Chocolates have traditionally flopped through the summer, but Cadbury is working on changing that

At the time of going to print, Mondelez’s flagship Cadbury Dairy Milk was pulling out all the stops for friendship day with new launches and limited edition flavours. However the chocolate brand’s summer strategy may give it a consistent burst of revenue even in months traditionally considered lacklustre for the category…READ MORE

E-grocer BigBasket starts selling to kiranas, hotels

Online grocer BigBasket has entered the business to business (B2B) space and has started selling its products to kirana stores, hotels and restaurants. The company presently has 1,000 kirana stores on board, apart from various hotels and restaurants across the country…READ MORE

Tea Lounge to bolster Wagh Bakri brand equity

The Gujarat Tea Processors & Packers Ltd, the maker of Wagh Bakri tea, has been brewing its tea lounge business for nearly a decade now. Began as the concept of Wagh Bakri Tea Lounge in 2007, the packet tea giant’s brand positioning is focused on these urban tea outlets. With the first one unveiled at Vile Parle, Mumbai, on the request of the Gujarati community there, the group has set up nine such lounges in prime locations of New Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa. All the lounges are managed by the hospitality company Sodexo…READ MORE

Meat delivery company EasyMeat owns ‘Nonveggies’ now

Pune-based meat delivery startup EasyMeat.in is in the process of acquiring meat delivery player Nonveggies in an undisclosed all cash deal…READ MORE

Consumer groups press Yum’s KFC to tighten antibiotic rules

Consumer groups on Wednesday will deliver a petition from more than 350,000 people to the KFC fried chicken chain, calling on the Yum Brands Inc unit to stop the routine use of antibiotics by the companies that supply its poultry…READ MORE

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Britannia focuses on distribution centres, new products to counter weak demand

Britannia is increasing its distribution centres across the country and working on newer products to offset a sluggish demand in the consumer sector which it believes will continue for the rest of the year…READ MORE

Patanjali is again the sole bidder for Mihan food park

For the third time Patanjali Ayurved, headed by Ramdev Baba, emerged as the sole bidder for setting up a 250 acre food park in Mihan complex. After earlier tenders were cancelled as minimum participation was not achieved, now Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC), may take a call on accepting the bid submitted by Patanjali…READ MORE

Herbal toothpaste robs MNCs’ shine

In a development that may prove India’s growing penchant for herbal and ayurvedic products, homegrown companies such as Dabur and Patanjali have robbed market share from top MNCs such as Colgate and Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in the toothpaste category…READ MORE

Contribution of food service industry will be 2.1pc of GDP by 2021: Report

Indian restaurant industry is poised to achieve a milestone by sharing more than two per cent of Indian GDP in the next five years, according to a sector report on food service industry released here by National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI)…READ MORE