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Pocket-friendly hyperlocal bar chain expands in Delhi

July 28, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Pocket-friendly hyperlocal bar chain expands in Delhi | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Indospirit Group, an importer, distributor and manufacturer of beverages in North India, on Wednesday launched a pocket-friendly BarShala hyperlocal bar chain…READ MORE

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McDonald’s, U.S. restaurants losing food fight with grocers

July 28, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on McDonald’s, U.S. restaurants losing food fight with grocers | FOOD SERVICE | ,

McDonald’s Corp said the U.S. restaurant industry will raise prices far more than supermarkets this year, sending a chill through a sector that is searching for ways to protect itself from higher worker wages…READ MORE

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Grofers clocks Rs 24 lakh loss per day; CEO Dhindsa says worst is over

July 28, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Grofers clocks Rs 24 lakh loss per day; CEO Dhindsa says worst is over | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

Online grocer and delivery player Grofers is clocking losses of R24 lakh per day, according to the firm’s CEO Albinder Dhindsa, report Anushree Bhattacharyya and Hita Gupta in New Delhi. Dhindsa told FE the business is reporting revenues of Rs 16 lakh a day…READ MORE

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Cookie crumbles: No Parle in Vile Parle

July 28, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Cookie crumbles: No Parle in Vile Parle | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

The ubiquitous Parle-G biscuits, the largest selling biscuit brand in the world, aren’t being rolled out from the Vile Parle plant following the decision by the owners -the Vijay Chauhan family -to shutter the unit after nearly 90 years…READ MORE

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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo to launch more fizzy fruit drinks

July 28, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Coca-Cola, PepsiCo to launch more fizzy fruit drinks | FOOD & GROCERY | , ,

Coca-Cola India will launch a few more non-cola aerated beverages with fruit juices next year if the country’s food regulator, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), finalizes guidelines for the category, said Venkatesh Kini, president, Coca-Cola (India and south-west Asia)…READ MORE

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Real, Slice push fizzy drinks Coca-Cola and Pepsi out of top 5 beverage brands in modern trade

July 28, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Real, Slice push fizzy drinks Coca-Cola and Pepsi out of top 5 beverage brands in modern trade | FOOD & GROCERY |

Juices and juice drinks such as Real, Slice and Tropicana have for the first time pushed fizzy drinks Coca-Cola and Pepsi out of the top five highest sold beverages across modern retail chains in the first half of 2016, three industry officials said quoting Nielsen data…READ MORE

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Grocery retailers compete with foodservice sector to grab US snackers, says Mintel report

July 27, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Grocery retailers compete with foodservice sector to grab US snackers, says Mintel report | FOOD SERVICE | ,

According to data by Mintel, 41% of surveyed consumers agreed that “packaged snacks from grocery stores are better than items from snack shops,” which means CPG retailers are stiff competition for the foodservice industry when it comes to satiating American’s craving to snack…READ MORE

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Tea retail chain startup Chai Point is set to introduce IoT-enabled tea dispensing machines

July 27, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Tea retail chain startup Chai Point is set to introduce IoT-enabled tea dispensing machines | FOOD SERVICE | , ,

Tea retail chain startup Chai Point is set to introduce IoT-enabled tea dispensing machines to corporate offices as the next step towards serving its product to office employees. The company already has about 1000 semi-automatic dispensers across 100 companies, and the new product, called boxC, is expected to bring 100 more corporate customers for the company by the end of the year, said co-founder and CEO Amuleek Singh Bijral…READ MORE

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Emami Agrotech Ltd to invest Rs 300 crore in its edible oil factory in Haldia

July 27, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Emami Agrotech Ltd to invest Rs 300 crore in its edible oil factory in Haldia | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Emami Agrotech Limited, part of the Emami group, is investing Rs 300 crore to expand the refining capacity of its edible oil facility in Haldia…READ MORE

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Starbucks shuffles management as it rolls out new store concepts

July 27, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Starbucks shuffles management as it rolls out new store concepts | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Corp on Monday said it was tweaking its management structure as part of a long-range growth strategy that includes opening new retail concepts, including upscale coffee shops and bakery outlets…READ MORE

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