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Lemonheads owner Ferrara eyes Nestle’s candy business

July 24, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Lemonheads owner Ferrara eyes Nestle’s candy business | FOOD & GROCERY | , , ,

A potential deal would add chocolate brands such as Butterfinger and Baby Ruth to Ferrara’s array of gum and soft-candy offerings…READ MORE

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Reliance Retail to expand to more small cities

July 24, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Reliance Retail to expand to more small cities | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

Reliance Retail will open stores in more small cities and towns over the next year under aggressive expansion targets that the Reliance Industries unit has set for itself. “I have set our leadership a target of 30% growth each year over the next decade,” chairman Mukesh Ambani told Reliance Industries’ shareholders while explaining the retail unit’s performance…READ MORE

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Foodtech a hard space to execute and build a business: Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal

July 24, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Foodtech a hard space to execute and build a business: Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal | FOOD SERVICE | , ,

The valuation of Zomato in the last round in 2015 was $960 million. We never hit a billion. We fell short by $40 million, said Deepinder Goyal…READ MORE

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Milky Mist ropes in PE cos for expansion

July 24, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Milky Mist ropes in PE cos for expansion | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

The Rs 300-crore round will shed about a fifth of the stake in the company fully owned by founder and managing director Sathish Kumar and his wife…READ MORE

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Housewives to beat staff crunch at Japan’s FamilyMart

July 24, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Housewives to beat staff crunch at Japan’s FamilyMart | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

FamilyMart plans to hire 100,000 for part-time jobs over the next two years as it struggles to cope with a staffing crunch across most of its convenience stores, its president, Takashi Sawada, told Reuters on Friday…READ MORE

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McDonald’s to serve food on your table in India too

July 21, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on McDonald’s to serve food on your table in India too | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Besides offering table service, McDonald’s global transformation strategy includes adding self-service kiosks for ordering, mobile payments and ‘smart’ menu boards at the restaurants…READ MORE

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Produce suppliers tailor packaging to foodservice needs

July 21, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Produce suppliers tailor packaging to foodservice needs | FOOD SERVICE |

When it comes to packaging or the product itself, suppliers often take into account the special needs of their foodservice customers, which can differ from retail…READ MORE

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Havelis converted into cafes opposite historical monuments in Jaipur

July 21, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Havelis converted into cafes opposite historical monuments in Jaipur | FOOD SERVICE |

Cashing in on the location and the breathtaking view that their terrace provides, the residents of the haveli located in front of the monument have converted their terrace into two rooftop cafes, The Wind View Cafe and The Tattoo Cafe…READ MORE

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What it takes to set up a food truck in India

July 21, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on What it takes to set up a food truck in India | FOOD SERVICE | ,

Zatar Pizzas, Sindhi burgers, guava chilli ice cream and oreo waffles aren’t dishes you come across in Mumbai often. It’s rarer to find all these delectable food items being served out of food trucks. But, that’s about to change with the the launch of the city’s first ever food truck park in Bandra on Friday. The park is organised and managed by the Mumbai Food Truck Society…READ MORE

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PepsiCo CEO picks a president, but no ‘heir apparent’

July 21, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on PepsiCo CEO picks a president, but no ‘heir apparent’ | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

PepsiCo Inc.’s longtime leader Indra Nooyi is promoting one of her lieutenants to serve as the company’s president, filling a No. 2 role that has been vacant for nearly three years and shuffling around her potential successors…READ MORE

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