Kolkata-based biscuit maker plans pan-India expansion

City-based biscuit and tea company Yours Food is planning to expand its presence pan-India and introduce new products this year, a company official said here on Wednesday.

"We have already introduced packaged tea and coffee and will be introducing cold beverages shortly pan-India," the company's managing director, S.N. Agarwalla told IANS.

The company initially will focus on the east and northeastern markets and subsequently venture into the northern territories.

Agarwalla said the company is planning to set up two new manufacturing units - in Patna and Guwahati.

"The two new facilities will have a production capacity of 50-60 tonnes per day each," he said.

The company, primarily operating out of Kolkata has two plants in Narayanpur and Dhulagarh in West Bengal with a joint production capacity of 100 tonnes each day.

Agarwalla said of the total production capability in its plants, it is presently utilising 25 percent.

"As we expand our reach in north and west India, more (manufacturing) facilities will come up," he said.

The company is also planning to come up with cakes, cookies and soya chunk products besides expanding its biscuits portfolio. It has set a target of doubling its revenues in the current fiscal.