India’s growing appetite for protein is reshaping the food and beverage market, with café chains, dairy companies and nutrition brands racing to make protein part…
View More Protein Takes Over the Café Menu as Starbucks, Chaayos and Tim Hortons Raise the Stakes
US coffee giant Starbucks will establish its first Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Chennai, India, creating around 800 technology jobs in its initial phase. The…
View More Starbucks Picks Chennai for First India GCC, Plans 800 Tech Jobs
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) launched the PaperFlex Consortium, an industry group aimed at speeding up paper-based flexible packaging as an alternative to plastic. Colgate-Palmolive,…
View More Nestlé, PepsiCo and Four Other Giants Launch Consortium to Replace Small-Format Plastic Packaging
Food and beverage companies are increasingly treating packaging as a marketing channel rather than a cost to be minimized, as rising media prices and weaker…
View More Food Brands Bet on Limited-Run “Mini Moments” to Win Attention on Social Media
Kothari Industrial Corporation Ltd (KICL), part of the DC Kothari group, has entered the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector with the launch of Chusip, a…
View More Kothari’s KICL Taps Tender Coconut Water to Enter FMCG, Eyes Rs 2,500 Crore Beverage Business by 2035
FSSAI has initiated three separate adjudication proceedings against Nestlé India over alleged violations involving infant nutrition products. The cases concern promotional claims around “5 HMOs”,…
View More FSSAI Steps Up Scrutiny of Nestlé India Over Infant Formula Claims, Biotin Compliance
India’s apex body for FMCG distributors has formally approached PM Modi, fiercely opposing any moves to introduce a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on Unified Payments…
View More FMCG Distributors Warn UPI Transaction Fees Could Cripple Low-Margin Retail Supply Chains
PepsiCo India has outlined progress across water stewardship, regenerative agriculture, circular packaging and nutrition as part of the company’s 2025 ESG Performance Update. Farming footprint…
View More PepsiCo India’s ESG Report Card: 100%+ Water Replenishment, 36,000 Farmers, a Sugar-Reduction Push
FMCG company BL Agro will invest ₹1,500 crore in its biotech subsidiary Leads Genetics to build an integrated dairy and cattle-genetics ecosystem, with the company…
View More BL Agro Stakes ₹1,500 Crore on Cattle Genetics to Reshape India’s Dairy Supply Chain
Orkla India, the parent of MTR Foods, is targeting a spot among the country’s fastest-growing multi-category food companies over the next five years, with the…
View More MTR Maker – Orkla- India Eyes Aggressive Five-Year Growth Push, Plays on Premiumisation and Quick Commerce