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Rum saves Kerala public sector unit from the brink of closure

July 5, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Rum saves Kerala public sector unit from the brink of closure | FOOD SERVICE | , , ,

Jawan Deluxe XXX Rum has resurrected the fortunes of the company saving it from the brink of closure after the sugar and distillery divisions folded up…READ MORE

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PepsiCo trying out consumer engagement for brand building

July 5, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on PepsiCo trying out consumer engagement for brand building | FOOD & GROCERY | , ,

Last month, PepsiCo Inc. launched Mountain Dew Game Fuel, a variant of its carbonated soft drink brand, without the usual big budget advertising and promotional campaigns. Instead, it rolled out the product with a nine-week gaming championship. The winners of the gaming contest, which involves playing games on Microsoft’s gaming consoles, will have their profiles, including pictures, on the bottles of Mountain Dew Game Fuel bottles…READ MORE

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Dabur set to roll out fruit-based fizzy drinks

July 5, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Dabur set to roll out fruit-based fizzy drinks | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

Dabur, which reported net sales of Rs 8,436 crore in 2015-16, isn’t the only one in the market for fizzy fruit drinks in India…READ MORE

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Unilever’s emerging-market focus to grow in post-Brexit world

July 4, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Unilever’s emerging-market focus to grow in post-Brexit world | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Britain’s historic vote last week to opt out of the European Union rattled global markets but the importance of India and China has never been greater in this changed world order…READ MORE

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Haryana to set up Vita Milk booths at 1,500 IOC petrol pumps to sell cow milk

July 4, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Haryana to set up Vita Milk booths at 1,500 IOC petrol pumps to sell cow milk | FOOD SERVICE | ,

The MoU was signed in presence of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar who also announced that Haryana on Friday became the first state to provide pure milk of desi cow. He said that the state has already set up a 5,000 litre plant at Kurukshetra for the purpose…READ MORE

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Avoid home-grown tomatoes this summer for better ones post monsoon

July 4, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Avoid home-grown tomatoes this summer for better ones post monsoon | FOOD & GROCERY |

High tomato prices are not the real problem. They may be available for Rs 80-100 a kilo in metros these days, but this is a common price surge at the end of a long hot summer and with a delayed monsoon. Farmers will plant tomatoes as the rains set in and soon prices should stabilise toRs 30-40 per kilo…READ MORE

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8 ways to boost a catering business

July 1, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on 8 ways to boost a catering business | FOOD SERVICE | , ,

Catering racked up $52.3 billion in 2015, and 64 per cent of off-premise catering dollars were spent at restaurants, according to Technomic’s Catering Insights Report…READ MORE

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France creates new ice cream trade group

July 1, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on France creates new ice cream trade group | FOOD SERVICE | , , ,

Nestle, Unilever and General Mills are among the founding members of France’s new ice cream industry group…READ MORE

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Mondelez makes $23 billion takeover bid for Hershey: Source

July 1, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Mondelez makes $23 billion takeover bid for Hershey: Source | FOOD SERVICE | , ,

Mondelez International Inc, the maker of Oreo cookies and Cadbury chocolates, has made a takeover bid for choc-olate and sugar confectionery company Hershey Co, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday…READ MORE

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D-Mart parent Avenue Supermarts working on Rs1,200 crore IPO

July 1, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on D-Mart parent Avenue Supermarts working on Rs1,200 crore IPO | FOOD & GROCERY | , ,

Avenue Supermarts Ltd, which owns and operates hypermarkets and supermarkets retail chain D-Mart, has started discussions with investment banks for an initial public offering (IPO), three people aware of the development said…READ MORE

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