Happy Meals at Gwalior, Zinger Burgers at Vizag, baby corn pizzas at Haridwar and Broccoli pasta in Kota. Multinational restaurant chains are lovin’ it as small-town India gorges on fast food.
With more than a billion mouths to feed, there is a fierce debate in India about whether to introduce genetically modified food crops.
McCain Foods (India), the Indian subsidiary of McCain Foods Canada, has appointed Leo Burnett as its creative partner following a multi-agency pitch.
One emerging perception about India is that it is a “quantum leap” economy or country – the opposite of a nation where step changes in trends or product categories happen in line with a country’s economic growth. Instead, things that work take off exponentially.
FC, one of the world’s largest fastfood chains with 16,500 stores in 80 countries, has not made much ground in India. But the US food retailer, which came to India in 1995, is now expanding at a rapid pace in the country. The company wants to have a KFC within 3 km radius in every [...]
Speaking at the World of Food India convention in Mumbai, Ashok Sinha, secretary of the ministry of food processing industries (Mofpi), said that in the coming few weeks the ministry would bring out a notice containing a proposal to all national and international food manufacturers to set up around 3-4 mega food parks in the [...]
The government has proposed a tripling of the level of processing in the country’s food processing sector by increasing the level of processing of perishables from 6 per cent to 20 per cent and raising value addition from 20 per cent to 35 per cent.
Spiraling prices of food items in India is worrying the Central government. But Finance Minster Pranab Mukharjee says the government has taken all measure to curb the price.
Jams, ketchup and frozen foods major, Scandic Food India, plans to expand its distribution network to 100 cities in the country by March 2010, besides commencing exports, a top company official said.
Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi, the India-born head of US-based beverages major Pepsi,has seen her reputation grow manifold as her efforts to turn the company into a maker of foods and healthy drinks are bearing fruit.
