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09.01 / 04:49

markets Analysis Food Trade Experts Updates Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market falls

Colgate-Palmolive(India)Ltd.(up 2.79%), Dabur India Ltd.(up 1.82%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.59%), Marico Ltd.(up 1.57%), Honasa Consumer Ltd.(up 1.51%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.(up 1.27%), Jyothy Labs Ltd.(up 1.23%), Bikaji Foods International Ltd.(up 1.19%), Dangee Dums Ltd.(up 1.13%) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.11%) were among the top gainers.

09.01 / 00:09

UPS Manufacturing Election Food President Experts Mint Primer: Why consumer demand needs a quick revival

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Yes. In the second quarter of the current fiscal, manufacturing growth slowed to just 2.2% from 7% in the first quarter.

09.01 / 00:09

markets Strategy Enterprise Food trends Cycling AGRO India Inc sharpens focus on core segments through divestitutures, demergers

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru/Mumbai: Stick to your knitting. This is the adage many large companies are reverting to as several divestments and demergers play out in the corporate arena.

08.01 / 18:41

markets Digital Strategy Food Experts PAM cover budget 2025 Budget 2025: Sops in works for organic farming to double exports

08.01 / 16:45

UPS Corning Food President Universities cover What this week's winter wallop means for farmers across the U.S.

This week’s winter wallop across the U.S. means different things to farmers in different places

08.01 / 08:35

markets UPS Target Sustainability Food trends recommendations Zomato’s losing steam and the Blinkit drag

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Zomato has been a poster child of startup success. After its IPO in 2021, the stock had been a dull counter until June 2023—the first quarter when its bottom line turned positive.

08.01 / 02:21

UPS security Remark Food band show Revise India’s inflation gauge but handle the revision with care

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The remarkable insights into the changing pattern of household consumption thrown up by the latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2023-24 are of special relevance for a wide range of policy decisions. Take, for instance, an issue that seemed to have become a bone of contention between the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI): the role and relevance of food inflation in computing consumer-price inflation and hence in formulating monetary policy.

07.01 / 16:37

COST UPS Williams LEGO Food politician William Watson: Liberal GST holiday fiasco may lead to tax sanity

Is everybody out there enjoying their GST/HST holiday? I can think of one person who isn’t. This gift to Canadians from on high was supposed to endear them to the prime minister who commanded it but seems instead to have persuaded most of us we’ve had enough with policy gimmicks and at least one politician who resorted to them once too often. He’s now out on his ear. Let’s hope other politicians and their oh-so-clever policy “strategists” take note.

07.01 / 12:47

UPS Waters Analysis Food Research Investigations Are some ultra-processed foods ok? New study has answers

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A new study is helping to answer a pressing nutrition question: Which ultra-processed foods are harming our health—and which might not be so bad? The problem is the way many packaged foods are made, researchers believe. Products such as many frozen pizzas, cereals and chips pack more calories per gram than less-processed foods do.

07.01 / 09:11

Food UK retail sales record tepid growth in final quarter of 2024

The three-month average growth rate was offset by contraction in the non-food sector, with in-store non-food sales falling by an average of 2.4% in the last three months of last year, otherwise known as the ‘golden quarter'. In addition, overall non-food sales experienced an average decline of 1.1% between October and December while food sales grew by an average of 2.1% in the same period, yet still below the 12-month average of 3.3%. UK retail sales fall 3.3% in November in 'bad start to festive season' «Following a challenging year marked by weak consumer confidence and diff...

07.01 / 08:51

COST economy Food wellness show shock Headlines India’s central bank should lead the policy easing cycle that its economy needs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The coming weeks will see two important policy events. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will unveil the first full budget of the third Narendra Modi government.

06.01 / 21:17

Manufacturing Action Food Research cover reports prevention FDA limits toxic lead in some baby foods

The Food and Drug Administration has set maximum levels for lead in baby foods like jarred fruits and vegetables, yogurts and dry cereal

06.01 / 11:43

Food audience fun information medicines biodiversity Features The board game that connects you with wild edible greens

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The piquant wood sorrel is used in appetising chutneys and goes into salads; the sour butterfly pea flowers make nourishing tisanes; and the bitter balloon vine go into delicious rasams and chilas. These ingredients now feature in a fascinating new board game called Map the Wild.

06.01 / 09:01

Provident Compilation security Food cover social International Welfare schemes have reshaped the retail prices that matter to people

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Union ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) has recently put out a discussion paper on ‘The treatment of PDS items and other free social transfers in consumer price index (CPI) compilation.’ First, the background: In January 2023, the government announced a programme to supply free foodgrains (wheat and rice) to around 800 million households covered under the National Food Security Act.

06.01 / 07:07

COST economy Food Trade President prevention Ajit Ranade: Rupee depreciation is inevitable but exchange-rate volatility is not

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The dollar rupee exchange rate is one of the most important economic variables that affects all aspects of the economy. Whether it is food prices that have an embedded transport fuel or fertilizer cost element, or domestic steel facing import competition, everything is influenced by that rate.

05.01 / 14:21

markets UPS Digital Strategy Food PAM Post-Adani exit, Wilmar to emulate ITC; leverage cash-cow oil business to expand FMCG portfolio

Adani Wilmar Ltd (AWL), India's largest edible oil company, is adopting a strategy similar to ITC's by leveraging its core business and extensive distribution network to drive growth in its high-margin FMCG portfolio after the Adani group exit, according to sources. Just as ITC used its strong cigarette business to expand into FMCG, AWL is set to use its dominant edible oil business as a foundation for FMCG growth.

05.01 / 05:55

MET Manufacturing security Food Sony fun innovations Meet new Shark Tank judge Viraj Bahl! From selling his house to fund his startup to creating Rs 1,000 empire, a look at his entrepreneurial journey

Sony Liv from January 6. This season welcomes a new judge, Viraj Bahl, founder and managing director of Veeba Foods, who joins the established panel of Aman Gupta, Anupam Mittal, Namita Thapar, Vineeta Singh, and Peyush Bansal.

04.01 / 07:59

markets Provident BTS Food Kosmos country beautiful Sheet masks are perfect for today's busy lifestyle, says Jung Ji-woo

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Korean beauty industry is trying to expand its presence in India, with a steady rise in brand launches and product offerings to meet the demands of the country's shoppers who are fans of K-beauty. The latest name entering the market is Neaf Neaf, a skincare brand by South Korean entrepreneur and influencer Jeong Ji-woo.

04.01 / 07:59

markets Analysis Food Trade Experts information Updates Adani Wilmar Q3 Update: Revenue jumps 33% YoY aided by volume growth

Adani Wilmar's revenue for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, grew by 33% year-on-year on the back of a 6% jump in its volumes, the company informed exchanges on Saturday. The growth was achieved despite significant price hikes driven by a surge in raw material costs, the company filing claimed. The edible oils segment witnessed a downtrading among consumers but the company maintained its market share with a diverse portfolio of brands at various price points. In the foods category, key packed products such as wheat flour, rice, nuggets, pulses, poha, and sugar continued to experience robust double-digit growth, the update said.

04.01 / 06:07

Election Food wellness President show reports More Liberals add to calls for Trudeau’s resignation

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back in Ottawa but he returns to more calls not only from his MPs to step down, but at least two riding association presidents as well.

04.01 / 03:03

UPS Citi Food War hospital Videos peace Lounge Fiction Special 2025: ‘Khalil’ by Tanuj Solanki

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. There are videos of Gaza and so one knows that there is, still, a Gaza. I must have seen thousands of them by now.

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