Food & Beverage
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readRapid use of chemicals and fertilisers have forced people to find a healthy way of living, this is where organic market comes into consideration. Organic food make its roots firm after people realised the importance of being healthy and carrying a healthy lifestyle.According to TechSci Research report, “India Organic Food Market By Product Type, Competition ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min readAs per reports of National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) and Technopak, the size of the food services market in India was estimated at $48 billion in 2013. However, it is projected to grow at a CAGR of 11 per cent over the next five years to reach $78 billion by 2018.An excellent cuisine and ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min readThe High margin restaurant business has caught business flurry in the last 7-8 years and has witnessed a gigantic shift from unorganised eateries to organised food joints with chain restaurants and franchise systems,which is now further matured to specialised food chains and now getting personalised with on-demands food of subscription based models.Eating out has become ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min readShare with us your entrepreneurial journey and enlighten us what motivated you to enter the hospitality industry?Living the most essential years of my life in London exposed me to ideas, which were unique within the hospitality industry. Upon returning to India, I realised the dearth of quick and hygienic restaurants since this space ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min readPlease share your entrepreneurial journey and highlight the challenges you faced and how you overcame them?I have worked across various industries and cities, and across various sectors including consulting, auditing, law, marketing, PR, art, education, etc. but none have given me the thrill which the food industry has given. Even while growing up, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readThe Chocolate Room, an Australian based exquisite chain of chocolate cafes in India. The brand has come up with Fixed Royalty Programmed (FRP) offering up to 50 per cent lesser monthly royalty compared to the current market. Recently, they have started R&D department and develop the organic chocolates to serve across India. Brand’s USP ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readPlease tell us in detail about your journey from inception till now?When I stay abroad; I saw how the health-shift was happening. The health sector was picking up like, it is picking up here now. I foresaw an opportunity in a quick service, but I wanted to offer customers an ‘option to choose ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readPlease tell us the success story of Movenpick from its inception till now?The man behind Mövenpick ice cream was Ueli Prager, the son of a Swiss hotelier and opened Mövenpick’s first restaurant in Zurich in 1948. Mövenpick was one of the first premium international ice cream brands to enter India in 2000, but ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readAmerican fast-food franchises opened their doors to the 1.2 billion-person market eagerly awaiting their arrival in India, just as consumers in the U.S. and Europe had soured on the stuff. The McDonald’s, the Pizza Huts—they were all so new, different and American.Indians weren’t ordering Maharaja Macs from McDonald’s with the same gusto. More U.S. chains ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min readWhat prompted you to take Master Franchise of Carl’s Jr.?When my father and I were looking to bring a food & beverage brand through CybizCorp into India, we looked at several different food & beverage chains. We travelled to different headquarters across the globe, met their company figure heads, learnt about the different ...