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Big Bazaar Direct is changing its business model

August 31, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Big Bazaar Direct is changing its business model | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

The country’s second largest retail conglomerate, Future Group has said, they are thinking of a better business model for Big Bazaar Direct and hence called off the present existing model for Big Bazaar Direct. A Future Group company official aware of this development said…READ MORE

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Future Retail posts Q1 net profit of Rs 70 crores

August 31, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Future Retail posts Q1 net profit of Rs 70 crores | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

Future Retail posted a net profit of Rs 70 crores for the quarter ended June compared to a loss of Rs 87 crore during the same period last year…READ MORE

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HyFun Foods forays into RTC potato variants

August 31, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on HyFun Foods forays into RTC potato variants | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

Gujarat-based HyFun Foods has inaugurated its greenfield facility to manufacture RTC potato variants in Mehnsana, Gujarat. This is the second facility of frozen RTC potato variants in the region after McCain Foods India Ltd…READ MORE

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Runnr chases firms for a bigger slice of the delivery pie

August 30, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Runnr chases firms for a bigger slice of the delivery pie | FOOD SERVICE | , , ,

Runnr, the product of a merger between Roadrunnr and TinyOwl, and the latest entrant in the online food-ordering space, said it is tapping corporate employees across cities in a bid to maintain consistent daily order volume, margins and unit economics. Runnr’s pilot, which runs across 40 offices in select areas of Bengaluru, has employees ordering lunch from a curated selection of dishes from five to six restaurants in select areas…READ MORE

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KFC’s recipe revealed? Not so fast, says the QSR

August 30, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on KFC’s recipe revealed? Not so fast, says the QSR | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Has Col. Sanders’ nephew inadvertently revealed to the world the secret blend of 11 herbs and spices behind KFC’s fried chicken empire? The company says the recipe published in the Chicago Tribune is not authentic. But that hasn’t stopped rampant online speculation that one of the most legendary and closely guarded secrets in the history of fast food has been exposed…READ MORE

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Apps to help you eat better, stay fit

August 30, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Apps to help you eat better, stay fit | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Craving a pizza but worried about calories? What if you could just ask a dietitian how many slices you can eat safely without putting on weight? Or how about changing your workout routine without spending too much? Thanks to a host of health-based mobile apps, you can now have your health and fitness queries answered right on your smartphone…READ MORE

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Vegetable prices spike, despite bumper harvest

August 30, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Vegetable prices spike, despite bumper harvest | FOOD & GROCERY | , ,

Two successive years of drought had spiked food inflation in India, with pulses and vegetables contributing largely to higher retail prices. While production of pulses dipped by 14 per cent between 2013-14 and 2015-16 leading to higher prices, the rise in vegetable prices comes as a surprise…READ MORE

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Foodpanda ties up with Ecom Express for door-to-door deliveries

August 30, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Foodpanda ties up with Ecom Express for door-to-door deliveries | FOOD SERVICE | , ,

Rocket Internet-backed food ordering firm Foodpanda will soon dabble in e-commerce deliveries as the firm looks at increasing utilization of its delivery fleet as well as explore multiple revenue channels…READ MORE

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Mondelez abandons pursuit for US chocolate maker Hershey

August 30, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Mondelez abandons pursuit for US chocolate maker Hershey | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

Mondelez International Inc, the maker of Oreo cookies and Cadbury chocolates, said it was no longer pursuing the acquisition of Hershey Co, two months after the US chocolate company turned down its $23 billion cash-and-stock bid…READ MORE

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Rising income, wide reach make scotch, other whiskies popular among youngsters

August 30, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Rising income, wide reach make scotch, other whiskies popular among youngsters | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

Global whiskey — scotch and the American version — that was once considered somewhat old-fashioned, is now becoming popular among millennial drinkers, courtesy rising income, the spirit’s versatility as a cocktail mix, and easy availability through proliferation of restaurants…READ MORE

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