| Jubilant FoodWorks Brings Dunkin’ Donuts to India |
Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd., (JFL) India’s largest Food Service Company, announced the signing of a master franchisee agreement with the international subsidiary of Dunkin’ Donut’s to bring Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants to India. With the beginning of this new agreement with Dunkin’ Donuts, JFL, which already has rights for Domino’s Pizza, has now significantly strengthened its portfolio. JFL is well poised to address two distinct non-competing segments the Food Service Industry in India, namely the home delivery of Pizza’s market and the all day part dine-in restaurant, food and beverage market.
Commenting on the development, Shyam S. Bhartia, Chairman and Hari S. Bhartia, Co-Chairman, Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd. said, “We are delighted with this partnership are excited about bringing the Dunkin’Donuts brand to India. We strongly believe that the Dunkin’ Donuts brand is extremely relevant for India not only due its strength in donuts and coffee, but also due to a differentiated food and beverage menu. Dunkin’ Donuts provides flexibility in localizing recipes, and we have strengths in food and culinary which we intend to leverage. We will provide an excellent all-day food, coffee, beverage and donut menu, suited to the Indian taste buds.”
Dunkin’ Donuts is an iconic brand, yet the brand is perhaps more relevant to consumers today than at any time in its history. The original Dunkin’ Donuts experience started in 1950 with a cup of coffee and a donut. Today, Dunkin’ Donuts offers a wide range of high quality foods and beverages, including a wide variety of coffee, coffee-related beverages, tea, flavoured beverages, baked goods and an expanding all-day snacking menu. Dunkin’ Donuts still uses the original proprietary coffee blend recipe established by its founder more than 60 years ago.
Besides coffee, Dunkin’ Donuts has a wide range of food products such as donuts, bagels, muffins, breakfast sandwiches, flatbread sandwiches, hash browns and more.
Dunkin’ Donuts is one of the world’s leading baked goods and coffee chains with total global system-wide sales of $6 billion. Dunkin’ Donuts has more than 9,700 restaurants globally in 31 countries. Dunkin’ Donuts has rapidly expanded in 2010, opening 574 net new global locations, making it the fastest growing QSR in the world last year.
Speaking on the occasion, Nigel Travis, Dunkin’ Brands Chief Executive Officer and Dunkin’ Donuts President, said, “Expansion to India is an integral part of Dunkin’ Donuts’ international growth plan. As one of the world’s fastest growing economies and second most populous country, India presents a tremendous growth opportunity for Dunkin’ Donuts. We are especially delighted that we are entering the country with Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd., a world-class food service company. With a deep understanding of the Indian consumer, solid operational expertise and best-inclass marketing, Jubilant FoodWorks will play a key role in delivering on our goal to bring Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, baked goods and snacks to more people around the globe. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial alliance.” |
| Washington Apples Introduces new varieties |
Treat yourself to a range of colorful and delicious varieties of Washington Apples. Each variety, unique in taste and texture, provides you with a healthy choice to pick according to your palate. These include Braeburn, Cripps Pink, Fuji, Gala, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious and Granny Smith. Addressing the media about the different varieties of Washington Apples, Ms. Rebecca Baerveldt-Lyons from the Washington Apple Commission said, “There are around 7,500 varieties of apple grown around the world today. Among these the best are planted in the commercial orchards of Washington State. Some of the popular variants of Washington Apples are available in India such as the juicy Red Delicious, mildly sweet Golden Delicious and green and juicy Granny Smith. Owing to growing globalization and awareness among Indians, the demand for delicious Washington Apples has been on the rise. Therefore, we are pleased to promote new varieties in the market which will eventually reach retail shelves and offer more choice to consumers.”
What is special about having so many apple varieties to choose from? Each variety is grown to provide a different crunch, crispness, sweetness or tartness. So you can choose your Washington apple according to your taste preference or even your mood of the day! |
| A French experience with tradition, quality and true taste |
Deliciousnow.com, India’s first online gourmet food store, which was launched at Aahar 2011, brings Lorina premium French lemonades & fruit sodas a click away. With more than a hundred years of expertise using the best ingredients, Lorina is proud to simply provide the best nature can offer.
Lorina is available at Deliciousnow.com in variety of flavours like French berry, Authentic lemonade, Cloudy, Orange, Pink, Pomegranate also Lorina pink and cloudy are available in sugar free flavour as well. The Lorina is free from any food colouring and artificial flavours available in 330 ml and 750 ml sizes.
This sparkling French lemonade is famous for the history of tradition and the quality of the spring water, which makes it so refreshing. Its natural fruit flavours and juices come from the best regions of the Europe and the syrup is made of the finest mix of pure cane and beet sugar.
Commenting on the Lorina, Adrien De Montalembert, brand spokesperson, Deliciousnow.com says “At Deliciousnow.com we are committed to provide our customers a direct link to a whole other continent of foods and beverages. Lorina is a unique and traditional experience of French culture for Indian taste buds”.
India’s first online gourmet store - Deliciousnow.com brings more than 15 leading international brands a-click-away from the consumer thus addressing an existing demand of gourmet products. On Deliciousnow.com a customer get more than 50 varieties of cheese including AOC certified French cheese and offers some of the World’s speciality brands like Maxim’s de Paris (Chocolates) and Maille (French Mustard) in India. Building on the growing number of online shoppers and the need for internationally renowned brands, Deliciousnow.com promises to be a one stop shop for all gourmet culinary needs.
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| Cambro and Nilkamal Forms Joint Venture |
The US based Cambro Manufacturing Company and Nilkamal Limited, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, have announced the formation of a joint venture in India—Cambro Nilkamal Pvt. Ltd. Cambro Nilkamal will stock a few hundred of Cambro’s most popular foodservice equipment and supply products, many of which will be manufactured in India. By manufacturing Cambro products in Nilkamal’s Indian facilities, import duties and ocean freight costs are substantially reduced, enabling Cambro Nilkamal to provide affordable, quality products to the end user. Local manufacturing and warehousing is expected to ensure delivery times of all products of one week or less.
While Cambro will contribute foodservice product innovation and share its advanced rotational molding technology, Nilkamal will contribute manufacturing, sales, service and distribution expertise in India.
Argyle Campbell, President, Cambro Manufacturing Company, stated, “Cambro products are distributed throughout the world to help foodservice operators everywhere safely store, transport, prepare, & serve food at safe temperatures. It is the role of the newly formed JV Company to make our products readily available at affordable prices in India, allowing Chefs, F&B Managers, Hospitality Consultants, & Foodservice Equipment Suppliers in India, to design & operate HACCP compliant kitchens in hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, catering services, quick-serve food outlets, and any other commercial food service establishment.”
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| Luxe Corp. French Food & Beverage Launch in India Biggest Ever French Food Catalogue |
Luxe Corp. French Food & Beverage, first Indian supplier of French produce, has announced the launch of their French Food catalogue targeting the Indian market. This is Luxe Corp India’s largest catalogue and is now available to all hotel chains, supermarkets & hypermarkets, restaurants and convenience stores in India.
After overwhelming customer interest for French Food, the new catalogue will feature over 2,000 different products including charcuterie, hot and cold starters, elaborated and cooked products, vegetables, dairy products and desserts. Featuring a greater range of products throughout the catalogue than ever before, over 800 new items will be added this year to meet rising consumer demand.
Parvati, Founder of the Group Luxe Corp., said, “for 2011, we have been able to source a greater number of new products for the Indian market, and have also been able to introduce a number of new brands. Thus our clients, all over India, will be able to discover new French tastes and be able to offer their customers a large variety of new products. Moreover, we can cater for bespoke orders including many products that you’ll only be able to find through Luxe Corp.”
Hotel chains, supermarkets and hypermarkets, restaurants and convenience stores now have a one-stop supplier for all their French products at some of the best prices in the market.
The range offered is Champagne, foie gras, chocolates, confectionery, cookies, prepared dishes, jam and more… With one eye fixed firmly on France culinary heritage and the other on the Indian market, Luxe Corp. is looking forward to 2011 in introducing dazzling colours, scents, flavours, textures and techniques.
Also Luxe Corp.’s sommelier has put together a new collection of wines and spirits that have been chosen especially to suit Indian tastes. These wines are mature and aromatic, and feature silky smooth finishes or powerful flavor profiles.
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| Kraft launches Oreo biscuits in India |
As a part of the company’s long-term strategy in India to grow gradually, Cadbury India announced its entry into the Indian biscuit market with the launch of Oreo biscuits. The Kraft Foods has announced the launch of Oreo biscuits from its global portfolio through its Indian subsidiary, Cadbury India.
According to the spokesperson for Cadbury India the group has focused on building on existing categories and brands over the past 12 months. Nevertheless, the spokesperson insisted that there is an “enormous opportunity” to bring products from the Kraft portfolio to India.
“Oreo is now being manufactured locally and will therefore be widely available to consumers - at hundreds of thousands of retail outlets across urban and semi urban markets in attractive packaging at affordable price points,” the spokesperson said.
Cadbury India has also launched Kraft’s Tang cordial in India, the spokesperson added.
Earlier, Kraft has launched Tang in the Indian Market. While Tang is manufactured at Cadbury’s Hyderabad plant, Oreo- cream biscuits sometimes dubbed as the 20th century’s most popular will be made by a third party, Ludhiana-based Bector Foods. While Oreo is a Kraft product, it will be promoted as a Cadbury brand in India.
Cadbury Oreo Biscuits have been launched at an introductory price offer of Rs 5 for three biscuits; Rs 10 for seven biscuits, and Rs 20 for 14 biscuits. The firm will be launching the biscuit in dark chocolate flavour. The brand was already present in modern retail stores at a varied price range (upwards of Rs 50 for 14 biscuits) through imports.
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