India keen to export milk powder, other farm items to Germany
Source: The Economic Times, Feb 05, 2013 NEW DELHI: India, the world’s largest milk producer, today evinced interest to export skimmed milk powder among other farm items to Germany. It also asked...
View ArticleStarbucks expects India to be among top 5 global markets in long term
Source: The Hindu Business Line, Feb 07, 2013 New Delhi: US coffee chain Starbucks, which opened its seventh store in the country on Wednesday, expects India to be among the top five global markets for...
View ArticleOrganic food fails to move cash registers for retailers
Source: The Economic Times, Feb 11, 2013 KOLKATA: Brands may be spending million to promote an eco-friendly-image, but when it comes to actual sales, organic and ‘planet-friendly’ products have...
View ArticleGovt revises Food bill, sends to Law Min for vetting
Source: The Economic Times, Feb 19, 2013 NEW DELHI: Government has revised the Food bill and now proposes to give legal right to over 5 kg of foodgrains at Rs 1-3 per kg per month to about 70 per cent...
View ArticleNo hike in import duty on Sugar
Source: The Economic Times, Feb 23, 2013 NEW DELHI: The government on Friday said it has decided not to increase import duty on sugar though industry bodies and manufacturers had demanded a hike to...
View ArticleFood & beverages sector hits a sour note
Source: Business Standard, Feb 26, 2013 New Delhi: The long queues outside the Starbucks coffee stores in Delhi and Mumbai till late in the evening do not tell a slowdown story. But, experts attribute...
View ArticleLavazza brings in Italian Omar Nasrollah to restructure its India business
Source: The Economic Times, Feb 28, 2013 NEW DELHI: Italian coffee retailer Luigi Lavazza has brought in an executive from its home operations to restructure its India business and stem losses even as...
View ArticlePerfetti eyes Rs 2,000 cr turnover, plans 4th plant in India
Source: The Economic Times, Mar 09, 2013 PANAJI: Italian firm Perfetti, the maker of popular confectionery products such as Mentos, Happydent and Center Fresh, is eyeing a turnover of Rs 2,000 crore in...
View ArticleCabinet gives in-principle nod for corporatisation of DMS
Source: The Economic Times, Mar 12, 2013 NEW DELHI: The Cabinet has given in- principle nod for corporatisation of the loss-making Delhi Milk Scheme (DMS) with freedom to make strategic decisions to...
View ArticleMushrooming microbreweries take beer guzzlers to a new high
Source: The Economic Times, Mar 18, 2013 BANGALORE: Indians aren’t exactly beer guzzlers-they like their hard liquor more. And the frothy brew they drink is mostly the staid, lager variety that is...
View ArticleAmul’s FY13 turnover to touch Rs 13,750 cr
Source: Business Standard, Apr 02, 2013 Mumbai/Ahmedabad: The country’s largest dairy cooperative, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation’s (GCMMF), that markets its products under the brand...
View ArticleDomestic food chains opting out of franchise model
Source: The Economic Times, Apr 09, 2013 NEW DELHI: In a bid to tackle growing competition, homegrown restaurant chains are fast revisiting their business models to push top line growth. Traditional...
View ArticleCoca-Cola sees fizz in rural India
Source: The Economic Times, Apr 15, 2013 NEW DELHI: For beverage maker Coca-Cola, it is India’s hinterland that is proving to be the new hotspot, with the company expecting its growth in rural areas to...
View ArticleGovt to set standards for wine industry
Source: The Hindu Business Line, Apr 25, 2013 Mumbai: By the next fiscal, importers will find it difficult to dump poor quality wine in Indian market, as the Union Ministry of Food Processing is...
View ArticleAmul to begin international auction of its dairy products soon
Source: The Economic Times, May 01, 2013 AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, the maker of Amul brand milk products, will begin offering its select products to global buyers...
View ArticleProcess to set up 42 silos to begin by month-end
Source: The Hindu Business Line, May 02, 2013 Chennai: Food Corporation of India is likely to set the ball rolling for setting up of 42 standalone silos in 10 States by the end of this month. Silos...
View ArticleITC pips Hindustan Unilever to become India’s leading branded Food and...
Source: The Economic Times, May 22, 2013 KOLKATA/MUMBAI: ITC has overtaken Hindustan Unilever in branded food and beverages sales a decade after it entered the business, giving a shot in the arm to YC...
View ArticleIncrease in consumption of organic food products
Source: The Economic Times, May 23, 2013 NEW DELHI: Rising awareness of healthy food apart from increase in disposable income has ensured that nearly 62% of households in the upper end segment prefer...
View ArticleFood prices to remain high: RBI
Source: Financial Express, Jun 06, 2013 Food prices will remain high even as average inflation is expected to moderate to around 5.5 per cent this fiscal, a senior official of RBI said today. “We see...
View ArticleFood Bill: Ordinance or special session unlikely
Source: Business Standard, Jun 07, 2013 New Delhi: The government was neither likely to promulgate an ordinance nor convene a special session of Parliament to discuss its ambitious social security...
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