After 6 years: Bengaluru-Gurgaon techie, who quit job to start a food business, shares painful lessons and personal sacrificesA Gurgaon techie transformed into a food entrepreneur in 2018, renting a small kitchen and facing initial losses. Rapid growth during the p...
24 Jan, 2025, 12.16 PM IST
How a salad helped 24-year-old baker become multimillion-dollar business owner? Company CEO shares secretMelissa Ben-Ishay, founder of the multimillion-dollar cupcake company Baked by Melissa, found success after being fired from her advertisin...
14 Nov, 2024, 10.45 AM IST
For risk takers: 5 smallcap stocks that have beaten volatile markets can rise up to 58%As Nifty comes closer to form a new high, more small cap stocks are joining the party. Right from a logistic company of a large industrial ...
21 Jun, 2023, 12.20 PM IST
Haldiram’s inks pact with France’s Brioche DoréeCo's deal with a French firm is the first partnership by snacks firm outside the family
09 Feb, 2019, 07.12 PM IST
In cost-cutting mode, Air India targets cheese for premium passengersThis is part of an elaborate cost-cutting exercise that the Maharaja has embarked on as expenses mount.
06 Oct, 2018, 04.18 PM IST
How the carts of fruit chaatwallahs drive many an entrepreneurial ideaFruit chaatwallahs should be celebrated for feeding India with a cheap plate of fresh fruit and much-needed prebiotics. Their cart drives m...
10 Dec, 2017, 01.19 PM IST
Food delivery startup Box8 raises Rs 50 crore funding from IIFL, MayfieldStarted by two IIT graduates, Amit Raj and Anshul Gupta, Box8 now serves 12,000 meals a day to its consumers through a network of 60 stores...
24 Oct, 2016, 04.26 PM IST
The hottest investment product is going to make mutual funds extinctETFs are one of the fastest growing type of investment vehicles in the markets now. Mutual funds are still much bigger with nearly $16 tril...
12 Apr, 2016, 03.38 PM IST
Food startup Faasos flips business model to cut down costs, maintain growthThe company flipped its business model last year to expand food variety on its menu by tieing up with homechefs - around 100 on its rolls n...
07 Apr, 2016, 11.09 AM IST
A look at five offbeat food ventures which are experimenting with new ideasOne good thing about living in India now — when interest in food as entertainment is at an all time high — is the potential to innovate and...
14 Mar, 2016, 10.37 AM IST
Rajesh Sawhney's food tech startup InnerChef buys EatonGo, Flavour LabInnerChef has European, Mediterranean and Indian cuisines on its menu and specializes in salads with low-calorie dressing, Panini and salad...
09 Mar, 2016, 12.12 PM IST
29-year-old Thom Feeney has crowdsourced $2 million to save GreeceIn what is being hailed one of the most successful Indiegogo campaigns of all time, 29-year-old Thom Feeney has raised nearly 1.8 million t...
06 Jul, 2015, 12.34 PM IST
Cook-it-yourself kits gain steam among urban food loversThese comapnies are gaining steam with food connoisseurs -- mostly young working couples pressed for time or home-makers wanting to cook fo...
25 May, 2015, 05.30 PM IST
Innovative food delivery startups like FreshMenu, iTiffin cash in on demandAs opposed to a brick-and-mortar restaurant, an "internet-only restaurant" like FreshMenu eliminates massive costs such as real estate, ser...
30 Mar, 2015, 10.02 AM IST
Food portals flavour of the season for venture capital investorsThe eating out market presents a large opportunity for entrepreneurs as it is expected to reach $78 billion by 2018, according to consultin...
10 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Oddest projects going the crowd funding route, and succeedingKick-starter, a breeding ground for mega-creative projects like Oculus Rift and Pebble smartwatch, is also home to some strange ideas.
23 Aug, 2014, 12.56 PM IST
- Formerly beefy Britain is basking in its salad days
As a nation, Britain has been known for stodge. Huge chunks of meat or fish, surrounded by roast or chipped potatoes, mushy peas and perhap...
15 Jul, 2010, 05.48 AM IST