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A report by Public Eye and IBFAN showed that Nestle's baby foods in South Asian, African, and Latin American countries had notably elevated sugar content compared to their European counterparts.
The rural markets have outpaced urban demand, registering a 7.6 per cent increase compared to a 5.7 percent rise in urban areas, in the March quarter of FY24
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The Indian FMCG industry experienced a 6.5 per cent growth in volume terms at a national level in the January-March period of 2024, with rural consumption surpassing urban for the first time in five quarters, according to consumer intelligence firm NielsenIQ. Both food and non-food sectors contributed to the growth in consumption in the first quarter of 2024, but non-food saw almost double the growth as compared to food, NielsenIQ (NIQ) said in its quarterly snapshot for Q1 2024. The FMCG industry has experienced a 6.6 per cent growth in value, attributed to a 6.5 per cent increase in volume at an all-India level. The volume growth for this quarter was higher than Q1 2023, which stood at 3.1 per cent, it added. NIQ Head of Customer Success India, Roosevelt Dsouza said, "The FMCG industry's growth continues to be driven by consumption trends in Q12024 with rural areas surpassing urban growth for the first time in five quarters." Notably, Dsouza said home and personal care (HPC) ...
FMCG Major Nestle India will focus on volume growth going forward, in a market which is "still impacted by inflation", to be in the top quartile performance, company Chairman and Managing Director Suresh Narayanan said on Monday. The company, which will open the first boutique of its Nespresso premium range offering coffee and machines later this year in Delhi, is aiming for premium products, including those of health science, to account for 20 per cent of its sales in the long term. Nestle India is also looking to increase its total touchpoints to 60 lakh across the country in the next 4-5 years, up from 51 lakh at present, Narayanan said while speaking to reporters here. "The future of consumer goods companies will rest on their capability to penetrate more households, with more products for more occasions and usage," he said, while stressing on the need to shore up volume. Nestle India's objective is clearly to accelerate volume growth, he said adding the company had "a volume .
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Nestle's baby food products in several countries, including India, contain high levels of added sugar and honey, said a report by Public Eye, a Swiss investigative organisation
Nestle India's net rose 8.27 per cent to Rs 4,583.63 crore during the period under review. It was at Rs 4,233.27 crore in the corresponding period of last fiscalpress
Also, during the year, companies resorted to cutting prices of their products as commodity prices softened, thus also having restricted the growth in revenue in the quarter
'I am not looking to launch whole chicken or fish, but products more relevant to the Indian market,' Suresh Narayanan said, while refusing to divulge more details
The maker of KitKat chocolate and Nescafe coffee, which follows the January-December financial year, surpassed Bloomberg's net profit estimates of Rs 785.3 crore
The company also declared a second interim dividend of Rs 140 per share for the year 2023.
Price points such as Rs 5 and Rs 10 are easier to remember and are perceived as being affordable by customers
Nestle expands ready to eat line with a+ Masala Millets
FMCG maker Nestle India has entered into the millets-based Ready-to-Make (RTM) market by extending its nutrition brand a+ in the category. The company has introduced a+ masala millets containing bajra in the select market of NCR and online but has plans to expand it to other markets as it scales up, its Chairman and Managing Director Suresh Narayanan said on Thursday. The product has been developed under the guidance of the Indian Millet Institute of Millet Research, supporting the government initiative to promote millet as a more sustainable food option. "We felt that 'a+' has strong nutritional connotations and that is why we decided to launch the new product under this brand. This is being done under a public-private partnership with IIMR and is in line with the government's focus on millets. There is growing health consciousness among Gen Z and millennials and we believe this can be a mass-market product," Narayanan said in a media round table here. Under a+, Nestle India is ..
On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the revenue for operations was down 3.56%. It was Rs 4,830.53 crore in Q4FY23