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How Urban India’s Evolving Tastes Are Reshaping the Beer Market

Abhinav Jindal — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:21:39 +0000

India’s beer market is witnessing a significant shift, driven by changing consumer expectations in urban centres. What was once a category dominated by affordability and volume is increasingly being shaped by flavour preferences, experiential value, and personal identity. Urban consumers today are redefining what beer means to them, and in doing so, they are reshaping […]

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Understanding Three Decades of Scale, Systems and Structure with Ajay Mariwala

Jigyasa Aggarwal — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:38:48 +0000

When Ajay Mariwala entered the food industry in the late 1980s, he did not approach it as a culinary pursuit. With a chemical engineering degree from Purdue and a systems-focused education from MIT Sloan, he viewed food through the lens of process, control, and scalability. What intrigued him was not just flavour, but how flavour […]

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The Future of Frozen and Processed Foods in India

Pranay Kumar Mishra — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:55:37 +0000

If you want to understand how India is changing, do not start with Parliament or Dalal Street. Start with the freezer section of a supermarket. Ten years ago, it was a narrow strip stocked with peas, corn, and the occasional ice cream tub. Today, it is an entire corridor. Parathas. Idlis. Kebabs. Marinated chicken. Momos. […]

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Budget 2026: Cheaper flights, better infrastructure and connections, and a boom in the hospitality industry?

Mehardeep Singh — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:31:45 +0000

We Indians are very well-known for showing respect and hospitality to others. We are known for our giving nature and welcome our guests with open hearts, open hands, and a big smile. We are a rich cultural country that provides deep and meaningful insights to every traveller. There is a proverb in India that says, […]

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Inside Salad Days’ System-First Growth Playbook

Jigyasa Aggarwal — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:23:32 +0000

Salads have long been associated with restraint as meals eaten out of necessity, not want. Salad Days was built to dismantle that assumption. The brand did not stop at making salads taste good; it repositioned the category itself. By treating salads as a serious food business rather than a niche wellness product, Salad Days has […]

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Unlocking Growth in Semi-Urban India

Business of Food Bureau — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 05:37:34 +0000

By mid-afternoon on November 11, the ballroom at the Jio World Convention Centre was humming with a peculiar tension—part curiosity, part impatience, part opportunity waiting to be seized. Retailers from Jalgaon, Nashik, Malegaon, Pune, and dozens of fast-growing trade pockets had travelled to Mumbai, not merely to listen but to be heard. On the other […]

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The New Indian Plate: What Stays, What Goes, What’s Next

Business of Food Bureau — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:49:34 +0000

Setting the tone for a high-energy, pre-lunch session, Harpreet Tibb, promoter of Tibbs Frankie and the session’s moderator, framed the discussion with characteristic candour. “We have chefs, restaurateurs, and ingredient companies on one stage. This is where the real picture of Indian food emerges—from those who actually run kitchens and businesses.” Joining him as co-moderator, […]

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Daryaganj Restaurant: Reviving a Legacy, Building a Rs.100-Crore Powerhouse

Sanjay Kumar — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:59:28 +0000

Daryaganj’s story begins where many Indian food stories begin—in forced migration, reinvention, and the stubborn insistence to start again. The brand positions itself as a tribute to the culinary legacy of Kundan Lal Jaggi and the resilience of Punjabi refugees who arrived in Delhi after Partition, bringing with them both loss and flavour, and eventually […]

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How Bharat’s Value-Conscious Shoppers Are Rewriting India’s E-commerce Growth Story

Kamaldeep Singh — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:15:00 +0000

India’s next phase of e-commerce growth is being shaped by Bharat. This fast-growing consumer base spans nearly 150 million households across metro and non-metro cities, earns an average monthly income of fifty thousand to sixty thousand rupees, and is projected to account for over one trillion dollars in consumption by the end of the decade. […]

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Progressive or Conservative? Inside the Great Indian Cuisine Debate

Business of Food Bureau — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 07:27:20 +0000

Opening the session, Dhiren Kanwar, Founder of Zaad Ventures and the moderator of the discussion, set the tone with a provocation that framed the entire debate. “Indian food has travelled from the streets to star restaurants, from brass thalis to glass domes. But as a cuisine evolves, are we elevating it—or erasing its essence?” Inviting […]

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