Beverage

DPIIT's QCOs apply to a wide range of products, including smart meters, footwear, toys, cooking utensils, fire extinguishers, safety glass, welding rods, and components for building, all to ensure safety and improve manufacturing quality.

Rural India spent maximum of food expenditure on processed food, beverages in 2022-23: Survey

The share of food in total consumption expenditure of rural households varies from 39 percent in Kerala to 54 percent in Bihar and Assam.

Unseasonal rains made this summer challenging, says Coca-Cola India

The current summer season was "challenging" due to weather changes and drop in temperature. However, the company's performance in the summer season was better when it exited than it entered, Sundeep Bajoria said.

Campa comes back: Reliance Retail rolls out the iconic beverage brand

The Campa portfolio will initially include Campa Cola, Campa Lemon and Campa Orange in the sparkling beverage category, the FMCG arm of Reliance said in a release.

Google Doodle on bubble tea: Where is the popular drink from?

Bubble tea is popular drink around the world and has its own emoji. Where was it first made?

Diageo opens new business service centre in Bengaluru

Following a successful start to its operations in October 2016, Diageo's shared service centre in Bengaluru situated near the Nagavara, has already trebled its workforce to 300 with the expectation that this number will double by the end of the calendar year, it said.

Yellow Tie Hospitality Management to launch 5 restaurants

Indian celebrity chef Harpal Singh Sokhi on Tuesday announced the launch of five new restaurants across India, under the aegis of Yellow Tie Hospitality Management -- an India-based Food and Beverages (F&B) Franchise Management company.

Cola cos bet big on convenience packaging to drive sales: Srcs

While Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have already launched mini tetra packs, Paper Boat and Patanjali Ayurveda are in process of launching new products, sources say.

Cognizant appoints ex-PepsiCo Prez Zein Abdalla to Board

Abdalla was most recently President of PepsiCo, Inc, a global food, snack and beverage company from September, 2012 through his retirement in December 2014.

Alcoholic beverage cos profits hit by stiff norms: Moody's

Global research major Moody's in a report said the ongoing high barriers for new entrants would favour European beverage makers already established in India.

Buffett donates record $2.84 bn to Gates, family charities

The 10th annual donation, Buffett's largest, comprised 20.64 million Class "B" shares of Berkshire, and increased Buffett's total contributions to the charities to more than USD 21.5 billion.

Kohli, Ranbir, Anushka in Pepsi's new 'Live It Abhi' Ad

In a bid to target the Indian youth, Pepsi, which has had a history of roping in Bollywood and cricket stars including Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar, is now banking on the new youth brigade to promote their product.

Nestle jumps 5% on parent co's investment buzz

Currently, the parent company holds 62 percent in its India arm. It has a window to hike stake by up to 13 percent.

Nestle may invest up to $1bn to hike stake in India arm

Sources say Nestle is looking to appoint bankers to finalise the contours of the deal. The FMCG major may opt for voluntary open offer for this purpose.

Delhi entrepreneur finds success in a mug of beer

Rahul Singh opened the country's first beer cafe in 2010. With six outlets pouring and another 13 in the pipeline, he sees no reason why beer can't become the new coffee in India

Can tea cartel be more than a storm in a teacup?

Brewing a tea cartel is proving more difficult than a cuppa for six major producers of the world's most widely consumed beverage, who last week decided to join forces without explaining exactly what they planned to do.

Volumes, price hike help HUL Q3 net up 18% YoY

Hindustan Unilever's third quarter net profit rose 18% year-on-year to Rs 753 crore, helped by price hikes taken during the quarter and about 9% growth in volumes.

Beverage war heats up with scorching sun

This summer, beverage makers are turning on the heat just to help the indian consumer beat it in style, reports CNBC-TV18's Tanvi shukla and Vidhi Godiawala.