Bikano, India’s favourite snack and packaged food manufacturing company has introduced family or ‘jumbo’ packs of its Chips, Crunchy Munchy, and Chatax to push sales and profits by offering value deals to the consumers during the highly exciting times of cricketing extravaganza IPL. Packed with unique flavours and new technology machinery to reduce human hand […]
Thrive, an online food ordering platform that competes with Swiggy and Zomato, may soon see beverage producer Coca-Cola as a minority stakeholder, according to a recent media report. The investment could be Coca-Cola’s first in India, however the amount has not been announced. According to a leading media house, the strategic investment will give Coca-Cola […]
In an interaction with BW Retail World, Angelo George, Chief Executive Officer, Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd talks about the company’s sustainable approach and how the company is addressing the issues like plastic production and sourcing water from underground aquifers. What is Bisleri’s strategy around sustainability? What are their visions and goals for promoting sustainability in […]
Basmati, a long-grain aromatic rice, has been grown in India for many centuries and is an unalienable part of Indian culture, religion and all occasions of celebration. India is the leading producer and exporter of Basmati rice because major amount and varieties of Basmati rice are produced in the Indian subcontinent’s Himalayan region. The particular […]
A survey conducted by Agri Watch on behalf of the Roller Flour Millers’ Federation of India has estimated India’s wheat production of 102.89 million tonnes in the 2022-23 crop season, reduced from 104.24 million tons (estimated in March 2023) due to unseasonal rains and hail storm faced by key wheat producing states towards the end […]
India may import dairy derivatives such as fat and powder, only in case the situation warrants, in order to help dairy cooperatives to meet the summer demands, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying said in a release Thursday evening. The ministry also said in case of imports are needed, the government will ensure that […]
Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra on Thursday said the government does not expect any shortfall in wheat production. On reports of wheat crop loss in some states due to bad weather, Sanjeev Chopra said the country would “probably end up with the same figure of 112 million tonnes of production or in the worst case […]
Apple farmers from Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Tuesday participated in a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against the central government’s horticultural policies. The farmers alleged that these policies enabled large agribusiness corporate houses to make huge profits while the growers face a decline in their income. Apple Farmers Federation […]
Globally chickpeas (kabuli chana) production is expected to see a shortage over the next six months or so and India will need to increase its import volumes, and may reach out to Russia, Canada, the US and Turkey to make up for its consumption needs, according to Global Pulse Confederation. Global chickpeas supplies are under […]
Global fast-food chain McDonald’s is temporarily closing its US offices as it prepares to inform corporate employees about its layoffs as part of its restructuring, Reuters reported citing a Wall Street Journal report. The report said the closure will happen this week. In an internal email last week to US employees and some international staff, […]
