Blumberg Grain Looking to Add Value to India’s Ongoing Food Security Initiatives

Blumberg Grain Looking to Add Value to India’s Ongoing Food Security Initiatives

Blumberg Grain senior executives are arriving in India this week for meetings on food security needs in the public and private sectors. The company will also be participating in official business and industry events on January 26th held in honor of visiting U.S. President Barack Obama, and hosted by the U.S.-India Business Council, an arm of the US Chamber of […]

Mondelēz International Launches Pearlfisher Designed Cadbury Glow in India

Mondelēz International Launches Pearlfisher Designed Cadbury Glow in India

Mondelēz International has introduced premium gifting range Cadbury Glow in India. It is intended as a year round gift and features brand strategy, brand architecture, brand identity and graphic packaging design from Pearlfisher. “Cadbury is an iconic brand full of generosity, playfulness, optimism and pioneering spirit. As a brand that shares so many attributes with […]

Dunkin’ Donuts India Long-Term Expansion On Track

Dunkin’ Donuts India Long-Term Expansion On Track

Dunkin’ Donuts, one of the world’s leading baked goods and coffee chains, is continuing its rapid development across India with its master franchisee, Jubilant FoodWorks, where it’s on track to meet its previously announced development target of 500 Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants over the long-term. Since signing its master franchise agreement with Jubilant FoodWorks in 2011, […]

Mondelez International to Invest $190 Million in Largest Plant in Asia Pacific

Mondelez International to Invest $190 Million in Largest Plant in Asia Pacific

Mondelez International announced plans to invest $190 million in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to establish the company’s largest manufacturing plant in Asia Pacific.  The 134-acre multicategory food campus in Sri City will have annual capacity of 250,000 tons in the end state and will be the largest chocolate manufacturing plant in India.  The […]

PepsiCo Announces Targeted Investment of ₹33,000 Crores in India by 2020

PepsiCo Announces Targeted Investment of ₹33,000 Crores in India by 2020

PepsiCo, one of the largest food and beverage businesses in India, announced plans for the company and its partners to invest ₹33,000 crores ($5.5 billion) in India by 2020. Making the announcement, PepsiCo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi said: “India is a country with huge potential and it remains an attractive, high-priority market […]

McDowell’s No.1 Extends ‘Spirit of Friendship’

McDowell’s No.1 Extends ‘Spirit of Friendship’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8g9xQh0Pck One of India’s leading Whiskey brands, McDowell’s owes its success to the efforts in reinventing and being relevant to consumers over the last 40 years. Over the last 4 years the brand has been addressing its young Indian target audience with its positioning as the “The No.1 spirit of friendship” with the intent to […]

Sbarro To Expand Presence In South India With 35 New Restaurants

Sbarro To Expand Presence In South India With 35 New Restaurants

Sbarro announced that it has expanded its partnership agreement with White Planet Restaurants (WPR), led by Sriram Rajagopal and Gopal Rajagopalan, to significantly deepen the company’s presence in South India. WPR, which currently operates five Sbarro eateries in India, was named the brand’s South Indian master franchisee with plans to open 35 new eateries throughout […]

Coca-Cola’s Heart-Warming Video Shows That It’s A Small World After All

The latest advertisement in Coca-Cola’s ‘Open Happiness’ campaign aims to help resolve the long-standing conflict between India and Pakistan. Directed by American advertising company Leo Burnett, the video features two vending machines, equipped with webcams and touchscreens, in India and Pakistan. In the heart-warming video, participants get a free can of soda if they engage in […]

India: The Future Of The Food Industry

India is the new hotspot for sourcing food ingredients and Fi India is creating the driving change in one of the world's most successful economies.

India: The Future Of The Food Industry

India is the 2nd largest population in the world, has the 3rd largest economy and ranks 2nd in the world in terms of agricultural production. It is no wonder that India is fast becoming an essential player in the global food ingredients market. AC Nielsen has named India as a hotspot for food manufacturers, food […]

India is the World’s Fastest-Growing Chocolate Market, But For How Long?

India is the World’s Fastest-Growing Chocolate Market, But For How Long?

From dark chocolate to milk chocolate, the affordable little luxury that is chocolate powers a seemingly recession-proof market, unhindered by recent economic downturns. As the ultimate indulgence, chocolate appeals to a wide range of consumers creating a thriving market, particularly among the urban populations in India. India is the world’s fastest growing market for chocolates. […]