- Premier Inn invests Rs 300 crore to set up mid-market hotels in India Nandita Vijay, Bengaluru Premier Inn, part of the UK-based Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants is now increasing its presence in India going by the opportunities from a growing middle class population. It slated an investment of Rs 300 crore to open up a total of five mid-market hotels in the country.
Maharashtra will request the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to procure 15,000 metric tonnes (MT) of milk powder from its stock of 24,000 MT. Prithviraj Chavan, the state's chief minister, made this announcement at a meeting with representatives of the state milk producers' action committee, adding that if it purchases the said quantity, the state government wll bear the expenses, estimate
- Representation appealing that tea be declared national drink received Our Bureau, Mumbai The representation received from the joint forum of Assam Tea Planters Association (ATPA), North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) and Bharatiya Cha Parishad (BCP) contains the appeal that tea should be declared India's national drink, as it is consumed by large sections of people and this would also contribute to its brand building exercise.
- The Great Kabab Factory blends ancient, modern at Lahori food festival Our Bureau, Mumbai The Great Kabab Factory (TGKF), an Indian specialty restaurant whose USPs are its recipes which combine the ancient with the contemporary, The restaurant offers its patrons kababs prepared in seven different styles: roasted on the tandoor or on a singhri, shallow-fried in a tawa or a mahi tawa, deep-fried in a kadhai, steamed in pots or even grilled on a stone.
- Uncle's Kitchen, Malad West's well-known Chinese restaurant, turns 25 Our Bureau, Mumbai Uncle's Kitchen, the popular Chinese restaurant in Orlem, Malad (West), is a quarter of a century old. And the now air-conditioned 150-seater is still a haunt for people who frequented it as collegians in 1987, when it was a small eatery with a seating capacity of about 20-25 at Mith Chowky.
- Feature Emergence of supermarkets has changed India's food retail industry P G Chengappa and M Arun Retailing – the act of final delivery of goods and services to ultimate consumers – is undergoing a revolution. There has been a gradual transformation in the formats of retailing in India from traditional village shandies to kirana shops to the modern organised retailing (the organised retail chains or supermarkets).
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