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9 things to know about your food business in 2021

Opportunity India Desk Jul 23, 2021 - 6 min read

Food is one of the most important things that humans need to live. It is the only thing which comes in necessity and luxury as well. Food items can cost you some dollars to million of dollars depending on variety.  In older times also, mostly business was done with or for food. Barter system was ...

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Chain vs Independent restaurants: who are in dire need of Govt intervention?

Opportunity India Desk Jul 29, 2021 - 4 min read

Toward the beginning of the pandemic, restaurant owners, workers, and diners feared the worst; a permanent loss of their livelihoods and the very institution of ‘restaurant’ was filled with dilemmas. What has transpired since has indeed been a disaster. According to the industry experts, restaurant and bar workers have lost an estimated 2.3 million jobs, ...

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Bengaluru prefers local small restaurants, Chennai prefers fine dining, report

Opportunity India Desk Aug 03, 2021 - 5 min read

40 per cent of respondents are preferring takeaway/home-delivery pre-COVID. Interestingly, nearly 50% diners admit that they are highly inclined to dine out once lockdown is eased, highlighting stay-at-home fatigue in Bengaluru. Whereas, Chennai had the highest percentage (80%) of respondents dining out at restaurants before COVID, 40% frequenting restaurants 3 times or more a month. ...

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Mumbai’s famous clean eating restaurant Candy & Green shut shops

Opportunity India Desk Aug 12, 2021 - 1 min read

“What started as a naive vision of making vegetarian and vegan food accessible & exciting turned into one of the most rewarding experiences of my life,’ shared Shraddha Bhansali of Candy & Green who just announced on her social platform that she is closing her restaurant permamnetly. Candy & Green is a clean eating vegetarian ...

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Riding on 'Burger' trend: Why 'Gourmet' is the new buzzword

Opportunity India Desk Aug 13, 2021 - 4 min read

From ramen burgers to chicken katsu burgers and truffletake burger, restaurateurs and chefs have been experimenting a lot with this humble food. Forgot about some veggies/ chicken along with a processed cheese slice between the buns, burgers have become ‘gourmet’ and ‘healthy’ these days with chefs and restaurateurs known for serving fine-dining style food all ...

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This 3rd Gen restaurateur focused on technology to overcome operation hurdles

Opportunity India Desk Aug 31, 2021 - 6 min read

Dhruv Lamba is the 3rd generation leader in the family business that was started by  his grandfather Peshori Lal Lamba 60 years ago when he first opened the Kwality restaurant in Connaught Place. Today, Kwality Restaurants has become a name synonymous with north Indian cuisine. A Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Les Roche, Switzerland, he has ...

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Cloud-kitchen Art of Dum from Foodlink enters Mumbai

Opportunity India Desk Sep 09, 2021 - 2 min read

After huge success of home-dining or cloud-kitchen brand Art of Dum in Dubai, Foodlink Restaurants has just launched the brand in Mumbai. A gourmet delivery kitchen brand by Sanjay Vazirani’s Foodlink, the brand offers delicious, authentic flavours and elegant, sustainable packaging to Mumbai’s dining elite. Art of Dum follows the traditional ‘Dum Pukht’ style of slow ...

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iD Fresh Food files complaint over Whatsapp propaganda, slams viral message

Opportunity India Desk Sep 10, 2021 - 3 min read

Bengaluru-based iD Fresh Food has filed a complaint with the WhatsApp Grievance Cell and Cybercrime, Bengaluru, after fake information that claimed its products contain cow bones made headlines on social media platforms. A recent WhatsApp forwards and messages have been circulating on social media platforms, including Twitter and Facebook, claiming that the dosa and idli ...

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Why India is seeing more of Sattvic restaurants

Opportunity India Desk Sep 13, 2021 - 5 min read

Much before Veganism announced its victory over the all-things-vegetarian diet, India primarily was always a vegetarian dominated country. While the western countries name it vegan, India had sattvic diets in place already. But what has seen a sudden jump is the rise of sattvic restaurants in India. In this system of dietary classification, foods that ...

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iD Fresh Food eyes Rs 450 crore at Rs 2,000 crore valuation

Opportunity India Desk Sep 24, 2021 - 3 min read

Ready-to-cook product company iD Fresh Food has no plans to slow down. The Bengaluru-based company, whose name has become synonymous with the dosa-idli batter that it brings to stores, is well-poised for an aggressive phase of growth as the company looks to add more products with a longer shelf life, in addition to geographic expansion ...

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