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Tropilite Foods enters retail with cake premixes range
Bakery products company Tropilite Foods Pvt ltd (TFPL) is set to enter retail through the launch of cake premixes. The company has been a HoReCa supplier for the past 34 years with bakery ingredients such as egg-free cake mixes,...
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Cargill set to launch Rs 600 cr milling plant
Cargill India is gearing up to commission its Karnataka corn mill plant at Davanagere that was set up with an investment of Rs 600 crore. It is also scouting for strategic acquisitions of oil brands.
The processing plant, with an...
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Aditya Birla's More ropes in Zop Now for online deliveries
Aditya Birla Retail's hypermarket format More has tied up with online grocery retailer Zop Now for the latter to manage home deliveries across 16 More hypermarkets in cities such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata.
“We are starting experimenting in e-commerce...
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Yours Group forays into premix beverage category
Yours Food Pvt. Ltd., the Kolkata-based FMCG company, has announced its foray into the Rs3,000 crore premix vending segment with the launch of Yours Elaichi Tea Premix, Yours Lemon Tea Premix and Yours Coffee Premix. The company is the...
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FoodTech Kerala 2015 kicks off in Kochi
The fifth edition of Kerala's Food Processing and Packaging Exposition - FoodTech Kerala - kicks off at CIAL Exhibition Centre, Nedumbassery, Kochi, from May 14 to 16. The venue will also host the first ever exhibition on rice and...
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Walmart hosts initiative to strengthen local supplier base
A business meet to engage with suppliers and exporters across India was organised by Walmart India in collaboration with The Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO). The focus was to provide an opportunity for an interaction between Walmart India’s...
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‘Amul’s India’ book launched in Mumbai
Gujarat Cooperation Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the largest producer of milk in India under the brand name Amul, has announced the launch of ‘Amul’s India’ book at an event in Mumbai.
Amul’s India is based on 50 years of Amul...
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Wendy's to sell only quality burgers in India
Wendy's, the world's third largest burger chain, has opened its first store in India today. The Columbus, Ohio-headquartered burger chain, is banking on quality rather than quantity to sell its burgers in India. Wendy's burgers will sell at Rs...
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Paper Boat to sail on Railways soon
Hector Beverages, the makers of Indian ethnic drink, Paper Boat, are planning to retail their products on trains.
The Gurgaon-based start-up, which started by former Coca-Cola employees Neeraj Kakkar and Neeraj Biyani in 2010, is now eligible to enter into...
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Pushing the n-commerce frontier
A fresh-off-the-block debutant to enter the field of hyperlocal grocery trade in India is LazyLad, which has started operations in four Indian cities about a month ago. Founded and co-promoted by three young graduates from IIT Guwahati - Saurabh...
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FIFI launches Relief Fund for Nepal earthquake victims
In a show of support and solidarity for the earthquake-ravaged people of Nepal, the Forum of Indian Food Importers (FIFI) has taken the initaiative to set up the FIFI relief fund. FIFI has issued an appeal, calling all its...
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ODSIC to set up mega food park for processed fish
The Odisha Small Industries Corporation (OSIC) plans to set up a mega food park in Jharsuguda district. The park will be used to process chilly and sweet water fish, spread across over 58 acres of land."We will set up...
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N Supermarkets signs seven new locations
N Supermarkets, which currently has five stores in operation across south India, has signed up seven more locations in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. "We have also appointed a master franchisee in Chennai with the mandate to open 20 stores...
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Danfoss inaugurates India’s 1st model green cold storage facility
Danfoss India, a leading provider of climate and energy solutions, in alliance with Sabharwal Food Industries Pvt Ltd, recently inaugrated the first green cold storage model at Roshan Frozen and Cold Storage, at Sonipat, Haryana. With an aim to...
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‘Gender Gap in the Business Correspondent Industry: Evidence from the Field’ by PayNearby & Grameen Foundation
The report highlights opportunities and barriers women encounter as they work towards financial independence through their business correspondents (BC)...
