Monday, 22 February, 2021, 15 : 00 PM [IST]
Our Bureau, Mumbai
Ignite Foods has launched Cinque â their latest Italian cuisine cloud kitchen. Bringing the best of Italian herby aromas in the selection of pasta and stone-fired pizzas with succulent toppings, it assures to take you on a culinary tour to Italy while you relish the preparations be it at the high-energy house parties or during corporate luncheons.
Named after the Italian number 5, itâs the only vegetarian Italian delivery kitchen, strives to awaken your fifth sense with its delicious Italian delicacies ranging from not just the widely available fresh dough and hand-rolled pizzas and pasta but also a selection of nutty salads, cheesy appetisers and tiramisu for the sweet tooth. Its handmade menu culinary director, chef Amit Puri, ensures that the right chords are struck when it comes to presenting seasonal and handpicked ingredients.
Monday, 22 February, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST] Foodyâs is a B2B and B2C food delivery vertical at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad. The company delivers quality food from reputed and popular restaurants to air passengers at the distantly located international airport. The company is setting up similar operations in three other major cities. It has set up two physical stores, one at departures and one at arrivals at the Hyderabad airport.
In an email interaction,
Naeem Khan, CEO, Foodyâs, shared his insights about companyâs funding, competitors, sales and more, with
Vijetha Iyer. Excerpts:
Tell us about your funding and start-up ecosystem.
Thursday, 18 February, 2021, 13 : 00 PM [IST]
Our Bureau, New Delhi
Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, Narendra Singh Tomar chaired two Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee (IMAC) meetings through video conference to consider the proposals received under the Scheme for Creation for Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Cluster (APC) and the scheme for Creation / Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY). Minister of State, Rameshwar Teli was also present in the meeting. The promoters of the projects also participated in the meeting through video conference.
The proposals for projects approved in the IMAC meetings are expected to increase the level of processing and value addition of horticultural / agricultural produce, which will result in increase in the income of the farmers and create employment at the local level.
Monday, 15 February, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Being Chef is a start-up operational in F&B space, providing exhaustive solutions to daily food requirements in a healthy and economical manner by flexible mode of subscription and on-demand nutritional meals. It is operational in Gurgaon since 2014 and it is the first mover in DIY meal kit space in India. Their recipe kit empowers the consumers to cook anything in less than five minutes. It also provides buyers with all the ingredients (chopped & processed) customised as per oneâs taste with a simple 8 step recipe card.
Along with this, the company has built other lines of business like delivery of fully prepared meals, customisable meal boxes, customisable party packs which have helped them in absorbing their fixed cost and generate profit. Recently, it received the âTransformation of the yearâ award at Amazon SMBhav 2020.
Saturday, 13 February, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Nandita Vijay, Bengaluru ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research)-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) has developed a virus-resistant chilli variety. The institute said that it would not release the variant directly in the market but would share it with the Krishi Vignana Kendras (KVKs) across the state and country to check the efficacy of the product.
Based on the results in the location-specific KVKs, the chilli seeds may be released in the market in that particular region. We have developed a chilli variety resistant to the leaf curl virus, which causes maximum damage to the chilli plants, said Dr K Madhavi Reddy, Principal Scientist, Division of Vegetable Crops, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, at the sidelines of the ongoing National Horticulture Fair-2021 being held in the campus from February 8 to 12.