'Weighty' FMCG matters: Prices repacked, value unpacked; Daily goods makers repurpose pack sizes to pass GST cut benefitsPopular price points for daily essentials are set to return by mid-November. FMCG manufacturers can now increase pack weights instead of re...
22 Oct, 2025, 04.35 AM IST
Kellanova bets on scale, snacks to grab a bigger bite in India's breakfast marketKellanova, formerly Kellogg’s, plans to expand in India’s breakfast and snacking market by leveraging scale, growing muesli, chocos, and co...
30 Sep, 2025, 12.01 AM IST
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
GST 2.0: FMCG companies brace for retailer and distributor comebackFMCG companies in India anticipate a significant rebound in distributor and retailer orders starting Monday, reversing recent declines caus...
21 Sep, 2025, 11.30 PM IST
FMCG cos get ready to roll out new GST ratesFast-moving consumer goods companies in India are working hard to implement the revised Goods and Services Tax rates. Companies are updatin...
20 Sep, 2025, 11.36 PM IST
Kiranas, distributors turn lean as countdown to September 22 beginsNeighborhood grocers and quick commerce platforms are limiting supplies from companies. They want to avoid unsold stock before the new GST ...
08 Sep, 2025, 12.29 AM IST
‘Organic’ and ‘natural’? India’s $32 billion packaged food and beverage industry struggles with disclosuresThe packaged food industry should be more upfront about the ingredients they use to make products. It is a question of public health, say e...
06 Jul, 2024, 10.03 AM IST
Move on from fafda, paratha and cater to international quality: Food Processing Secy tells industryAnita Praveen, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, says the time has come to start manufacturing products that appeal to eve...
06 Jun, 2024, 10.08 AM IST
P&G India appoints LV Vaidyanathan as its new CEOP&G's three entities in India, which sell products ranging from detergents and shampoo to razors and sanitary napkins, have a combined reve...
19 Apr, 2022, 01.36 PM IST
Mars Chocolate over moon after toppling Mondelez in India in modern trade segmentAccording to market researcher Nielsen's data, Mars Chocolate had 48 per cent share on an all-India basis in the category in 2016, moving u...
03 Aug, 2017, 07.04 AM IST
Why Mondelez is not worried about new competition in IndiaRivals Nestlé, Ferrero India and even Patanjali hit the market with new launches in the chocolates category dominated by Mondelez.
10 Apr, 2017, 01.32 PM IST
Generation shift: As sharing becomes passe, brands now encouraging solo consumptionFragmenting families and changing consumer habits have prompted the market to tweak strategies to suit these individual consumers.
20 Feb, 2017, 10.49 AM IST
Mondelez goes ‘marvellous’ with Dairy Milk to drive up salesThis is Mondelez’s third launch within a year after Bournvita biscuits and Oreo Gold even as demand for most discretionary products is hit ...
03 Aug, 2016, 12.03 PM IST
Bournvita Quiz Contest to move off from TV to digital spaceThe show will go live on December 25 with two new episodes every week for 7 consecutive weeks on the BQC YouTube Channel on every Tuesday a...
23 Dec, 2014, 09.33 PM IST
North and west regions show lowest consumption of malted food drinksTraditional milk consuming regions north and west show the lowest consumption of malted food drinks (MFDs) as compared to the east and sout...
17 Oct, 2014, 12.01 PM IST
WEF Davos to host 40 govt heads; India to have strong presenceHundreds of rich and powerful people across the world will congregate next week at the Swiss skiing resort town of Davos for the World Econ...
15 Jan, 2014, 06.21 PM IST
- Ignore CD noise; let the Lokpal committee do its job
It would be unfortunate if government or ruling party leaders are seen to be part an effort to discredit the campaign against corruption.
20 Apr, 2011, 06.45 AM IST