Nadine Freischlad

Staff Writer • SEA Edition

Nadine is based in Jakarta. She likes stories that capture the impact of digital transformation in Indonesia, with a special fondness for "clicks and bricks" businesses and platform economics. Previous stints with Tech In Asia, KrASIA, bylines in VICE, SCMP, CNN.

18 Articles published

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Kopi Kenangan wants to walk in Luckin’s path, not in its shoes

Thanks Jeffrey. I don't have insight on Fore Coffee. Starbucks Indonesia (PT Sari Coffee Indonesia) is part of PT Map Boga Adiperkasa (a business unit of the MAP conglomerate). Map Boga Adiperkasa's financial reports don't break out rveneue for the individual F&B brands under this umbrella. The total revenue was about IDR 3 Trillion (~USD 210 million) in 2019. Starbucks is the biggest and oldest brand and likely the cash cow. But Map Boga Adiperkasa also includes a bakery chain, a ice cream chain, a pizza chain, a sushi chain and whatnot.

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Stories by Nadine Freischlad

07 Jul, 20

Google fires first volley in Indonesia’s cloud wars

Nadine Freischlad

01 Jul, 20

Indonesia’s import shyness is Malaysia’s gain in SE Asia’s e-commerce race

Nadine Freischlad

25 Jun, 20

Indonesia’s US$1.4 billion plan to put vocational training on digital rails

Nadine Freischlad

08 Jun, 20

Kopi Kenangan wants to walk in Luckin’s path, not in its shoes

Nadine Freischlad

04 Jun, 20

Facebook, PayPal’s payments play a super app-ortunity for Gojek

Jon Russell, Nadine Freischlad

27 May, 20

Akulaku in limbo, Indonesian consumer loan players need a system reboot

Nadine Freischlad

13 May, 20

Sayurbox, Tanihub offer fix for Indonesia’s flawed food supply

Nadine Freischlad

30 Apr, 20

A make-or-break moment for startup-government lockdown ties

Nadine Freischlad, Jum Balea

15 Apr, 20

A hasty rapid test sealant for Indonesia’s Covid testing leak

Nadine Freischlad

09 Apr, 20

GoPlay’s descent from Netflix-beater to tragicomedy

Nadine Freischlad

02 Apr, 20

Covid-19 pressure cooks Indonesia’s foodtech and cloud kitchens

Nadine Freischlad

31 Mar, 20

10-year itch: Tokopedia bets on digital payments to take on Shopee

Nadine Freischlad

26 Mar, 20

Data points probe Southeast Asia’s app addiction

Nadine Freischlad, Jum Balea, Prajakta Patil

19 Mar, 20

Earning gig bucks: The Gojek-ification of Indonesia’s workforce

Nadine Freischlad

02 Mar, 20

Default, fraud turn Indonesia’s digital lenders into unlikely collaborators

Nadine Freischlad

07 Jan, 20

Hungry for Southeast Asia, Foodpanda to eat into Grab and Gojek’s share

Nadine Freischlad

25 Nov, 19

It’s AirAsia versus everyone in Indonesia’s aviation dogfight

Nadine Freischlad

06 Nov, 19

Up for Grab? Gojek after Nadiem Makarim

Nadine Freischlad, Jon Russell