Through its cloud kitchens, ITC is building a portfolio of shorter shelf-life offerings and selling them through quick commerce platforms.
Daily essentials and food products will be cheaper from Monday, as leading FMCG companies have slashed prices, extending GST cut benefits to consumers.
'I will make the final decision on Sunday, Monday or on the morning I'm scheduled to play,' the Indian tennis ace said.
Mumbai tennis fans could well have a two-weeks' feast, as the WTA Sunfeast Open Tier III tournament, which is hosted by Kolkata every year, could be shifted to India's financial capital, after the annual ATP Kingfisher Airlines Open.
The superstar will be endorsing the entire range of snacks under the umbrella brand Sunfeast.
The world number 27 withdrew from the tournament because of a wrist injury.
ITC's biscuits, which have a sweet spot in the cream segment, now want a bigger piece of the cookies market
Fourth-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko crushed unheralded Ukrainian Mariya Koryttseva in a one-sided final to win the US $175,000 WTA event.
Interested kids can participate in this contest by answering a simple question to be aired on Disney channel till 5th Sep, 2005.
The world No. 13 will be the top attraction at the September 18-24 WTA tournament in Kolkata.
Sania Mirza, world No. 17 Karolina Sprem of Croatia and Thai star Tamarine Tanasugarn have also confirmed for the September 19 to 25 WTA tournament.
The fourth edition of the USD 175,000 WTA Sunfeast Open, slated to be held in Kolkata from October 6-12, has been shifted to Mumbai as the dates clash with the Durga Puja.
The cricket icon is scheduled to play a promotional mixed doubles match alongside some tennis celebrities including Mahesh Bhupathi.
This is second time in a month when a packaged food co has complained
The women's world No.1 doubles players will partner Indian ace Sania Mirza.
Leading FMCG companies reported a decline in margins in the September quarter on account of higher input costs and food inflation, which ultimately slowed down the pace of urban consumption. Rising prices of commodity inputs such as palm oil, coffee and cocoa were also accentuated and some FMCG firms have hinted at a price hike. HUL, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL), Marico, ITC, and Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL) have expressed concerns over squeezing urban consumption, which according to industry experts forms 65-68 per cent of FMCG total sales.
And possibly in all of Asia, going by his reported fee of Rs 275 crore for Thalapathy 69, his coming movie.
A wrist injury could keep the Indian ace out of next week's WTA tournament.
"Tendulkar will be involved in a game of fun tennis at Kolkata on September 18," according to tournament director Jaidip Mukherjee.
The Swiss ace proved too good for Russia's Olga Poutchkova in the final.
Leading the field at the US $175,000 event will be former World No. 1 Martina Hingis and India's teenage sensation Sania Mirza.
Sunitha Rao, ranked 161 in the world, replaces German Marlene Weingartner, who pulled out of the WTA event.
A young couple sharing a laugh - in the living room over a Polish joke book, on the beach, in the rain - with the tagline, "Made for each other", hung from billboards at prominent street corners from the 1960s to the 1990s. It was a campaign for one of the largest selling cigarette brands in India, Wills (Navy Cut) from the ITC stable, that resonated with a generation of smokers and non-smokers alike till the curtains came down on tobacco advertising in 2004. As we prepare to welcome 2024, ITC has metamorphosed from a tobacco giant into a conglomerate straddling multiple large-sized businesses. In the mind space of Gen Z or millennials, the company represents a gamut of branded products - from frozen food (ITC Master Chef), noodles (YiPPee!), and cookies (Sunfeast) to snacks (Bingo!) and notebooks (Classmate), and so on and so forth.
Over the past year, Amul has undergone a transformative journey, evolving from a dairy-centric entity to a comprehensive foods company. Since 2022, PepsiCo India, too, has embarked on extensive launches in the food category. Not to be left behind, ITC, which has been introducing an average of 100 fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) products across categories every year, has also launched a number of packaged food items.
Eliud Kipchoge was named the ambassador of the fund-raising initiative 'Sunfeast India Run As One'
A hotel in 1975, entry into paperboards in 1979, India's dominant cigarette maker, ITC, read the tea - or tobacco - leaves early, leveraged its enterprise strengths and stepped up the diversification agenda to create multiple drivers of growth. Some failed, some faltered, some were transformational, adding steadily to the top line. Now those efforts are making a difference: margins from non-cigarettes - FMCG, hotels, agri, paperboards, paper and packaging - are expanding and profits are kicking in more significantly than ever before.
Participate in the 'Sunfeast Open Contest' to get an all expense paid trip to watch the tournament live in Kolkata.
The move is significant since it signals the growing importance of foods in Marico's overall strategy. It also comes six months after Marico stepped into honey, a Rs 1,500-crore category dominated by players such as Dabur.
The Belarus lass won her first round match at the Sunfeast Open in straight sets.
The Indian star also maintained her doubles ranking to be at 18th spot in the latest rankings.
Shubhankar tied 110th after Rd 1 of English Championship
The cool-as-cucumber Indian broke her rival in the second game, but was immediately broken back. However, Shikha kept up the good show to demolish Fujiwara in the fourth and eighth games to take the set.
The company expects Bournvita Crunchy to strengthen its presence in the cookie segment.
ITC on Monday said it is conducting more tests on its products at accredited labs across India.
The road ahead is not expected to be easy for one of India's best-loved brands.
Today Aashirvaad, ITC says, has 75 per cent of the market.
New variants and innovative product categories on the anvil to beat margin pressure.
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