Author: HBI Staff | Mumbai
The consumer wants to take control of what he eats, and how he does so. These and other new `Consumer Rules’ formed the theme for the launch of Taste Tomorrow 2015, an in- depth study into consumer behaviour, attitudes choices and future trends related to bakery, pastry, patisserie and chocolate,conducted by Puratos India, a subsidiary of the 90 years plus Puratos Group, a leading manufacturer of specialist products for the bakery, confectionery and catering industries. Puratos formally released the results of its research study to its customers including representatives and senior level executives from the bakery and confectionery industries at…
Hotel Sahara Star won several accoladas at the recently concluded Great Indian Culinary Competition (GICC), for the fifth consecutive year, according to a press release. In addition to the increased participation at the event, the hotel also won a silver in the ‘Plated Desserts’ and a bronze in the ‘Plated Appetisers’ category. Under the leadership of Executive Chef Salil Fadnis, team Sahara Star also participated in various categories right from ‘chocolate showpiece’ to live cooking. GICC is the industry’s professional food preparation competition, which was organised at a national level and involved senior and apprentice chefs from all over India.
Serta mattresses and pillows, leaders in the US and the rest of the world, have launched an exclusive 2200 square feet showroom in Ahmedabad. The showroom has 10 different mattress grades on display for the customers to experience and choose. The premium mattress brand already has Hampton by Hilton in Vadodara as its customer and also delivers to cities like Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat, and Rajkot. Emirates Sleep Systems Pvt Ltd [ESPL] has the license from Serta Inc.USA to Manufacture and Market Serta range of products in the Indian Market.
The Indian government is likely to approve tomorrow a proposal for setting up of a National Mission for Food Processing in cooperation with the states to provide much-needed thrust to the sector. The Cabinet meeting, which was scheduled to be held yesterday, was postponed to August 17, 2012 a source said. All the proposals including the launch of a central scheme National Mission for Food Processing sector will be taken up for discussion, the source added as per a PTI report. The proposal moved by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries aims to set-up the mission as a centrally-sponsored scheme…
Milagrow has recently launched automatic window cleaning robot Windoro in India. Windoro is available in three colours – royal silver, canary yellow and sporty red. It comes in two units; one is responsible for the cleaning and the other takes care of navigation. The units are kept together by Neodymium permanent magnets that can be adjusted to suit the thickness of different windows, from five mm to 28mm. It has options of manual cleaning, using a remote control, or auto cleaning by setting it in a zigzag motion in one click. At the launch, Rajeev Karwal, Founder Director of Milagrow,…
Gate Gourmet, a subsidiary of Swiss giant gategroup which provides in-flight catering services, and Indian food catering firm Travel Food Services (TFS), have forged a joint venture (JV) alliance to provide in-flight on-board catering services targeted mainly at low-cost airlines. TFS is the majority partner in the 60:40 joint venture, which has kicked off operations under the TFS-Gate brand starting this month. The JV has tied up with Jet Airways as a first move and will cater to 500 Jet flights a day, a top company official said. “The buy-on-board business is evolving rapidly… we are trying to create aspirational…
The food and hospitality industry in Pune has expressed concern about the Rs 140 hike in the rate of commercial LPG cylinders but welcomed the announcement of the National Mission on Food Processing. The LPG rate hike is going to result in another price hike on the restaurant menu cards. Ganesh Shetty, President, Pune Hoteliers Association said, “The increase in the rate of LPG cylinders is definitely going to hit our business. Prices of raw material used in the hotel industry have already shot up due to inflation and further price rise announced in the budget will force us to…
Over the years of being a Housekeeping Instructor, I introduced the topic of room linen, by making students list and add up the approximate cost of each linen item in a room and then multiply it by the number of rooms in a medium-sized hotel. This exercise never failed to bring out the realisation of the importance of a room linen. Linen products are the highest annual cost items in a hotel’s operational supply inventory, therefore getting a good value for money is the top priority of an executive housekeeper. This process begins while purchasing the initial supplies required to…
Pune is set to be a hub for food processing given its location and character of population. Also, there are different initiatives being taken up in Pune, which include the Government of Maharashtra’s approved Rs 100 crore project for horticulture development, upcoming mega food parks, vegetable clusters set up by the Ministry of Agriculture, Wine Board, NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development), NAFARI (National Agriculture and Food Analysis and Research Institute) and MCCIA (The Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture), according to Pradeep Chordia, Chordia Food Products in an AFSTI (Association of Food Scientists and Technologists [India])…
Frette, the Italian provider of luxury linens recently launched their first store Frette Total Image corner inside Ravissant, New India Centre, 17a Cooperage Road, Mumbai. With the launch of this store, Frette plans to enter the homes of at least one million consumers in the country. Frette has been brought to India by Regency Retail Private Limited who are their all India franchisee and will launch Frette pan India. Speaking at the launch Riccardo Ronconi, Worldwide Sales Manager, Frette said, “Frette’s philosophy is to maintain the leadership in style and comfort and provide its trademark quality to all its customers.…
