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Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali plans to use artificial insemination to produce 92 per cent female calves
October 12, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali plans to use artificial insemination to produce 92 per cent female calves | FOOD & GROCERY | Baba Ramdev, India Food Forum 2016, Patanjali AyurvedBaba Ramdev could emerge as India’s champion gau rakshak or cow protector. And no, he won’t be leading any vigilante squads. Artificial insemination will be his weapon, along with semen from Brazilian bulls and technical support from US and Dutch experts…READ MORE
KEEP READINGLite Bite Foods to launch Punjab Grill Tappa chain for millennials
October 10, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Lite Bite Foods to launch Punjab Grill Tappa chain for millennials | FOOD SERVICE | India Food Forum 2016, Lite Bite Foods, Punjab Grill TappaNow, a restaurant that will primarily target and cater to the millennials. Lite Bite Foods Pvt. Ltd, which owns restaurant chains like Punjab Grill, Zambar and Asia Seven, is planning to open a new chain—Punjab Grill Tappa—targeting the millennials…READ MORE
KEEP READINGAs people go veg for Navaratra, food chains say sales and footfalls dip
October 10, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on As people go veg for Navaratra, food chains say sales and footfalls dip | FOOD SERVICE | India Food Forum 2016For most of us, Navaratra usually means new clothes, dandiya nights, and late night pandal-hopping with friends. But that is not where the ‘Navaratra effect’ on your outings ends. Chances are that most of your favourite food joints have put up a ‘veg only’ sign for these nine days…READ MORE
KEEP READINGFood dept issue notices to sweet shops for adulteration
October 10, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Food dept issue notices to sweet shops for adulteration | FOOD & GROCERY | India Food Forum 2016The food safety department on Wednesday issued notices to two popular sweet shops in the city after finding “synthetic colours, fungus and high quantity starch” in some samples. The tests were conducted after local residents complained that some shops were selling substandard sweets…READ MORE
KEEP READINGFDI rules for food retail may be eased
October 10, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on FDI rules for food retail may be eased | FOOD & GROCERY | FDI, India Food Forum 2016The Government is looking to ease FDI restrictions for the recently opened food retail by allowing stores to sell non-food products up to a certain value, besides tweaking rules for some segments of the real estate sector after a series of liberalisation efforts earlier this year…READ MORE
KEEP READINGFood startups find merit in sprucing up within, not deliveries
October 10, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Food startups find merit in sprucing up within, not deliveries | FOOD SERVICE | IdeaChakki, India Food Forum 2016, Jolly Food Fellow, Petpooja, VoolsyFoodtech startups are finding out that there is more business within eateries than in providing delivery outside. Companies such as Voolsy , Petpooja, Jolly Food Fellow and IdeaChakki are focusing on engaging customers with the restaurants and increasing their efficacy…READ MORE
KEEP READINGSIAL: Innovatively contributing to global food offering
October 7, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on SIAL: Innovatively contributing to global food offering | FOOD SERVICE | India Food Forum 2016, SIALThe world’s largest food innovation exhibition, SIAL is to present its innovation prizes to those introducing novelty items to the food processing industry. About 2,188 products by 942 companies will be in contention for the awards which will be held from October 16-20 at the SIAL innovative observatory in Paris…READ MORE
KEEP READINGSouthern chain A2B tests PE appetite
October 7, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Southern chain A2B tests PE appetite | FOOD SERVICE | A2B, India Food Forum 2016The largest deal-making in Indian restaurants industry is possibly under way with southern chain Adyar Ananda Bhavan, also known as (A2B), entering into discussions with private equity investors KKR, Samara Capital and Carlyle Group for a controlling share sale…READ MORE
KEEP READINGKFC system sales up 13pc; Pizza Hut system sales up 6pc for July-Sep quarter
October 7, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on KFC system sales up 13pc; Pizza Hut system sales up 6pc for July-Sep quarter | FOOD SERVICE | Devyani International, India Food Forum 2016, KFC, Pizza Hut, Sapphire FoodsUS restaurant chain Yum Brands – promoted KFC and Pizza Hut have announced system sales increases of 6 per cent and 13 per cent year-on-year respectively for the July-September ’16 quarter, as the consolidation of its business with franchisees Devyani International and Sapphire Foods has started to pay off…READ MORE
KEEP READINGHigh on festive spirit, nightclubs & pubs slash food-booze prices
October 7, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on High on festive spirit, nightclubs & pubs slash food-booze prices | FOOD SERVICE | India Food Forum 2016If Kolkatans are already high on the news that not a single day during the Puja is going to be dry day , their spirit is set to soar higher with the information that clubs and pubs in the city have slashed the prices of food as well as alcohol…READ MORE
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