In a rebuff to Coca Cola's plan to reopen its plant at Plachimada near Palakkad in Kerala, the Perumatty Panchayat has rejected the soft drink company's application to renew its licence on the basis of the Kerala High Court order permitting it to dra
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With states in north India imposing stricter measures to curb intra-state movement after April 20, makers of summer products such as air conditioners, refrigerators, colas, and ice creams are estimating a 25-60 per cent drop in yearly sales.
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As Ayodhya readies itself for the glittering, much-awaited consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir on January 22, and as millions of pilgrims and devotees pour into the holy city for the momentous event, companies are rushing to do their bit and be a part of the mega celebrations. Some are offering a part of their profits as donations, telcos are beefing up the number of cellular towers to ensure better connectivity, and there are those distributing jalebis and food platters.
Hiroo Kawai leads the field in the Coca Cola Tokai Golf Classic.
The Indian ace shot a two-under 69 on the opening day to be sole second at the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic.
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Coca-Cola and Pepsi are under fire once again as noted environmentalist Vandana Shiva is set to launch a nationwide campaign asking the soft drink giants to shut down all the erring plants.
Soft drinks major Coca-Cola India will try to reach 40,000 villages this year as part of its strategy to penetrate rural market that is characterised by low per capita consumption of carbonated soft drinks
Chairing an exclusive roundtable with 42 global CEOs and top executives from across 20 sectors, Modi stressed on continued political stability in India, predictability of policy, and pro-development and pro-growth policies.
Coca-Cola will invest up to $70 million this year along with its bottlers in expanding capacity, while announcing a slew of new launches including a new Coke variant called Coke Vanilla and two new variants in soft drink concentrate Sunfill.
In keeping with its affordability strategy for driving volume growth this summer, Coca-Cola India will soon launch fruit drink Maaza in 125 ml tetrapaks and introduce 600 ml pack size for Coke, Fanta and Maaza.
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The Nigerian striker scored once in each half in a 2-1 victory over Churchill Brothers in the National Football League.
Francis Afonso goal gave the Goa team a 1-0 victory in the National Football League.
A 3-1 victory gave churchill their second victory from three matches in the National Football League.
FSSAI will put the draft guidelines in front of a seven-member expert committee.
Soft drink major Coca Cola's Rs 549 crore (Rs 5.49 billion) proposed investment in its Indian arm was among the 25 FDI proposals totalling 773.52 crore (Rs 7.73 billion) cleared by Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday.
Delhi high court on Monday restrained Coca-Cola from airing its Thums Up and Sprite commercials featuring film actor Salman Khan holding that the promos were intended to depict Pepsi as an inferior drink.\n\n
PepsiCo and Coca-Cola joined hands to caution against the "blind" adoption of European norms as these could have serious implications on the Indian economy, while asserting compliance with the EU standards for their brand products sold in India.
The Indian golfer fired a round of two-over 74 to slip to tied-13th position at the 120 million yen Coca-Cola Tokai Classic.
The Indian ace battled a bout of flu to lead Korean Yong-eun Yang and Japan's Takuya Taniguchi and Toru Taniguchi after the first round.
Coca-Cola India said on Wednesday that the company's Atlanta-based parent has invested $100 million this year to hike bottling capacity, increase the number of distribution outlets and improve efficiencies.
Tightening the noose on errant bottled and packaged drinking water companies, government on Monday cancelled ISI quality licences of two more units including that of Bisleri International, Noida.
Coca-Cola will complete the process of divesting 49 percent stake in Indian operations by Feb 28, with its bankers close to finalising the financial institutions and high-net worth private individuals with whom the shares will be placed.
The FMCG industry hopes for a revival in consumption growth in 2025 with some 'green shoots' already visible, after having a challenging year amid escalating input costs and a double-digit rise in food inflation, which ultimately slowed down the pace of the urban market growth in the second half of 2024. Soaring prices of commodities such as palm oil, coffee, cocoa and wheat forced FMCG players to go for a hike of 3 to 5 per cent or resort to shrinkflation by reducing pack sizes and grammage to retain attractive price points, fearing a volume loss.
PepsiCo India has invested $100 million over the last few months in hiking production capacity by 40 per cent and improving infrastructure, and expects to add up to 60 million new customers this year.
Abdulalatif Sereki scored twice in a 3-1 victory in the National Football League.
A goal in each enabled the Mumbai champions beat Indian Bank 2-0 in a National Football League match.
