Reliance Consumer Products (RCPL), the FMCG arm of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), is establishing its first integrated food park in Andhra Pradesh with an investment of ₹768 crore.
The project, coming up in Orvakal’s Brahmanapalli village in Kurnool district, is part of Reliance’s larger ₹40,000 crore plan to set up food parks across India over the next three years.
Strategically located three hours from Hyderabad and five from Bengaluru airport, the Kurnool facility will manufacture a range of products, including chocolates, confectionery, snacks, noodles, atta, rice, and spices.
According to officials aware of the matter, the Andhra Pradesh State Investment Promotion Committee (SIPC) has cleared 120 acres for the project. The site is adjacent to an 80-acre parcel already allotted to RCPL for a beverages plant, which is awaiting state cabinet approval.
The food park will be developed in two phases and is expected to generate employment for around 500 people. In the first phase, the plant will have a capacity of 23,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) of spices, 3,800 TPA of snacks, and 14,400 TPA of noodles and pasta. The second phase will add 32,900 TPA of confectionery and chocolates, 36,500 TPA of rice, and 1.2 lakh TPA of atta.
Last week, RCPL signed an MoU with the Maharashtra government to set up an integrated facility in Nagpur. However, Andhra Pradesh has taken the lead with land allotments and approvals, positioning Kurnool as the company’s first operational food park.
Reliance Retail Ventures executive director Isha Ambani had announced at RIL’s annual general meeting that RCPL’s food park investments would support its goal of becoming India’s largest consumer goods company, targeting ₹1 lakh crore in annual revenue within five years.