Food processing sector will be accorded priority
Written on February 16, 2010 – 7:19 am | by admin |Union Food Processing minister Subodh Kant Sahai, today said that the food processing sector would have a priority in the forthcoming budget.
Soon, cold drink prices will make you feel the heat
Written on February 16, 2010 – 7:16 am | by admin |Here’s a piece of bad news for soft-drink lovers. Your favourite drink will soon become dearer as soft drink majors PepsiCo India and the Coca-Cola Company have both decided to increase their product prices in India by about 20%. The rise in prices will be across the country and will come into effect in a [...]
GM soya may already be in food chain
Written on February 16, 2010 – 7:13 am | by admin |Soyabean oil, manufactured from genetically-modified (GM) soyabeans, may very much have become part of the food chain, even as activists and scientists remain engaged in an increasingly ugly debate over the moratorium on commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal, a genetically-modified version of the vegetable.
Debate over GM eggplant consumes India
Written on February 16, 2010 – 7:11 am | by admin |A genetically modified version of eggplant, a staple in fiery curries, was slated to be the first GM food introduced into India in a bid to stabilize food prices and mitigate some of the effects of climate change on Indian food crop yields.
KIT: The packaged food market in India
Written on February 16, 2010 – 7:08 am | by admin |The size of the packaged food market in India is estimated at $10 billion and is expected to reach $20 billion by 2014, while the share of packaged food in the food and grocery market is expected to touch 5 per cent by the same time.
Peanut-as-food market growing
Written on February 16, 2010 – 7:07 am | by admin |ndia’s love for peanuts is now such a mega trend that chikki and chivda are bigger money-spinners than groundnut oil, the most expensive traditional cooking oil. The popcorn generation has morphed the peanut from a stodgy oil crop into the nation’s favourite snack food.
Tesco’s Irish Suppliers Feel Bullied
Written on February 16, 2010 – 7:05 am | by admin |It has been reported in the Irish press that, Tesco have been asking suppliers to pay large sums of money if they want their products to be kept on the supermarket’s shelves. There have been complaints about other retailers and their demands, but Tesco’s are greater, and suppliers feel ‘bullied’.
UPDATE 3-India delays GM vegetable start for further tests
Written on February 16, 2010 – 7:03 am | by admin |India has postponed the launch of its first genetically modified (GM) vegetable, saying it would adopt a cautious approach and wait for more scientific studies on the impact of the new variety of eggplant.
PepsiCo India clocks highest volume growth in a decade
Written on February 16, 2010 – 6:59 am | by admin |Beverage and snack foods maker PepsiCo India clocked its highest volume growth in a decade – with its beverage business growing over 32% in calendar year ’09.
Small food cos spice up marketing strategies
Written on February 16, 2010 – 6:45 am | by admin |Smaller food brands are finding it tough to stand out in the clutter. In an effort to get the customer to at least touch and feel their products, such brands, with a pan-India presence, are trying different things, but with the same objective: reach out to the buyer.
