FMCG's magic price points do a disappearing act as GST 2.0 kicks inParle-G and other FMCG companies are shifting away from popular price points like ₹5 and ₹10 due to GST-related ambiguity. Firms are awaiti...
23 Sep, 2025, 08.54 AM IST
Packaged food makers gear up to hike prices as input costs biteBritannia, Parle, Mondelez, and Dabur consider increasing prices by 4-10% due to rising costs of key ingredients like flour, cocoa, and sug...
06 Aug, 2024, 01.03 AM IST
Why prices for chocolate and cocoa went nutsFor much of the past decade, the price of cocoa in one key global benchmark hovered around $2,500 per metric ton.
13 May, 2024, 10.30 AM IST
It's a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers but big companies see profitsWith exports from the Ivory Coast, the world's top producer, down by a third in recent months, the global price of cocoa has risen sharply....
29 Mar, 2024, 11.42 PM IST
Kraft-Heinz thrives as pandemic spurs home diningKraft Heinz Co beat first-quarter revenue and profit estimates on Thursday as a year-long surge in demand for consumables including Lunchab...
29 Apr, 2021, 09.15 PM IST
Pladis extends its McVitie's brand to crackers segment to take on Britannia and Parle“Consumer behaviour is changing and they are switching brands due to either unavailability or wanting to try new ones led by lower pricing ...
14 Jul, 2020, 12.16 PM IST
Buyer beware! Horlicks comes with a set of challengesThe scramble for Horlicks underlines the immense brand value of the product. GSK’s Horlicks and Boost brands have strong positioning in Ind...
27 Jun, 2018, 05.46 PM IST
ITC likely to be a strong contender to buy GSK's nutrition business including HorlicksNestle, Unilever, PepsiCo may look to buy its nutrition business, but ITC ‘likely strong contender’ as malt-based brands can expand its por...
29 Mar, 2018, 08.38 AM IST
GST cuts: Get more for same priceAuthorities had written to companies to pass on the benefits of cuts in GST to consumers. And companies are now devising ways to comply wit...
30 Nov, 2017, 10.32 AM IST
Mondelez, maker of Cadbury chocolates & Oreo biscuits, sales slowest in decadeIndia arm of Cadbury chocolate-maker posts just 4% growth in sales at Rs 5,411 crore during FY16 as consumers spend less on discretionary p...
13 Dec, 2016, 12.56 AM IST
Ferrero overtakes Nestle in India chocolate revenuesNestle’s chocolate division, which sells Kit-Kat and Munch among other brands, had revenue of Rs 1,110 crore in calendar 2015.
07 Jul, 2016, 05.04 AM IST
Six triggers that changed your market while you were sleepingStocks were on a high in overnight trade after BoE’s stimulus talk to assuage Brexit jitters even though there were more rating cuts for Eu...
01 Jul, 2016, 06.45 AM IST
We create new occasions for chocolate sales: Chandramouli Venkatesan, MD, Mondelez India"We have over 20,000 new villages and have added about 500,000 new stores in these villages. There is a clear expansion programme," Venkate...
24 Sep, 2015, 05.08 AM IST
Chocolate consumption to grow fastest in China, IndiaBesides India and China, other middle-income markets from where the highest percentage of growth is expected over the next five years inclu...
14 Jul, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
Rising popularity of Nutella, Ferrero Rocher, Kinder Joy, brings Ferrero India within striking distance of NestleIn the year ended August 2014, Ferrero India’s sales surged 76% to Rs 1,014 crore, according to filings at the Registrar of Companies.
02 Apr, 2015, 11.25 AM IST
Less beer in your bottle? Blame 'shrinkflation'To turn profits, companies like Nestle and Carlsberg have reportedly been reducing the quantity of product made available to customers.
05 Sep, 2014, 01.37 PM IST
Cadbury will always remain a chocolate company at heart: Chandramouli VenkatesanThe ‘Kuch meetha ho jaye’ campaign is also benefiting local mithaiwallahs as Indian consumers don’t necessarily associate sweet with chocol...
13 May, 2013, 05.12 AM IST