Meat consumption in India is rising steadily as incomes are growing. But the ways and conditions of meat processing and retailing follow a variety of different standards and approaches. To improve the situation, the Cabinet gave now its approval for establishm...full story

American ice-cream retailer Snowberry has announced that it would invest $50 million by 2010 to start its business in India to be known as Snowberry India Private Limited (SIP). The new entity will expand though franchising. The plan is to have 50 outlets in ...full story

Dr. Oetker-Group has announced today the acquisition of Fun Foods India, a leading Indian manufacturer of branded packaged food products and market leader in mayonnaise and sandwich spreads. Dr. Oetker intends to be the leading purveyor of western cuisine to I...full story

In India, people are experiencing a sudden growth of retail chains, providing quality and quantity of grocery, consumer and household items. However, the pioneer in this sector is Kendriya Bhandar, also known as Central Govt. Employees Consumer Cooperative Soc...full story

India has announced to open its markets for German pork and poultry meat, Dr. Gerd Müller, Secretary of State in the German ministry for agriculture has informed. This was the result of the last meeting of the Indo-German working group on agriculture under the...full story

One of the rare exhibitors of chocolate on IFE India 2008 in New Delhi was Galler Chocolatiers, a 32 year old chocolate company from Belgium, which brought a nice selection of different varieties of black and white chocolate to Delhi as base for business discu...full story

The Indian market for energy drinks was estimated recently to have a size of Rs 500 crore, about 90 million Euros. The market which is so far dominated by Red Bull, is attracting various new players which want to get a share in a growing business. One of the ...full story

A new study by FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) states that the € 160 billion strong (Rs 8,80,000 crore) Indian food industry can achieve an additional Rs. 440,000 crore (US $ 100 billion) opportunities by year 2015, if certain co...full story

Grocery stores are a one stop shop, fulfilling all daily needs of any locality. For a look into traditional retailing in the times of emergence of supermarkets, FII visited Chittaranjan Park (C.R.Park), New Delhi, a colony once made for “East Bengal Displaced ...full story

India saw a delegation in these days from the German state Rhineland Palatinate. Among the participants who had been holding B2B-meetings in three towns was a German manufacturer of chocolate, WAWI-Schokolade AG from Pirmasens, represented by its President Dr....full story