Suresh Narayanan, chairman and managing director of Nestl India, is set to retire on July 31 next year, marking the end of an era that began 26 years ago with the Nestl group, a multinational giant in the food and beverage space. His tenure is perhaps most famously defined by his role in reviving the Maggi noodles brand. When Narayanan stepped into leadership at Nestl India in 2015, the company was facing criticism: the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had ordered a nationwide recall of the popular Maggi noodles due to high levels of lead found in the product.
The turnover of FMCG major Nestle India's has grown 2.5 folds to Rs 20,100 crore in last one decade, post the Maggi crisis in 2015, according to the company's latest annual report. At the time of crisis, Nestle India's turnover was at Rs 8,100 crore.
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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.
Presently, around 23 per cent of Nestle India's workforce are women, its chairman and managing director Suresh Narayanan said on Monday. "We moved a fair degree on this. When I came to Nestle India in 2015, at that time we were at about 15-16 per cent.
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With rising incomes, education, and health awareness in India, especially in the big cities, droves of people are saying no to sugar.
Maggi was banned by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in June 2015 for five months for allegedly containing lead beyond permissible limits
Nestle India Ltd will focus on growing its dairy, coffee and confectionary businesses, its new boss said
Nestle India said in a statement on Friday that its managing director for India, Etienne Benet, would move to the group's head office in Switzerland.
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Nestle India said it will continue with the existing formula of the product and not change the ingredients
Nestle's Maggi 'shock therapy' worked. Nestle probably required such shock treatment as the June 2015 ban on Maggi noodles to jerk it out of its ennui, suggests Suresh Narayanan, now chairman and managing director of Nestle's India business.
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According to Nielsen, rural growth has plunged to a low 5 per cent in the third quarter of quarter from a high 20 per cent a year ago. This has for the first time in seven years rural growth has fallen below urban levels.
Maggi's reach is now close to some three million outlets.
The high court had given the company six weeks for retesting.
The Indian operation of the Swiss food group employs more than 5,000.
Clearly, the domestic market has taken sharp knocks in April, which is likely to be visible in May as well, said analysts tracking the market, as FMCG companies are grappling with improving capacity utilisation and dealing with labour shortage.
They are evaluating realignment of warehouses and supply chains, besides exploring locations to set up hubs and shutting down some distribution centres
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The court had provided a conditional relief to Nestle India.
Recently, the company has released videos on Maggi.
Nestle on Monday started a market rollout of Maggi noodles.
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Companies from Nestle and ITC to Hindustan Unilever and Patanjali have pledged to reduce use of unhealthy ingredients by five to 50 per cent
Names such as Danone, Dabur, Mondelez and Abbott Healthcare have also figured on the list of suitors.
The 55-year-old executive takes over on August 1.
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Top companies reported that despite most of them making staples and essential products, movement of raw material, goods and labour remained restricted, impacting sales.
While sales momentum from rural areas may last another three to six months, sales growth in urban areas could stage a comeback by next year's June quarter as people learn to live with the coronavirus and economic activity gradually improves in the cities.
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While companies have not launched too many products in rural areas of late, easy financing has helped push up demand.
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