Snacks

Medanta's stock hit a high of Rs 424.65 and a low of Rs 390.55 on the NSE, where Rs 2,000 crore worth of shares changed hands

As markets are regaining the traditional excitement this festive season after lacklustre sales during the COVID-19 pandemic, the trade of sweets and namkeen (snacks) in the current financial year is likely to reach an all-time high of Rs 1.25 lakh crore, says an industry body representative. During the Rakshabandhan festival last month, the trade of sweets and snacks witnessed a tremendous growth, Federation of Sweets and Namkeen Manufacturers director Firoz H Naqvi told PTI. "The demand of modak and other sweets has also increased in the ongoing Ganesh festival and this trend is expected to continue during the forthcoming Dussehra, Diwali and Holi festivals too, he said. The federation is an apex body of sweets and other snacks manufacturers. In view of the current trend in the market, the total trade of sweets and snacks during this financial year is likely to cross all previous figures and touch an all-time high of Rs 1.25 lakh crore, as the online sale and home delivery of thes

DFM Foods has outperformed the market by surging 47 per cent in a week, as compared to 1.5 per cent gain in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Kellogg will focus on its other verticals on priority after the split is officiated. The name of the independent verticals have not been decided yet

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Mirchi.com serves 20,000 pin codes with a delivery model that promises to bring the delicacies to your door absolutely fresh from across mainland India within 1-3 days

About 94 per cent of Indians are now worried about their family's health and are investing in wellness

Certain shareholders of the Rajasthan-based company, including two promoters, plan to offload around 2.94 crore shares through the OFS route

The sale of other foods around schools has also been restricted. The list includes ice cream, sweets, canned or preserved vegetables, meat, fish, pulse-based snacks, nuts, white bread and biscuits.

To understand how the virus affected people's everyday lives, the ABS ran a fortnightly survey with the same group of 1,000 people from April 1 to July 10. Here are some of the key findings

Local brands in the salted snacks market are taking the game away from big global labels; say 'Indianness' has helped them expand their market share

Through this partnership, the JV will introduce rice-based snacks with proprietary Japanese technologies in India