Food chains face heat as consumers cut back on spends

Samir Kuckreja, former managing director of Nirula's in Delhi and president of the National Restaurant Association of India, says the last six months have been challenging for the sector."Growth......

Nirula's set to take on McDonald's

For long, McDonald's has been riding on the affordability plank, advertising its prices that are apparently a throwback to an era. Now, it has to share the plank with India's oldest fast food......

The romance of fast food

In the 1960s, when dating was socially taboo, a small cafe in Connaught Place quietly played host to numerous dates, gradually becoming a haven for marriages made in heaven. Lalit Nirula, now a......

India Corp to buy Mars

India Hospitality Corp said it would buy the Mumbai-based Mars Restaurant and airline catering company SkyGourmet Catering Private from Navis Capital Partners for $110 million. Under the proposed......