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Pepsico on life in a fragmented beverage market: We must learn to handle complexity
July 19, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Pepsico on life in a fragmented beverage market: We must learn to handle complexity | FOOD & GROCERY | India Food Forum 2016, Indira Nooyi, PepsicoPepsiCo is increasingly recognizing consumers interest in craft, niche and premium products, in a CPG landscape that is becoming more fragmented, CEO Indra Nooyi told analysts…READ MORE
KEEP READINGCampco’s new chocolate to be made from Neera sugar
July 19, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Campco’s new chocolate to be made from Neera sugar | FOOD & GROCERY | Campco, India Food Forum 2016, Neera SugarConsumers may no longer have to worry about calories while eating chocolates. Mangalore-based Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) will on Saturday launch a chocolate that will have sugar made from ‘neera’ or sap of coconut palm, which will be safe for consump tion even for diabetics…READ MORE
KEEP READINGPizza Hut’s ‘chatbot’ takes order from your Facebook, Twitter accounts
July 19, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Pizza Hut’s ‘chatbot’ takes order from your Facebook, Twitter accounts | FOOD SERVICE | chatbots, India Food Forum 2016, Pizza HutPizza Hut has announced a new social ordering platform or “chatbot” which will allow conversational ordering of pizzas and other menu items on Facebook Messenger and Twitter…READ MORE
KEEP READINGPresident Pranab Mukherjee asks Darjeeling tea industry to maintain quality
July 19, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on President Pranab Mukherjee asks Darjeeling tea industry to maintain quality | FOOD SERVICE | Darjeeling Tea Association, India Food Forum 2016, Pranab MukherjeeAddressing the annual general meeting of Darjeeling Tea Association, the President said tea production is an important element of the country’s planned economic development…READ MORE
KEEP READINGTomato sliced out of McDonald’s burgers
July 19, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Tomato sliced out of McDonald’s burgers | FOOD SERVICE | India Food Forum 2016, McDonald'sUS burger chain McDonald’s has stopped using sliced tomatoes in its products in North and East India due to concerns over poor quality of the crop. Senior executives at McDonald’s India said the move to curtail the use of tomatoes in its offerings was not the result of high prices, but poor quality…READ MORE
KEEP READINGMcDonald’s, Starbucks agree to filter Wi-Fi porn
July 19, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on McDonald’s, Starbucks agree to filter Wi-Fi porn | FOOD SERVICE | India Food Forum 2016, McDonald's, StarbucksMcDonald’s and Starbucks are implementing filtering technology that blocks customers using Wi-Fi from accessing pornography sites…READ MORE
KEEP READINGIRCTC to shortlist firms to supply ready-to-eat food
July 19, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on IRCTC to shortlist firms to supply ready-to-eat food | FOOD SERVICE, Newsletter | India Food Forum 2016, IRCTCThe Indian Railways has started the process to transfer its catering services back to Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). Allowing IRCTC to empanel firms to supply branded ‘Ready to eat’ (RTE) meals aboard trains seems to be the first step in this direction…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWe are like the Walmart of India
July 19, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on We are like the Walmart of India | FOOD SERVICE, Newsletter | Amalgamated Coffee Bean Trading Company, Cafe Coffee Day, India Food Forum 2016, WalmartOn the eve of 20 years of CCD opening a cyber cafe outlet on Brigade Road, VG Siddhartha says there won’t be any celebrations. Instead, he tells a remarkable story of turning a 146-year-old family coffee plantation, first into a successful export business, and later into a retail venture with 1,650 cafes in India despite stiff competition from global giants…READ MORE
KEEP READINGMast Kalandar in talks to close $10 million funding
July 19, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Mast Kalandar in talks to close $10 million funding | FOOD SERVICE, Newsletter | India Food Forum 2016, Mast KalandarIt had earlier raised investments from Footprint Ventures and Helion Venture Partners. Acuity Capital, a Delhi-based independent investment corporate advisory firm…READ MORE
KEEP READINGPizza Hut same store sales decline 7% year-on-year
July 19, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Pizza Hut same store sales decline 7% year-on-year | FOOD SERVICE, Newsletter | India Food Forum 2016, KFC, Pizza HutRestaurant chain Yum India owned Pizza Hut and KFC, which contribute 1 per cent each to their global divisions, reported 7% year-on-year same store sales decline of Pizza Hut for the April-June 2016 quarter…READ MORE
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