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-Nithis Kumar (nithiskumar49@gmail.com) Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it is hard to do what we want amid crisis. It is a global pandemic. It was affected nearly 185 countries across the world, and many sectors have been affected by its impact. It is tough to imagine how we alleviate this virus. Global co-operation is indeed especially between government and public-private partnerships (PPP). Recently, The hospitality and food & beverage (F&B) industry in India has joined the hands to eradicate the virus along with the government. According to the latest HVS Report, the total revenue of the Indian hotel sector in…

-B Swaminathan (publisher@chefbharath.com) Kochi based Marine Hydrocolloids is a leading exporter and market leader of quality Agar Agar in India. The company is the exclusive supplier of Agar to many MNC’S and also to 90% of the commercial tissue culture laboratories in India and several leading laboratories across the world. The parent company Meron group exports products to South America, Europe, CIS & Russia, Africa, Middle East, South East Asia, USA, Far East, and Australia.  The product is available in retail stores,  restaurants, and individual caterers. Joseph Jose, Partner, Meron Group, carries out the operations of the company with care,…

-CB News Desk (publisher@chefbharath.com) Mumbai: Marico Limited, one of India’s leading consumer companies, has announced its foray into the vegetable and fruit hygiene category with the launch of Veggie Clean, made with a unique mix of 100% safe ingredients. With an aim to aid and strengthen the country’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, Marico Limited is expanding its play in the health and hygiene segment. Addressing an industry gap and with innovation at the core, this newest introduction offers a unique mix of ingredients that remove all the germs, bacteria, chemicals, waxes and soil present on the surface of fruits…

-B Swaminathan (publisherchefbharath@gmail.com) According to research, India’s frozen food market is projected to grow at a CAGR of around 15%, during 2016-2021, due to the increasing popularity of ready-to-eat packaged foods. More households in urban India have been associating ready-to-eat food with convenience. Rising disposable income and younger demography of households in the top metros also mean that over the next two years consumption will surge across categories of packaged food such as Frozen foods, ‘Ready-to-Cook’ and ‘Ready-to-Eat’, and urban households account for 80 percent of these purchases. Sumeru Foods, a brand from Innovative foods is a pioneer and market…

-Chinmayee Deulgaonkar The spread of SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, the disruptive pandemic causing virus can be controlled by simple, yet highly effective practices if followed in a robust and rigorous manner. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released the guidance document “Food Hygiene and Safety Guidelines for Food Businesses (FBO) during Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) Pandemic”. This code of practice is in addition to Schedule IV requirements for GMP, GHP practices. Also, it is expected that ‘ Aarogya setu’ app is downloaded and used. Coronavirus is transferred through droplets during coughing from a Covid-19 positive person. When these droplets fall…

B Swaminathan (publisherchefbharath@gmail.com) Pune: Retailware, the Pune-based leading software solution provider focussed on the MSME retailers having more than 5 Thousand installations across the country has recently organized an online webinar for the retail sector with panelists from various retail segments. On the whole, the panelists were confident that retail stores are an integral part of Indian consumers and despite the impact of COVID-19, before Deepavali, the situation should come to normal. Ajit Thadhani, CEO of Retailware moderated the session which had some stalwarts from the retail sector of the Maharastra region- Cavas Pundole from C.T.Pundole, Girish Chitale from Chitale…

-Tanuj Nayyar India is counted to be the 8th largest tourism economy in the world and hotels are an important component of the tourism product as they contribute to the overall tourism experience through the standards of facilities and services offered by them. Before the virus hit, the restaurant industry was expanding massively with new places opening faster in many cities than diners could keep up with. It’s still too early to say what the post-COVID-19 scene is going to look like but the nationwide lockdown has halted all kinds of business activities around the globe. COVID-19 is adversely impacting…

-Arun Choudhary With COVID 19 in the air, and many of us being stuck at home, this has definitely got everyone’s lives to pause. Many of us are suffering through anxiety or thinking of ways to handle this situation as numerous questions race through our minds. How can we handle this lockdown? or Is there a way to pass this time? and What will be the duration of this lockdown? Just because we don’t have the answers to these questions or we can’t step outside it doesn’t mean that we should stop living our lives. Often we blame ourselves for…

-Anshu Raj The sudden outbreak of Covid-19 (unofficially called Coronavirus) crisis swept through Chinese Lunar New Year like a hurricane, adding a layer of panic and depression to the hospitality industry which was supposed to be busy and prosperous. While the sudden outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis raises doubts and fear in the hospitality industry, service excellence becomes extremely important under such unexpected circumstances. The epidemic is expected to cast a serious and lasting impact on the hospitality industry in the short term and in the next three to six months and is likely to recover in six months’ time.…

-CB News Desk (publisher@chefbharath.com) Bengaluru: Third Wave Coffee has launched a new summer beverages menu to refresh consumers being locked down during the peak of summer. Being homebound isn’t a deterrent to enjoy this range of delicious lattes, frappes, non-coffee fusions, and cold brews, as they can be delivered to the customers’ home by ordering through Swiggy, Zomato and Dunzo. The new beverage menu has iced lattes in five interesting flavours including chocolate, caramel, matcha espresso, Thai and honey, frappes such as choco coconut, salted butterscotch, and non-coffee fusions and cold brews having unique flavours like yuzu lemon and orange…