Progressive Grocer

Tetra Pak’s new packaging material facility in Chakan, Pune, has been awarded Platinum certification by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). The company claims that it is the highest recognition for sustainable building design, equivalent to the Leadership in...

Food Processing company G.D. Foods has launched ‘Royal Taste’ cookies from the house of Tops in three variants, namely, Royal, Exclusive, and Classic offering 14 flavours. The Royal Range comprises Pista Delight, Choco Chip, Choco Kaju, Pista Badam, and...

Sarvesh Shahra, the third generation entrepreneur of Madhya Pradesh based Shahra family has been bestowed the prestigious Top 40 under 40 award. Economic Times in association with the Spencer Stuart, a leading global consulting firm has instituted this award....

Dave Lewis, Unilever President, Personal Care, delivered a compelling view of Personal Care, centered on the idea that all people are beautiful; rather than made beautiful. “This unique vision allows us to nurture a broad and ever-expanding portfolio of...

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its operations internationally, Metro Cash and Carry has launched the Metro Community Stars Awards 2014 to recognise independent entrepreneurs who have nurtured creative ideas efficiently and profitably, and are serving as...

Gourmet food retailer Godrej Nature’s Basket is organising hobby workshops for kids. The classes will focus on training kids on preparing exotic desserts with mangoes, popular fruit of the season. The workshops will be conducted by Chef Kishi Arora...

Roundy’s, Inc., a grocer in the Midwest, has announced entering definitive agreements to sell 18 Rainbow stores in the Minneapolis/St. Paul market to a group of local grocery retailers, including Supervalu.The aggregate sale price for the 18 Rainbow stores...

Since 1958 many generations of Ramesh Agarwal were running a food and grocery retail business in Hyderabad. Leveraging on the goodwill built over the years, in 1977, Agarwal opened a small 450 sqft shop in the city’s Basheer Bagh...

FMCG company Dabur India Limited has announced the extension of its popular brand Hajmola into the pure confectionery space with the launch of Hajmola Chuzkara, a first-of-its-kind semi-liquid candy with a khatta-meetha taste. The new brand Hajmola Chuzkara will...

Dairy-based functional food brand Murginns has launched probiotic fruit yoghurt with real fruit puree which it claims boosts digestive health naturally.Available in flavours like Strawberry, Mango, Peach, and Pineapple, the Murginns Probiotic Yoghurt is priced at Rs 25 each...

From reinforcing the back-end, introducing new formats, expanding the product portfolio, innovative marketing, store makeovers, and technology upgradation, to maximising shopper experience with customer-friendly planogramming, high fill rate and high merchandising mix, night time replenishment to prevent stock-out, product...

Eyeing global brand positioning, Kerala Soaps, a FMCG manufacturing unit of the Kerala State Industrial Enterprises (KSIE) under the Kerala Industries Department, has chalked ambitious plans in branding and marketing their products.The Kerala Soaps and Oils Ltd, established in...

Much before the era of globalisation, 73 year old biscuit pioneer Parle G positioned itself around ‘Swaad bhare, Shakti bhare, Parle-G’ Glucose biscuits and one of the first to have Indian superman Shaktimaan as its endorser. All this to...

India having been recently declared (once again) as the 3rd largest economy of the world by the World Bank, has all the reasons to be cheered by the corporate world and the Indian Economy. The strength of the Indian...