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Tim Hortons plans to open 120 stores in India in next three years

Canadian restaurant chain Tim Hortons plans to open around 120 stores in India in the next three years at an investment of up to Rs 300 crore, a top company official said on Monday. The chain, which had in August opened its first outlets in India, is initially focussing on North India and will later expand to other regions. "The commitment that I made to the board is in the first 36 months of operation, in the first three years, there'll be 120 stores (in India)," the company's India CEO Navin Gurnaney said here in an interaction on the sidelines of Indian Restaurant Congress 2022. The company could exceed the target as the first year is focussed on "building the foundation" with 20 new stores followed by another 50 new stores in the following 12 months, he added. This, he said, will be followed by another 60 new stores in the third year. All these stores will be company-owned, he said, adding the "investment per store is between Rs 2 crore to Rs 2.5 crore". At present, Tim Horto

Delhi restaurants, hotels can now serve food in open spaces; Details here

Under the new rules, restaurants will not be asked to present a no-objection certificate from the fire department for allowing dining on the terrace

Barbeque-Nation Q2 net profit rises 143% to Rs 7.09 cr on dine-in rebound

Domino's Pizza's India franchisee Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd on Tuesday reported a 10% increase in quarterly profit on dine-in demand

Cost inflation overhang set to hit Jubilant FoodWorks in near term

The stock was down 7.55 per cent in trade on Wednesday and ended at Rs 566.45 per share

Jubilant FoodWorks net rises 10% in July-Sept quarter on high demand

This was owing to uptick in demand across all formats

Intellectual property on the food platter? Proof is in the pudding

While some restaurants abroad have successfully protected their recipes, prior art can prove to be a hurdle in patenting innovative cuisine

America's best restaurant Chai Pani pays homage to India's fave snack food

Very few Indians know their favorite snack has an American connection, and it's a safe bet that even fewer Americans know their country's contribution to Indian street food

ITC cooks up a storm, sets up 12 cloud kitchens and 48 brand outlets

A key lever of the ITC Next strategy is to spot new opportunities at the intersection of digital, sustainability and enterprise strengths

Delhi L-G sets up panel to ease licensing processes for restaurants, hotels

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has set up a high-power committee to ease licensing processes and requirements for restaurants and hotels, a move officials said will provide a fillip to the hospitality sector and make way for dining till late hours and on terraces. The committee will be headed by the principal secretary for home and comprise senior representatives from Income Tax Department, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Delhi Police, Delhi Fire Services and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), according to officials. The lieutenant governor (L-G) has directed the committee to submit its report and recommendations within 15 days, they said. "The licensing processes and requirements are often found to be outdated, unnecessarily restrictive, coercive and discretionary. They have often led to complaints of harassment and corruption as well, resulting in the fact that unlike other global and Indian cities, Delhi's hospitality sector

A gastronomic journey through the North far removed from convention

Loya, the latest offering by Indian Hotels at Taj Palace, New Delhi, offers a confluence of flavours from the foothills of Himalayas, the fields of Punjab, the Gangetic plains, and snow-laden Kashmir

Swiggy denies exodus of restaurants amid deep discounting concerns

Amid reports about hundreds of restaurants delisting from Swiggy Dineout, sources said only 20 brands with nearly 400 outlets have delisted from Swiggy's dining out platform

ONDC goes live with beta launch in Bengaluru; 161 orders placed on Day 1

Govt-owned network starts in Bengaluru with online grocery, restaurant orders

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Speciality Restaurants to expand; plans 20-30 cloud kitchens, 6 restaurants

At present, there are about 13 independent cloud kitchens, but the numbers are set to increase

Pizza, pasta and beyond: How Italian food is changing Indian dining

A guide to how to pick and how to cook one the world's most popular cuisines

FSSAI suspends 16 licences for non-compliance with calorie count order

The FSSAI has suspended the licenses of 16 food business operators for not complying with the regulator's latest norms

'Middlemen' Swiggy, Zomato win once again, restaurants bear the brunt: NRAI

Association details the impact the new discount programmes of these two entities could have on eateries

High commissions by Swiggy, Zomato have restaurants turning to alternatives

New players like Thrive and DotPe, which charge less, are emerging as alternatives

Karim's, Nathu's, and others open in Leh: Fresh flavours at 11,500 ft

The effort that has been put into the look and feel of the place indicates that Karim's is fully invested in Leh

Delhi HC gives the green light to restaurants to levy service charges

It comes just days after, on Tuesday, HC had asked the restaurants why they could not increase the salaries of their staff instead of levying a service charge