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Lite Bite to invest Rs 30 crore on expansion

October 3, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Lite Bite to invest Rs 30 crore on expansion | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Multi-cuisine restaurant chain Lite Bite Foods has said it will invest Rs 30 crore to expand operations of its Punjab Grill brand in India and overseas. As part of the expansion plans, the firm is launching a new format of Punjab Grill aimed at younger consumers looking for ‘healthier foods and smaller portion sizes’, company chairman Amit Burman said…READ MORE

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Food trucks that match top hygiene levels find their biggest fans in India Inc bosses

October 3, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Food trucks that match top hygiene levels find their biggest fans in India Inc bosses | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Zomato may be the biggest restaurant search app in India, but its CEO doesn’t always need to swipe through when he steps out for lunch. He just goes downstairs and joins a bunch of top executives from Apple, Facebook, GSK and Vistara for a quick meal or snack at one of the food trucks parked near their office building in Gurgaon…READ MORE

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Roadside eatery owners declare Rs 50 crore under black money scheme in Mumbai

October 3, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Roadside eatery owners declare Rs 50 crore under black money scheme in Mumbai | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Owners of roadside eateries in and around Mumbai have declared about Rs 50 crore in cash and properties under the Government’s Income Declaration Scheme (IDS), a development that comes about a week after the Income Tax Department conducted raids on such premises across the country…READ MORE

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Amul Dairy opens mall, restaurant

October 3, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Amul Dairy opens mall, restaurant | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

Milk city Anand is now home to Amul’s first mall and foodland. The Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited popularly known as Amul Dairy has set up Amul Green, a mall and Amul Foodland, a restaurant, outside its dairy premises in Anand…READ MORE

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We want to be available at all prices: Manu Anand, Mondelez International

October 3, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on We want to be available at all prices: Manu Anand, Mondelez International | FOOD & GROCERY | , ,

Mondelez International continues to make investments and launch products even as global chocolate consumption is coming down and consumers are looking for healthier alternatives…READ MORE

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Your eating habits too are keeping pulse prices high

October 3, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Your eating habits too are keeping pulse prices high | FOOD & GROCERY |

Why have pulses become so expensive over the past two years? The easy answer is scarcity. Two consecutive dry years hit production in India and eroded stocks while bad weather in the other major producers–Canada, Australia, Africa and Myanmar–reduced room for imports in 2015-16…READ MORE

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Future Group to add 6 more stores to Central brand

September 30, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Future Group to add 6 more stores to Central brand | FOOD & GROCERY | , ,

Future Group would add six more larger format stores under its Central brand by the end of this year taking its total count to 40…READ MORE

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Coca-Cola University to train 3.5 lakh people in retail and food

September 30, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Coca-Cola University to train 3.5 lakh people in retail and food | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Coca-Cola University (CCU), which runs skill training programs for traditional trade (kirana store) retailers, plans to train 350,000 people by December 2017 in grocery…READ MORE

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Burger Singh offers discount to celebrate surgical strike

September 30, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Burger Singh offers discount to celebrate surgical strike | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Quick service restaurant Burger Singh on Thursday took marketing to a whole new level, as it sent mass messages to customers offering a 20% discount on all orders to celebrate the surgical strike by Indian defence forces on terrorists in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir…READ MORE

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Anheuser-Busch to pay $6 million for settling India bribery charges

September 30, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Anheuser-Busch to pay $6 million for settling India bribery charges | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

Leading brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev will pay USD 6 million to the American authorities for settling charges of making “improper payments” to government officials in India to push sales and production…READ MORE

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