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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 | India Food Forum 2016Juices 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
KEEP READINGGrocery 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 | India Food Forum 2016, MintelAccording 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
KEEP READINGTea 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 | Amuleek Singh Bijral, Chai Point, India Food Forum 2016Tea 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
KEEP READINGEmami 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, India Food Forum 2016Emami 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
KEEP READINGStarbucks 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 | India Food Forum 2016, StarbucksCorp 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
KEEP READINGUnilever invests in ice cream, tea innovation
July 27, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Unilever invests in ice cream, tea innovation | FOOD & GROCERY | India Food Forum 2016, Knorr Mealmakers, Magnum DoubleThe new Magnum Double ice cream line, Lipton’s continued extension into the green and specialty teas segment, and Knorr Mealmakers in Europe had a positive effect for Unilever in the first half of the fiscal year. Exchange rates did not…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWhen a startup took on snack giants with a taste of Mexico
July 27, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on When a startup took on snack giants with a taste of Mexico | FOOD & GROCERY | Cornitos, India Food Forum 2016, Lay's, Parle, PepsicoWhen Vikram Agarwal launched Cornitos, a triangle-shaped, corn-based premium snack brand, in 2009, he met with a fair share of resistance. After all, it carried a price tag of Rs 100 a pack when popular snack brands such as PepsiCo’s Lay’s chips were selling in Rs 10 packs…READ MORE
KEEP READINGITC to expand Sunfeast Yippee into the atta-based variant
July 27, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on ITC to expand Sunfeast Yippee into the atta-based variant | FOOD & GROCERY | India Food Forum 2016, ITC, Sunfeast YippeITC is soon going to expand its Sunfeast Yippee! brand of instant noodles into the atta-based variant and will create a complete portfolio of such products including a multigrain one to build a heath quotient for a category which recently was shrouded in controversy regarding product safety…READ MORE
KEEP READINGCaste on Your Plate: A Tale of Food Snobbery in India
July 26, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Caste on Your Plate: A Tale of Food Snobbery in India | FOOD & GROCERY | India Food Forum 2016When Charles de Gaulle complained about the difficulty of governing a country that had 246 different kinds of cheese, he was probably completely unaware about India, a country where food changes its taste, type, treatment almost every second mile…READ MORE
KEEP READINGMcDonald’s ex-CEO just revealed a terrifying reality for fast-food workers
July 26, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on McDonald’s ex-CEO just revealed a terrifying reality for fast-food workers | FOOD SERVICE | India Food Forum 2016, McDonald'sAccording to Rensi, rising labor costs are forcing chains to cut entry-level jobs and replace workers with machines. Currently, Wendy’s, McDonald’s, and Panera are rolling out kiosks across the US, in part due to the rising cost of labor…READ MORE
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