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SECTOR | 11 Mar 2025

Sapphire Foods slips 9%; management expects sales, margins woes to persist

Business Standard

However, in the long-term quick-service restaurant (QSR) drivers remain strong, with KFC and Pizza Hut as key verticals, said the company's management.

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SECTOR | 06 Mar 2025

Amul ranked as 3rd most valued brand in India

Business Line

Amul is the only Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) brand in the top three list

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SECTOR | 06 Mar 2025

Britannia Industries CEO Rajneet Kohli steps down, effective March 14

Business Standard

Kohli joined as Britannia's CEO in September 2022 and previously held leadership roles at Domino's India, run by Jubilant Foodworks, Asian Paints and Coca-Cola Co

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SECTOR | 05 Mar 2025

Pepsi Takes On Coca-Cola's Half Time' Campaign With Witty Any Time' Ad War

NDTV Profit

The never-ending hilarious ad war has a new twist to it.

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SECTOR | 05 Mar 2025

Ready for bottling opportunities from Coca-Cola: Kandhari Global Beverages

Business Standard

Kandhari Global Beverages is ready for more bottling opportunities from Coca-Cola in India as well as foreign territories, its Managing Director Varinder Pal Singh Kandhari said on Wednesday. Besides, Kandhari Global Beverages, which has recently acquired Coca-Cola's bottling operations in the North Gujarat region, plans to double its turnover in the next 5-6 years from the current Rs 4,500 crore. The Atlanta-headquartered beverage major is divesting assets globally by franchising regional operations to local partners as part of its asset-light business model. "We look forward if there is an opportunity, we will definitely look at it," Kandhari told PTI. Kandhari Global Beverages was one of the three existing bottlers to whom HCCB had transferred bottling operations of the Rajasthan market in the last round in January 2024. It already operates in parts of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh. "We have ambitions going beyond the...

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SECTOR | 04 Mar 2025

Pepsi hits back with 'Any Time' to Coca-Cola's 'Half Time' ad campaign

Business Standard

Industry experts believe that the revival of a cola ad war lacks the creative spark of earlier advertisements

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SECTOR | 04 Mar 2025

Coca-Cola to sell North Gujarat bottling plant to Kandhari for Rs 2,000 cr

Business Standard

Beverage major Coca-Cola is selling its bottling plant in the North Gujarat region to Kandhari Global Beverages. Though the company has not shared financial details, industry insiders have pegged the deal to be around Rs 2,000 crore, where Coca-Cola will transfer business from HCCBL, its bottling arm in India, to its bottling partner Kandhari Global Beverages. The Atlanta-headquartered beverage major is divesting assets globally by franchising regional operations to local partners as part of its asset-light business model. "We have reached an agreement to transfer the North Gujarat bottling operations currently being operated by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCBL). Subject to regulatory approvals, the North Gujarat business will be owned and operated by Kandhari Global Beverages Private Ltd," said an HCCBL spokesperson. This transfer will ensure that the right level of investments can be undertaken in all parts of the business while bringing scale and contiguity to the ..

Coca-Cola bottler HCCB transfers North Gujarat bottling operations to Kandhari Global for 2,000 crore

Business Line | 04 Mar 2025

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SECTOR | 02 Mar 2025

JioStar aims to widen ad base for IPL

Business Line

Some of the key brands that have already finalised sponsorship deals for IPL include Campa, My11Circle, SBI and Amul

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SECTOR | 27 Feb 2025

Coca-Cola's Summer Launches In India To Include Sports Drink BodyArmorLyte

NDTV Profit

BodyArmorLyte operates in the hydration segment and is packed with electrolytes and coconut water. Honest Tea is an organic tea brand sourced from Assam.

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SECTOR | 27 Feb 2025

Coca-Cola gearing up for a strong Summer season; bets big on Thums Up and Sprite's $2-billion sales growth journey

Business Line

Coca-Cola India plans significant acceleration in production capacities and go-to-market strategy