"Inflation this year has been slightly lower compared to last year, but still there are worries about availability of some commodities that we deal with. The one that is of concern is coffee; coffee prices are extremely high. Wheat prices have also gone up substantially," Narayanan.

Distributors in India are facing challenges due to the indiscriminate launch of small-packs of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), leading to storage issues. The All India Consumer Products Distributors Federation (AICPDF) has written to the Ministry of Public Distribution, suggesting that there should be only four pack sizes. Retailers are reluctant to stock a large number of stock keeping units (SKUs) due to increased complexity and potential confusion among consumers.

Nestle India's rich valuation limits the upside. The stock is currently trading at 66x 1-year forward earnings, which is 1 standard deviation above the mean multiple.

A coalition of consumer groups, along with public health advocates, lawyers, and doctors, has urged the Indian government to take action against the consumption of junk food high in sugar, salt, and fat. The coalition is calling for legislation to define junk food and restrictions on marketing similar to those for infant foods. They also recommend setting up guidelines to prevent the serving of unhealthy foods in schools, hospitals, prisons, and other public places. The coalition believes that existing regulatory policies on junk food are ineffective.

Companies including Nestle and Dabur are betting on smaller packs and low price points to woo value-conscious consumers in rural areas and small towns.

Tata Consumer is to first buy 65-70% of the company from its three investors, with a pathway to acquire the rest over a period of time, valuing the company at ₹5,500 crore. The other contenders in fray include Nestle SA, the world's largest foods company, and The Kraft Heinz Co. T

Saurabh Mukherjea recently added Trent Rainbow Childrens Medicare to his portfolios in Augusts. Shares of Tata Group-owned retailer Trent have more than doubled in just two years while smallcap Rainbow has more than doubled from its IPO issue price of Rs 506.

The Indian stock market brought significant developments on September 14 as several major stocks surged past their 100-Day Simple Moving Averages (SMA).

Zomato reported a surprise net profit of Rs 2 crore for the June quarter, compared to a loss of Rs 186 crore a year ago, and a loss of Rs 189 crore a quarter ago. This was on the back of a sharp 71% growth in revenue to Rs 2,416 crore.

The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex rose 52 points or 0.08% to settle at 67,519. The broader NSE Nifty surged 33 points or 0.16% to end at 20,103

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Parle-G, the iconic biscuit brand in India, has remained popular with the masses for decades. It has been a symbol of India's large consuming class, including the poor population. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, Parle-G became a relief food for migrants and donated millions of packs to the needy. Despite challenges like higher taxes and rising inflation, Parle-G continues to dominate the biscuit market and has expanded into premium products.

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.

Over the rural demand, Narayanan said even though it sounds speculative, if the rural sector gets badly impacted due to rains, then demand from those markets will have an impact. Nestle India, the makers of popular Maggi instant noodles, Kitkat chocolates and Nescafe, is expanding its rural exposure with relevant offering and currently gets one-fifth of sales from far-flung markets.

Consumer, retail, and FMCG companies and startups are increasing their hiring of senior leadership talent to expand their reach and launch new products. This trend has been confirmed by executive search firms and recruitment services firms. Companies like Nestle, Dabur, Clensta, and Citykart are actively seeking senior talent for various functions like marketing, finance, and HR.

Domestically focussed mid-caps and small-caps gained 0.39% and 0.91%, hitting fresh record and 19-month highs, respectively. Jio Financial Services hit a 5% lower circuit for the 3rd straight day

The crossing of the 100-day SMA by Nestle India, Reliance Industries, and other stocks on August 22 signifies their impressive market performance and growth prospects.

From the Sensex pack, Nestle, HCL Tech, Infosys, and Tata Steel opened with gains, while Jio Financial Services, Sun Pharma, and Bharti Airtel opened with losses.

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Dabur is one of many traditional brands that is looking for a slice of the D2C market. Analysts say that even big brands will eventually need unique products and the ability to stay in this market segment over the long term.

The South American nation, which earlier attracted bond investors and carry traders with one of the worlds most aggressive monetary tightening, is now luring equity buyers with an early start to cutting rates. Thus, it is more of a “tactical” opportunity, said Dorson

Generative artificial intelligence (AI), which can be used to produce content based on past data, has become a buzzword over the past year, capturing the public's imagination and sparking interest across many industries.

Both Nifty 50 and Sensex declined for a fourth consecutive week. The Nifty 50 has lost 3.4% since hitting a record high on July 20. From the Sensex pack, TCS and Tech Mahindra were the top laggards, falling about 2% each.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI), which can be used to produce content based on past data, has become a buzzword over the past year, capturing the public's imagination and sparking interest across many industries.

“After a long hibernation, pharma has come out of its orbit. Probably, there is a lot more upside. There is some bit of valuation comfort still in pharma, which has reached near fair valuation but it is still nowhere like the premium valuation it used to command during the Covid times.”

KR Choksey recommended accumulate rating on Nestle India with a target price of Rs 24,300 in its research report dated August 08 2023.

Sectors sensitive to domestic interest rates like banks and financial services stocks were among the top losers as Nifty Bank fell 0.76%. Meanwhile, FMCG index lost 0.91%, followed by Pharma, which was down 0.74%.

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KKR has signed definitive agreements to acquire a majority stake in LEAP India, a pallet pooling platform in India. ET first reported that KKRs infrastructure fund was in talks to acquire a majority stake in LEAP at an enterprise value of up to Rs3,000 crore. KKR is making this investment as part of its Asia infrastructure strategy.

Nestle India Chairman & MD Suresh Narayanan told ET recently that small-town India too is moving from single packs to multi-packs and from multi-packs to premium brands. "If I can go to Gopiganj and find KitKat being picked up by the consumer by name, that tells me that the premiumisation brand journey has also arrived in those towns," he said.

Nestle India is considering expanding aggressively in the packaged food category, including sauces and ketchup and packaged ready-to-eat food, and is open to acquisitions that fit with the company's culture, capability, and expansion through synergies. The company already has a strong prepared dishes business and is investing in noodles, chocolates, and other categories. Nestle India's Chairman and MD, Suresh Narayanan, said the company is looking at both big brands with non-India presence and nascent categories.

Chairman and MD of Nestle India, Suresh Narayanan, said that Bharat or rural India is discovering Nestle brands, and the company is seeing secular growth across all geographies. He cited that the annual penetration of Maggi Noodles, for example, is 80-85%, while coffee's is 30-40%, and there is still low penetration in many of the company's categories. Narayanan also announced that the company invested Rs 2,130 crore in H1-2023.

Prabhudas Lilladher recommended accumulate rating on Nestle India with a target price of Rs 23,585 in its research report dated July 27, 2023.

Motilal Oswal recommended Neutral rating on Nestlé India with a target price of Rs 22,465 in its research report dated July 27, 2023.

Sharekhan recommended Hold rating on Nestle India with a target price of Rs 24,650 in its research report dated July 27, 2023.

The maker of Maggi noodles is investing ₹4,200 crore in the three-year period between 2023 and 2025 on manufacturing and capacity building, as it sees "fairly robust" demand in the coming years. "A good part of this investment support is from the Swiss parent firm Nestle SA," Narayanan said.

Nestle is focussing on 12-13 states to grow its distribution footprint in semi-urban and rural markets and offering relevant packs. It is also increasing the number of distribution points, which have gone up significantly in the last couple of years, he added.

These investments are for augmentation of manufacturing capacity, Chairman and Managing Director Suresh Narayanan said, adding a third of that has gone into food space, another one-third on chocolate and confectionary and the rest on nutrition and others.

Jefferies recommended a 'Hold' on Nestle India for a price target of Rs 19,900. The company witnessed a volume miss offset by margin expansion, the brokerage noted. Revenue growth was broad-based across cities and towns and also product segments. Like the packaged food story, but valuations are expensive, it said.

Nestle India's beverage portfolio reported a double-digit growth which was carried by greater household penetration in Nescafe Classic, Nescafe Sunrise, and Nescafe Gold. The milk and milk products portfolio also registered double-digit growth despite high inflation in milk

HSBC maintained a buy rating on Shriram Finance with a target price of Rs 228. A 4% profit beat was led by lower provisions despite higher-than-estimated operating costs.

The Swiss group, whose brands include KitKat bars, Nespresso coffee capsules and Purina dog food, said revenue reached 46.3 billion Swiss francs ($54 billion) in the first six months of the year, up 1.6 percent from the same period in 2022.

The company had reported a profit of Rs 510.24 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.

The company reported a net profit of Rs 515.34 crore in the year ago period.

Foreign portfolio investors were net buyers for the second straight day at Rs 922 crore. DIIs too bought shares worth Rs 470 crore on Wednesday.

Average estimates of five brokerages peg revenue growth at 12 percent in the same period

Revenue from operations is likely to grow 16% on year to Rs 4,690 crore. In terms of key monitorables, analysts will keep an eye on margin trajectory from the management given that milk prices remain high

Trendlyne has reported that 45 Nifty50 stocks have recently experienced the Golden Crossover, a bullish technical pattern that occurs when a stock's short-term moving average crosses above its long-term moving average.

Plastic, especially single-use packaging, is now the world's most hated material. From environmentally damaging it has now become simply unacceptable by society.

The unaudited financial results of the company for the second quarter and half year ending June 30, 2023 shall be considered by the board of directors of the company at their meeting proposed to be held on July 27, 2023.

Six of the 13 major sectoral indices logged gains, with public sector banks rising 0.83%. The high weightage IT fell 0.71% and was the top sectoral loser. The market breadth was skewed in the favour of the bulls. About 1,748 stocks gained, 1,711 declined, and 142 remained unchanged on the BSE.

ITC is among the three corporates in the private sector in terms of contribution to exchequer over the years, the company said in its annual report

Amazon Pay is launching the fastest hotels and international flights booking experience, with access to special prices on all flights and 1,10,000-plus hotels, homestays, and villas.

From the Sensex pack, Nestle, HDFC Bank, HUL, Reliance, HDFC, and Tata Steel traded with gains, while UltraTech Cement Maruti, Power Grid, Axis Bank, and Bajaj Finance witnessed some losses.

From the Sensex pack, Reliance Industries quoted over 2 per cent higher. Power Grid, Nestle, Larsen & Toubro, UltraTech Cement, NTPC, Axis Bank, Asian Paints and Tata Motors were among the other major gainers.

Cafe chains in India are now growing faster than quick service restaurants (QSR) as younger, aspirational consumers increasingly prefer to meet and hang out in cafes despite high menu prices, executives and analyst reports say.

From the Sensex pack, Power Grid and Asian Paints were the top gainers, rising 2-3%. Infosys, Tata Motors, Titan, Wipro, Bajaj Finance, and IndusInd Bank rose in early trade. On the flip side, only, Tata Steel, Nestle, and ICICI Bank traded with cuts.

With over 30 years of experience in key positions, 63-year-old Banga is expected to usher in transformative policies at the World Bank to combat poverty and address climate change, opening opportunities for people around the globe, a statement issued by Carnegie on Wednesday said.

Seven Indian companies, including defense contractor Hindustan Aeronautics, electrical and digital services company Siemens and natural resources company Vedanta, have recently experienced a bearish MACD crossover, a technical indicator that helps investors identify potential bearish trends in the stock market. The bearish signal suggests that the upward momentum of a stock is weakening and may signal a downward trend.