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Mother’s Recipe, the packaged food brand from Pune-based Desai Brothers, has launched its e-store. The company said it plans to double its sales from the online channel in about a year's time. From its own platform, the company will also...

Tata Trusts and global food major Mars, Inc have signed an MoU to work for advanced agriculture development, address malnutrition and improve food safety in India. The two will also develop methods and tools to increase crop productivity, farm income...

Craft beer company B9 Beverages recently announced that it has raised USD 6 million in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital and other marquee investors for its handcrafted beer brand Bira91 (the number stands for India’s country code). Other investors...

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has reportedly urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail of food products. Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has suggested for a...

Hyperlocal grocery delivery app Grofers, has shut delivery operation in nine cities, where it started a pilot in September last year, as sales in these locations failed to garner traction. The cities where it has decide to stop services include...

Utpal Kumar Ganguli, Chairman, Surji Agro Foods Pvt Ltd and Vice Chairman of Allied Blenders, makers of Officer’s Choice whisky, speaks to Indiaretailing about trends and challenges in the spices category and his plans to enhance Surji Agro's flagship...

Bangalore-based online grocer, Town Essentials, has reportedly raised USD1 million (Rs. 6.7 crore) in a fresh round of angel funding from a group of HNIs. Investors in the round included Infosys’ first non-founder employee Sharad Hegde as the lead investor,...

Future Consumer Enterprise Ltd (FCEL) has said that a board meeting will be held later this week to consider re-alignment of the business dealing in distribution of food and FMCG products through a franchisee arrangement. "A meeting of the Board...

India's smaller towns and cities are expected to contribute more in shaping future demand for the fast moving consumer goods sector, while e-commerce companies will contribute increasingly larger share of sales for these companies, said a joint report by...

Online grocery firm 24x7Fresh.in is ramping up its operations as it plans to enter newer cities by January 2016. "24x7Fresh.in launching its services in Bengaluru. We also plan to launch operations in Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune in January 2016," the...

As many traditional marketers still continue to believe, getting seen is the first step in the journey to getting successful. Therefore, in comes packaging and the impact of first impressions. Unconventional, innovative packaging does not just make a product...