'The correction could take two to three months and traders need to be careful.' 'For investors, this could be a good time to nibble in.'
Consumer stocks remain the biggest laggard on the bourses. The Nify50 weighting of FMCG stocks declined to a decade low of 9.9 per cent at the end of March this year, down 150 basis points from 11.4 per cent a year ago. At their peak in March 2013, major FMCG stocks, such as Hindustan Unilever, ITC, and Asian Paints, together accounted for 15 per cent of the Nifty50. But now together with automobile stocks, the consumer goods sector accounts for only 14.7 per cent of the index, down 200 basis points in the past 12 months and 37 per cent from the record high weighting of 23.4 per cent at the end of March 2014.
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Gujarat's Amul bagged the top slot with 7.2 per cent share, followed by Mother Dairy and Britannia Industries.
The third-quarter financials didn't excite market watchers. But equity investors can still make money if they invest in the right stocks.
The mantra for the biscuit maker is simple: Run a tight ship and make prudent investments in manufacturing and distribution.
Britannia's foreign presence is low; share of global operations to total revenues is just 5-8%.
The Nutribic biscuit, first launched in August, found itself in the eye of a storm, owing to copyright and trademark infringement issues.
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Indian companies had invested $7.34 billion.
Interview with Britannia's MD on how she proposes to steer the company.
Reliance Industries accounted for Rs 6.3 trillion in wealth created since 1995; closest rival was Hindustan Unilever which was at Rs 4.9 trillion.
The corporate headquarters, christened Britannia Gardens, sprawls over nearly seven acres on the Old Airport Road, leading on to Whitefield, one of the major technology hubs towards the east of Bengaluru.
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The company, which logged 19 per cent growth in top line at Rs 5,400 crore (Rs 54 billion), derives around Rs 250 crore (Rs 2.5 billion) from global operations and is looking at all vectors to expand its presence overseas.
Britannia Industries Ltd on Thursday said it has appointed Jeh N Wadia and Emmanuel Faber as additional directors on the board of the company. \n
Despite near-term headwinds of rising input costs and the possibility of lower demand for products as Covid dented rural & urban India, and impacts both production & consumption, analysts remain bullish on stocks of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies and expect the index to relatively outperform its peers in the second half of fiscal 2021-22 (FY22). In the past one year, prices of key commodities such as groundnut oil, mustard oil, Vanaspati, soya oil, sunflower oil and palm oil have shot up in the range of 20 per cent to 60 per cent, data show. The FMCG sector macros in this backdrop, according to analysts, have further deteriorated because of weakness in consumer demand and likely margin pressure due to elevated crude oil, palm oil and global food prices.
Vinita Bali, managing director of Britannia Industries, believes innovation will drive growth.
The book that Vinita Bali, managing director of Britannia Industries Ltd, is currently reading couldn't be more appropriate: 'Too Big to Fail'. Although that bestseller by New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin tells the inside story of how Wall Street and Washington saved the financial system -- and themselves, its title aptly sums up Bali's own half-a-decade tenure at the Bangalore-based foods conglomerate.
Britannia Industries, the maker of Tiger biscuits, said it will take "right and appropriate action as it always has" against the lawsuit filed by US-based Kraft Foods for alleged trademark and copyright violation of its Oreo cookie brand.
With an array of new products, Britannia Industries is going through its most challenging phase.
The Karnataka High Court has refused to grant a stay on an appeal against City Civil Court's order of April 8 directing the trustees and Britannia Industries to pay the outstanding pension dues as per fund rules to the petitioners within the next two months.
A year after its split with Britannia, the French dairy major is betting big on milk products. But the task ahead is tricky
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However, the government's draft policy on e-commerce companies has forced consumer companies to also adapt to the changes. For Dabur India, e-commerce channel continues to be a key driver of growth in urban India. The contribution of online sales to its entire portfolio is at six per cent compared to 1.5 per cent before the pandemic.
'We need to encourage the next generation of farmers to continue in farming'
French dairy major Groupe Danone and Mumbai-based Wadia Group on Tuesday gave the finishing touches to a pact to end their 13-year-old joint venture for running Britannia Industries, India's largest food products firm. With it, they buried their bitter intellectual property disputer over the Tiger brand.
With this joint venture, the company is looking to take complete control of the entire process - from collection of fresh milk to processing and then to introduction of value-added products such as cheese deserts, cheese rolls and lollypops.
With a revival in demand and consumption, FMCG companies are looking forward to 2022 with positivity and hopes of sustaining a healthy growth trend across both rural and urban markets while gearing up to cater to the ever-increasing digitally active consumers and tackle the challenge of higher commodity prices. Health and wellness and convenience are going to remain key trends and FMCG companies are strengthening their core brands, driving premiumisation across their portfolios with targeted innovations as consumers are gravitating towards trusted brands looking for quality, purity and hygiene, in continuation of the trend that started since the pandemic last year. FMCG makers are accelerating digitalisation and are investing in building capability in e-commerce and Direct-to-Consumer channels, identifying it as a key vector of their growth as the threat of a possible third wave is still not away.
Unless the law specifies, top executives are not liable for the fault of their employees.
"It is challenging and difficult. But one or two challenging years are not a big deal. This too will come to an end. We are not running the business on a month-to-month or quarter-to-quarter basis. Yes, it is hard to actually generate consistently high margins, but this is what leadership is all about. To manage and deliver when things aren't going too smoothly," says Bali.
With an aim to increase its exports business, biscuit maker Britannia Industries is betting big on new international markets.
Britannia Industries Ltd managing director Sunil Alagh will not seek extension of his current tenure, which expires in February next year.\n\n\n\n
The Wadia group is looking to renegotiate the price of Groupe Danone's stake in Britannia Industries following the market slump and the credit squeeze in the global markets.
The company, which closed last fiscal with a top line of close to Rs 3,500 crore (Rs 35 billion), is expected to play in the ready-to-drink flavoured milk market targeted at youth, instead of the mass packaged milk segment. Britannia declined to comment in this regard. Industry estimates indicate this market is valued at close to Rs 750 crore (Rs 7.5 billion).
After fighting for over four years, Groupe Danone and the Wadias have struck a deal that will see the French food giant exit their biscuit joint venture, Britannia Industries Ltd.
In the latest annual report posted on its website, Danone has said it is negotiating with its partner with a view to selling its 25.5 per cent indirect stake in Britannia.
Britannia Industries on Wednesday announced a change in its board with the appointment of Vinita Bali as its managing director and K K Dadiseth as the additional director.
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The government on Friday said it would examine a complaint by the Mumbai-based textile-to-food conglomerate Wadia group against Groupe Danone, its French joint venture partner in Britannia Industries Ltd.
