Yoshida
Founder, The Calmer Co International
Innovation continues to drive us forward. This year, we’ve
invested in new research and development initiatives, exploring
the potential of different extract formats and refining our
existing products to meet the highest standards of quality and
efficacy. Our team has worked tirelessly to ensure that every
product that bears our name is something we can be proud of,
safe, effective, and true to the natural principles we hold dear.
LOOKING AHEAD
As we look ahead, I’m excited about the future of The Calmer
Co. The global wellness market is expanding rapidly, and with it,
the demand for natural, ethically sourced products that deliver
real benefits. We’re committed to staying at the forefront of this
movement, leading with integrity, and continuing to innovate in
ways that serve our customers and our planet.
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Message from
the Chairman
We have been working hard, as a team to turn around the business and build sustainable sales growth this
year, while staying true to the vision and the mission of our founder, to become the most dominant kava
company in the world. The success we have demonstrated in the Australian market this year puts us on the
path to achieving that vision.
Having personally now visited the kava farmers in Fiji and our processing facility in Navua several times
throughout the year, I can see that we are keeping true to our values of always improving the quality of our
products, treating our farming partners and stakeholders with trust and respect and honouring the traditions
of the Pacific.
We are building a strong and cohesive team in Fiji and in Australia, both at the management and the board
level. The strength of our brand and of our teamwork will set us up for continued success in the future.
I am excited and optimistic to see the plans for growing the USA market for our products in the coming years
and would like to thank our shareholders for their continued support.
Mr James Dack OAM
Chairman
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Message from
the CEO
DR ANTHONY NOBLE
FY2023 saw the company make a strategic shift towards highermargin distribution channels for our products and renovate a
more cost-effective supply chain. Taking this forward over the
course of FY2024, we have delivered some concrete results in
those new sales channels. At the heart of this have been an
incredible, diverse team spanning 3 countries.
The company has invested in our people and building an inhouse skills-base to be able to deliver the marketing programs,
operations and management acumen, which have allowed us
to grow a thriving eCommerce business, in Australia and New
Zealand through www.fijikava.com.au. As a small company, with
an engaged Board of Directors, we have been able to respond
to the challenges of pivoting away from a medicinal and
pharmacy-based strategy into a functional beverages company,
that is attracting new customers through social and online
channels. Our team and culture are younger, more dynamic
and more innovative than ever before. It has been my pleasure
to watch this team grow and develop together over the year.
In the Fiji Islands, we have continued to professionalise and
fortify our supply chain during the year, and I am excited to see
Zane and the operations team now preparing to modernise
our processing facility in Navua in Viti Levu to a level that can
support the next horizon of growth. Managing a supply chain
that spans the Pacific Ocean from the USA to Australia is not
without its unique challenges. The team has gone over and
above to keep up with demand and even to build inventory over
the final quarter of the year – supporting the growing demand
that the marketing and sales teams have driven. This has
meant many long days and nights for our staff, a core of whom
relocated their families from Ovalau to Viti Levu, remaining
committed to The Calmer Co journey.
The FDA audited our facility in November 2023, and we learned
a lot from that process. Importantly that we are one of the
only companies in the kava industry operating at the dietary
supplement level of quality assurance. This is a key to our
USA market penetration. Our quality team have undertaken a
process of continuous improvements over the year and I am
confident that our product is the best in the world, and that our
quality standards embody our value of “always improving”.
Danodan® has been reshaped to a focussed sales and
marketing organisation, with the support of manufacturing and
distribution partners in the USA. It was an intense year for the
Danodan management team to deliver those big changes; they
went above and beyond to get it done.
We have had to make several hard decisions this year as we
relentlessly simplify our business model, product offering
and routes to market. Our Board of Directors have all leaned
in across their various areas of expertise to ensure those
decisions were executed. The result is that we have a business
that is well on its way to scale in high margin sales channels.
Our mission for FY2025 is to deliver that scale and the key to
this will be to grow our USA business alongside our Australian
and Fijian businesses. I remain confident that we have the team,
the culture and the commitment to purpose to deliver on that
mission.
We would not be in such an optimistic position now, without the
support of our long-term shareholders, who have supported
our transformation vision through continued investment and
belief in our products and the team.
Thank you one and all,
Dr Anthony Noble
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
The Calmer Co. International Limited
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Company
Overview
Corporate Snapshot
FY24 FINANCIAL RESULTS OVERVIEW
REVENUES
$4.3m
+139%
vs FY23
ASX OVERVIEW
CCO.ASX
EBITDA
($3.5)m
+35%
vs FY23
ASX TICKER CODE
1,515m
SHARES ON ISSUE 30 JUNE 2024
.08c
SHARE PRICE 30 JUNE 2024
DAILY
ECOMMERCE
SALES JUNE24
>$18,500
+518%
vs June23
GROSS PROFIT
$2.1m
+279%
vs FY23
FY24 HIGHLIGHTS
EXCEPTIONAL ECOMMERCE SALES
The shape of eCommerce sales have shown exceptional growth month
to month during FY24 & now exceeded $18,500/day at the end of June
24. Driven primarily by eCommerce success in Australia, our
eCommerce marketing process will now be rolled out in the US market.
COLES EXPANDS RANGING BY 40%
Coles have extended ranging of both Fiji Kava and Taki Mai Shots
from 1,563 to 2,183 listings across 799 Coles locations Australia wide.
This greatly extends our national retail footprint and validates a
broader trend of drinking kava for health purposes.
ANNUAL SALES >$4M FY24
Total sales eclipsed $4m with almost half of this revenue ($1.85m)
recognised in Q4, FY24.
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$12.1m
MARKET CAPITALISATION
CASHFLOW SUMMARY
Cash Receipts
$4.0m
+128% vs FY23
Operational Highlights
US MARKET FOCUS
Led by a strong
digital campaign and
ongoing Amazon
sales, our US market
entry is underway.
INVENTORY
FOCUS
$1.5m in OpEx to
improve our stock
levels which now
average 90 days.
MANUFACTURING
EXPANSION
Our processing
capacity in Fiji will
increase by 3x
following current
machinery and
technology upgrades.
NETWORK
NUTRITION
TO INCLUDE
METAGENICS USA
WALMART
PARTNERSHIP
As part of our US plan
we have partnered
with Walmart.com in
Q4 and sales have
commenced.
Metagenics USA now
use Kavaton® as an
active ingredient in its
products.
OVERSUBSCRIBED
RIGHTS ISSUE
REMARKETING
GROWTH
The capital raise of
$2.65m was heavily
oversubscribed.
Funds will be used for
manufacturing facility
expansion and to increase
inventory levels.
We have built our
database to > 50,000
consumers with active
remarketing to repeat
customers.
TAKI MAI SHOTS
NATIONAL
DISTRIBUTION
Following promising
early sales traction,
Coles have expanded
Taki Mai shot ranging
to more stores.
Our products will now
be ranged in 799 Coles
stores, giving us a
national retail footprint
with more SKUs.
FIJI KAVA
Coles will now sell
both 50g and 150g Fiji
Kava drinking kava.
150g pouch is our
most profitable SKU.
TOTAL LISTINGS
Our total product
listings have extended
from 1,563 to 2,183
representing a 40%
expansion in total
listings.
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FY24 E-Commerce Highlights
RESULTS OVERVIEW
TOTAL
ECOMMERCE
REVENUE
OCEANIA
SALES
$1.61m
$3.0m
+302%
$1.39m
+350%
vs FY23
DAILY
E-COMMERCE
SALES IN JUNE 2024
AMERICAS
SALES
vs FY23
>$18,500
/day
+98%
vs FY23
+518%
vs June23
E-COMMERCE HIGHLIGHTS
Finding New Customers
Remarketing to our Database
Q4 Accelerating Sales
With the use of digital marketing we
have been able to find a huge new
market of health conscious consumers
looking to benefit from the therapeutic
value of kava. We have converted
many of these to customers!
Our consumer database has grown
to >50,000 people. During FY24 we
developed remarketing campaigns to
generate repeat purchase from our
loyal customer base.
Total sales eclipsed $4m with almost
half of this revenue ($1.85m)
recognised in Q4, 2024.
FY 24 E-COMMERCE SALES IN FOCUS
eCommerce Sales by Month FY2024
Exponential Shape of Sales
18,000
eCommerce sales experienced exceptional sales growth throughout FY24 that accelerated
in Q4. Led by the Australian market online sales, that grew by >500% over the year.
16,000
Average Basket Value
14,000
Average basket value has also increased over the year to $70
12,000
Meta Platforms
10,000
Driven by digital advertising primarily via Meta platforms and we have grown our
8,000
database to over 50,000 customers.
6,000
Psychographic Segmentation
4,000
Psychographic segments driving this growth are health focussed consumers looking
to replace alcohol with a healthier alternative, followed by consumers looking for a
natural solution to reduce anxiety and aid sleep.
2,000
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Jun
FY24 Geographic Analysis
RESULTS OVERVIEW
TOTAL SALES
AMERICAS
TOTAL SALES
OCEANIA
$2.8m
$1.5m
+627%
+82%
vs FY23
vs FY23
OCEANIA MARKET
AMERICAS MARKET
Dominant kava player
Leveraging our Systems for Growth
The Oceania market generated 65% of total revenues in
FY24. Led primarily by eCommerce and with our head office
and distribution warehouse located in Brisbane.
We have maintained a solid business in the Americas market
with Amazon where Fiji Kava 150g is the best selling instant
kava product.
Following one out-of-stock event, we have improved all of our
processes across stock control, online ordering and digital
and retail distribution.
In FY25 and beyond we plan to take the lessons learnt in
Australia and grow a significant US based business.
We leveraged these systems and processes to scale up in
FY24 and kept up with booming sales growth.
We have launched our own eCommerce store with Shopify,
partnered with Walmart.com and stocked up our warehouse
in preparation for a new marketing push .
Q4 GLOBAL SALES IN FOCUS
Total Global Sales by Month
Global Overview
800,000
Total global sales increased to $1.8m in Q4 with 75% of total
sales being generated in the Oceania market.
700,000
Q4, FY24 sales of $1.8m represents a growth rate of 295% vs
Q4, FY23.
600,000
500,000
Coles retail sales are now a growing line of business in several
SKUs and we expect this to grow with Coles announcing they
will expand our total listings by 40% in July 2024.
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
Apr
May
Jun
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Brand Analysis
Fiji Kava, continues to exhibit strong performance with drinking
powder establishing itself as our flagship product. Our best selling
and most profitable SKU is the 150g drinking kava. It is also the
number 1 instant kava brand sold on Amazon.com in the USA.
Brand Snapshot
PRODUCTS: Drinking kava, teas, capsules
USP: High quality kava brand with blue chip retail partners
Markets: USA, Australia, NZ, Fiji
URL: fijikava.com fijikava.com.au
Taki Mai, is a heritage brand and the expression is synonomous with kava in Fiji.
Taki Mai kava shots were launched in over 750 Coles locations around Australia
in June24 and show good signs of strong early adoption. We are the only
company able to deliver cold pressed kava shots to a large consumer market.
Brand Snapshot
PRODUCTS: Kava shots and drinking kava
USP: Traditional Fijian heritage brand from high quality kava cultivars
Markets: Australia, NZ, Fiji, Pacific Islands
URL: takimai.com
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Danodan is headquartered in Portland and is tapping into new retail
channels in Oregon, California, Washington State and Hawaii. The introduction
this year of a range of innovative topical products further underscores its
strategic evolution
Brand Snapshot
PRODUCTS: Hemp & CBD oils
USP: Organic Full spectrum CBD tinctures and topicals
Markets: USA
URL: danodan.com
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Supply Chain Excellence
Over 10 years and $10m has been invested to build a supply chain
that would takes years to replicate.
Partnership with KaiMing Agricultural Processing in place for
co-processing, new product development and envisages
corporate acquisition.
Partnership with iTaukei Trust Fund Board & Tutu Agricultural
College provides a conduit to 60-70% of kava farmers in Fiji
along with commercial farm off-take agreements across the
Fijian islands.
Facility and supply-chain can support growth of up to 3x.
Digitisation of supply chain with traseable Solutions to be rolled
out in 2024/5
Kava Sourcing Location (Province)
Macuata
Cakaudrove
Bua
Ra
Ba
Lomaiviti
Naitasiri
Serua
Kadavu
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Directors'
Report
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Directors’ Report
The Directors present their report together with the summary of the financial
information of The Calmer Co. International Limited and its Controlled Entities
(the Group or Calmer Co.) for the financial year ended 30 June 2024 and the
auditor’s report thereon.
1. DIRECTORS
Mr James Dack
Non-executive Chairman appointed 20 September 2022
Mr Zane Yoshida
Executive Director appointed 20 December 2018
Mr Anthony Noble
Managing Director appointed 20 December 2021
Mr James Tonkin
Non-executive Director appointed 30 January 2023
Mr Griffon Emose
Non-executive Director appointed 30 January 2023
For additional information on Directors including details of the qualifications of Directors please refer to paragraph 10
of this Directors’ Report.
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2. INFORMATION ON OTHER OFFICERS
Company Secretary
Natalie Climo held the position of Company Secretary for the financial year ended 30 June 2024.
Please refer to paragraph 10.
3. MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS
During the financial year ending 30 June 2024, 7 meetings of Directors (including committees of Directors) were held. Attendances by
each Director during the year are stated in the following table.
DIRECTORS’
MEETINGS
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
DUE DILIGENCE
COMMITTEE
Number
eligible to
attend
Number
Attended
Zane Yoshida
7
7
Dr Anthony Noble
7
7
James Dack
7
7
James Tonkin
7
7
Griffon Emose
7
7
Number
eligible to
attend
Number
Attended
REMUNERATION
COMMITTEE
Number
eligible to
attend
Number
Attended
AUDIT
COMMITTEE
Number
eligible to
attend
Number
Attended
At the date of this report, the Remuneration Committee, Audit Committee
and Nomination Committee comprise the full Board of Directors. The
Directors believe the Company is not currently of a size nor are its affairs
of such complexity as to warrant the establishment of these separate
committees. Accordingly, all matters capable of delegation to such
committees are considered by the full Board of Directors.
4. NATURE OF OPERATIONS
AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The Calmer Co. International Limited is a health and wellness
company with operations in Australia, Fiji, and the USA, which
produces nutraceuticals and functional beverage products to
reduce anxiety, promote relaxation, improve sleep, and support
sports recovery and performance.
The company works with farmers to source high quality kava
and USDA certified organic hemp that is processed into active
pharmaceutical grade extracts for use in nutraceutical products
and for B2B sales as well as beverage products including,
powdered drinking kava, cold pressed kava shots, CBD and kava
tinctures and ready to drink dietary shots.
Our Taki Mai® and FijiKava® brands are focussed on expanding
the distribution of kava throughout global markets to provide a
natural alternative to alcohol and to synthetic sleep and antianxiety prescription medicines. Noble kava extracts are backed
by a significant body of peer reviewed clinical research into the
safe and effective use of kava, and thousands of years of
traditional use in the Pacific Islands. Our Danodan® brand offers
a unique patented range of USDA certified organic tinctures and
topical products which are sold throughout the USA in natural
grocery chains, to B2B partners as white-label products and
online for relaxation, sleep and recovery.
The Company’s products are Therapeutic Goods Administration
(TGA), Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) and
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) compliant and are sold
online and through retailers in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and in
the United States.
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5. REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
The company has focussed on investing in building a supply
chain that can support expansion into new product formats and
to meet growing demand for products in Australia and the USA.
The company has focused on building a scalable and profitable
eCommerce sales channel in Australia through our own website,
www.fijikava.com.au and our Brisbane based distribution and
fulfilment operations. In the USA the company has focussed on
growing our market on Amazon, com and has initiated our own
website for sales of FijiKava® products.
Through our B2B partnership with Network Nutrition we supply
Kavaton® branded kava extract to range of nutraceutical brands
in Australia and the USA.
The company has been carefully building a complementary
retail presence in the Australian market through Coles Australia
for our entry level and best-selling SKUs. In the Fiji market the
company has focussed on building the FijiKava® brand in the
tourist market.
The company has been investing over FY24 into development of
innovative new products that will focus on improving taste and
customer experience to enable competitive launches into new
markets, particularly the USA, that will fuel continued growth.
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Over FY24 the company has continued to focus on controlling
costs and rationalising those projects and distribution
arrangements with high costs and/or low growth to enable
more investment and focus on high growth sales channels
aligned with achieving profitability.
1.
Supply chain development in The Fiji Islands
The company’s supply chain is at the core of our strategy. Our
focus continues to be on building a robust, sustainable supply
chain that is vertically integrated and fully traceable and
transparent.
Building on our relationships with the iTaukei Trust Fund
Board and Tutu Rural Training Centre, the company has now
developed relationships with farmers across ten provinces
which include, Lomaiviti, Namosi, Naitasiri, Serua, Cakaudrove,
Bua, Macuata, Ra, Ba and Kadavu.
The Calmer Co. takes pride in building these relationships
directly with our farmers who range in size from subsistence
to semi-commercial and commercial. There are more farming
cooperatives being established in rural areas with the support
of the Fiji government.
According to the PHAMA Plus program (2016), 4,500 tonnes of
dried kava is produced at farm gate annually. This equates to
22,500 tonnes of fresh green kava per annum. Based on our
current capacity we process 2.3% of this volume on an annual
basis. We estimate that the current number of kava plants in
the ground far exceed estimates provided to the industry in
2016, on which these number have been calculated.
The company expects to complete the installation and
commissioning of its plant and equipment before the end of
Q4, FY25.
The work on the digitisation of our supply chain with Traseable
(sic) Solutions has been completed and gives the Calmer Co. a
strong competitive advantage and allows us to continue to build
trust with our consumers.
Finally, we are looking forward to supporting the Fiji Kava Bill
which once enacted will establish the Fiji Kava Council for the
cultivation, processing, transportation and marketing of kava.
2.
Upgrading Navua Processing Facility
The Calmer Co. through our wholly owned subsidiary, South
Pacific Elixirs Pte Ltd currently processes up to 10 tonnes of
fresh green kava on a weekly basis. To support our continued
growth and expansion into the USA, the company is upgrading
its current facility to be able to process up to 25 tonnes of
green kava per week. We are in the process of installing and
commissioning new equipment which includes, a washing and
high-pressure cleaning line, as well as a semi-automatic powder
milling and blending line, integrated with a high-speed pouch
filling and packing line to support our drinking kava SKUs which
are sold in international markets under the Taki Mai® and
FijiKava® brands. The upgrade also includes a continuous drying
system to further improve drying which is a key element in the
quality of our product formats.
As part of this process and increased electricity consumption,
we are also upgrading our on-site transformer.
3.
eCommerce led strategy in Australia and the USA
Australia
The company invested in revising and updating our Australian
website to optimise SEO over FY23 and began the financial
year with a program of test marketing. We utilised a variety of
personas and product positionings that drew from existing
medical and scientifically validated use cases for our kava
products, including sleep support, anxiety reduction, stress
relief and sports recovery. In addition, the marketing personas
tested also considered the traditional and ceremonial use of
kava as a drink in the Pacific, where kava plays a social role
like alcohol in the Western world, in addition to its spiritual,
ceremonial and cultural importance in those communities.
Our Australia eCommerce business has profitably scaled from
$17,000 in July 2023 to $384,000 in June 2024.
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www.takimai.com) and the investments made in the Amazon
platform will synergise with our increasing direct-to-consumer
advertising in the USA which will ramp up significantly in FY25 in
both paid search and social media channels.
The company has also joined the www.walmart.com platform
with our capsule and drinking kava products being listed on this
site and referring directly to the Shopify website in the USA.
Danodan® eCommerce sales were 74,000 USD over the
financial year, and the company will increase the focus on
eCommerce execution for the Danodan brand in FY25. There
are significant restrictions on the advertising of cannabis
products via social media and paid search platforms used
for our other products, however, x.com advertising for these
products has recently become possible since the change of
ownership of that platform.
United States of America
.
US eCommerce has focussed initially on optimisation and
investment into the company’s two Amazon brand stores,
FijiKava® and Taki Mai®. Development of “A+” content for the
Amazon brand stores has allowed the company to showcase
our products and brand story, which is a prerequisite for
scaling on the platform. Sales have grown on Amazon by 50%
over FY24 with an important increase in “subscribe-and-save”
customers to more than 500 over the year - a key metric.
The company has been actively testing marketing personas and
niche marketing positions for the FijiKava® and Taki Mai®
products in the USA. Initial results indicate that the US market is
more sophisticated than the Australian market and that a more
niche positioning along with improved flavour formulations will
be key success factors for scaling USA eCommerce in FY25.
Furthermore, the US consumer online behaviour strongly
favours a co-operative approach between Amazon.com and our
Shopify powered websites (www.fijikava.com and soon
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4.
Complementary Retail Partnerships in Australia
and Fiji
Coles Australia was the first major retailer to launch drinking
kava products in Australia following the initiation of the
Pilot Commercial Import Program for kava into Australia in
December 2022, with our 50g FijiKava® Instant Kava product.
Over FY24, the company has expanded our offering in Coles by
adding our global best-selling SKU, 150g FijiKava® Instant Kava
and launched the first Ready-to-Drink kava product into the
Australia market, Taki Mai® Kava-shot. Following strong initial
uptake of all three of the Coles’ ranged SKUs in Q4 of FY24, the
listings were expanded by 40% in Q1 FY25, to represent almost
all Coles stores around Australia. The exception being those
stores that were excluded due to Northern Territory regulations
that prohibit the sale of kava in that territory and stores north
of Rockhampton in Queensland and stores north of Perth in
West
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