The Rs 4,300 plus revenue company and the makers of Domino’s Pizza have now brought local flavour pizzas to the traditional menu in Bengal and said the new modern food plant in the state will be operational in a year.
The next plan of this pizza giant is to experiment with the local flavour. It will be Bihar’s Champaran speciality. The three main flavours of Bengal are kasundi (spicy mustard paste), kosha (spicy dry) and malai (using coconut).
Jubilant Foodworks CEO and MD Sameer Khetarpal said that they have just got the land and are trying to make the plant operational in a year from now. The plant will produce ingredients and products meant for captive consumption to run its pizza stores.
He was in the city to launch the specially curated Bengali-flavoured pizzas during the Durga Puja festival that kicked in this week. “It is the first time from any quick service restaurant (QSR) to introduce hyper-local flavours,” Khetarpal said. The state government has offered a 12.7-acre plot in Phase II in Rishi Bankim Shilaudyan, Naihati in the South 24 Parganas district. The plant will serve Domino’s chain of 250 stores in the eastern region.
Jubilant has another food plant in Guwahati. The QSR has a food plant in the city. We are building a large plant to cater to the growing demand, and the existing facility will be shifted to the new location after completion.
State government officials had earlier said the company is expected to invest about Rs 100 crore and will generate about 1,000 jobs directly and indirectly over a period of time. The MoU for the project was signed at the last Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS).