BENGALURU: Cookie-cutter or cut-copy-paste menus are out. The taste-buds and culture of a locality sets the flavour profile of a…
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Coffee Day awaits caffeine kick from Mindtree stake sale
“Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank,” said French humorist Alphonse Allais. Investors in Coffee…
Zomato acquired TechEagle Innovations
NEW DELHI: Zomato has acquired TechEagle Innovations,a Lucknow-based startup on Wednesday for an undisclosed amount, to carve a path toward…
Mars,Tata Trusts to work on addressing nutritional gaps
To help addressing the nutritional gaps among children, American chocolate maker Mars and Tata Trusts Wednesday introduced a lentil-based snack…
KFC fine-tunes India strategy, hands over 13 more stores to RJ Corp Firm
NEW DELHI: Yum! Brands-owned KFC India has divested an additional 13 restaurants to Devyani International, its largest franchise partner, which…
GST NAA finds Hardcastle Restaurants guilty of profiteering Rs 7.49 crore
New Delhi: The anti-profiteering authority (NAA) has found Hardcastle Restaurants, a franchisee of fast food chain McDonald’s, guilty of not…
Food startups play health card
NEW DELHI: Food startups are using health as bait to target young consumers leading hectic lives. From hawking breakfast bars…
Restaurants ready to party as more Indians step out to eat
NEW DELHI: After a tough year when the rollback of input tax credit, inflation, and policy restrictions hit profitability, the…
Maggi ‘returns’ to help Nestle fight the plastic menace
NEW DELHI: Amid mounting concerns over the impact of plastic on the environment, Nestlé India, the country’s largest foods company,…
Natural food has to be natural: FSSAI
NEW DELHI: Food companies cannot use words such as ‘natural’, ‘fresh’, ‘original’, ‘traditional’, ‘pure’, ‘authentic’, ‘genuine’ and ‘real’ on the…