The product aims at capitalising on the interest generated in the health and wellness market and the run-up to the Commonwealth Games to be held here this October.
It may have been content so far with milk powder as a substitute, Nigeria now intends to replicate the Amul model in the near future.
Consumers in Delhi and Gujarat will have to cough up more for milk as Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which owns and markets Amul brand of milk and milk products in the country, has decided to raise the retail prices of milk in these two markets.
GCMMF member daires do not rule out the possibility of price rise.
The IT major is working with a host of Indian companies in emerging sectors to enable them to improve efficiency and cut costs - spelling both good business and sound investment for the future.
Italy may be the home of premium buffalo mozzarella cheese, but India could soon give the country a run for its money in this regard. India's largest dairy cooperative, Amul, has submitted a plan to the government, aiming to turn the country into a global hub for the export of mozzarella cheese made from buffalo milk, which is sold at a hefty premium around the world. Mozzarella cheese is one of the products identified by the government for support under its Rs 10,900 crore production-linked incentive scheme (PLI), to give a massive push to food processing exports as well as to build Indian food brands.
After ruling the packaged milk and ice cream markets, Brand Amul has set its eyes on the bakery segment. Anand-based Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which markets Amul brand of dairy products, is planning to manufacture biscuits and cakes under the umbrella brand name. A range of bakery items, including bread, bun and toast, is also on the menu of Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union, an important member of GCMMF.
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which owns the Amul brand, is all set to introduce sugar-free chocolates across the country, targeted at diabetics. This comes soon after the company had launched sugar-free ice-cream. India has become the diabetes capital of the world with almost 35 million people suffering from the disorder. And their population will continue to grow at a fast pace, say experts, because of Indian dietary habits and a sedentary lifestyle.
The price of 100 gram butter pack has been raised from Rs 23 to Rs 25 per pack, and the hike comes into effect from next week as new stocks are being dispatched.
Fresh after crossing the billion dollar revenue mark, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation is planning to roll out about 10,000 Amul parlours in the next three years.
While an informal network is already in place to handle the modern trade channels, a more structured and formal unit is expected to be set up soon.
Dairy major Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation plans to take a plunge into the flavoured yoghurt business. The product will cater to the youth and health conscious.
The executives of Anand, Gujarat-based Amul, the country's largest dairy products maker, said that there is enough untapped market to make it a mission possible
The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation, (the marketing body of Amul) said on Friday it has touched Rs 4,277.84 crore (Rs 42.77 billion) in revenues in fiscal year 2006-07, thus becoming the first billion-dollar co-operative in India.
Dairy unions on Tuesday unanimously approved the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation's proposal to bring all 12 district co-operative milk unions under the Amul brand.
The 12 chairmen of district dairies of Gujarat constituting GCMMF had demanded that the 'Milkman' climb down from his post.
It is largely due to his vision and efforts that we have almost quadrupled our per capita milk availability in the last 40 years, points out Shailesh Dobhal.
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation expects a 10 per cent growth in sales turnover during the current fiscal and plans to open 500 'Amul Preferred Outlets' across India.
Petro retailer IBP Co Ltd will set up 500 petrol stations during the current fiscal to take its retail strength past 2600, the company's general manager (marketing) K D Makhija said on Wednesday.
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