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PEPSICO’S HELLO GOODNESS SNACKBOT NOW ON UNIVERSITY OF PACIFIC CAMPUS

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snackbot, the outdoor, self-driving robot who brings snacks and beverages from Hello Goodness, a curated portfolio of better-for-you brands from PepsiCo, has arrived on campus at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.

As a part of a collaborative partnership with Bay Area-based Robby Technologies, the Hello Goodness fleet of snackbots are the first robots from a major food and beverage company to be rolled out in the United States.

As today’s college students seek on-the-go sustenance and nourishment amid packed schedules, they are turning to snacks more often, as three fixed meals become less common on campus.

The Hello Goodness snackbots are a userfriendly and fun solution for this on-demand snacking mentality, and are stocked with choices everyone can enjoy, including Smartfood Delight, Baked Lay’s, SunChips, Pure Leaf Tea, bubly, LIFEWTR and Starbucks Cold Brew.

“We are thrilled to launch our Hello Goodness autonomous delivery snackbots and reimagine college snacking for the future,” said Scott Finlow, vice-president, innovation and insights, PepsiCo Foodservice.

“PepsiCo has a unique opportunity to better serve today’s ambitious college students, by joining together the power of the Hello Goodness portfolio with our expertise in design and equipment innovation,” he added.

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Dear Readers,

On behalf of “Food and Beverage Matrix”, I would like to thank all of you for your continuous support. Further to this The Agriculture Export Policy, 2018, aimed at doubling agricultural exports, has been approved by the Union Cabinet. Commerce and industry minister, urged the state governments to set up nodal agencies dedicated to the implementation of the policy. It was discussed that it is the first time that an agri export policy had been formulated which was comprehensive in nature, as it involved all related sectors like R&D (research and development), clusters, logistics and transportation.

“Workshops to help identification of bottlenecks, getting feedbacks and suggestions to improve and overcome difficulties in the implementation of the policy,” are in process and shall continue.

Objectives of the policy is to double agricultural exports from the present

$30 billion to $60 billion by 2022 and reach $100 billion in the next few years; to diversify export basket, destinations and boost high value and value-added agricultural exports, including focus on perishables; to promote novel, indigenous, organic, ethnic and nontraditional agri products, institutional mechanism for pursuing market access, tackling barriers/SPS, and to strive to double India’s share in world agri exports by integrating with GVC and enable farmers to get benefit of export opportunities in overseas markets.

country is dependent.

“The vision of the policy is to harness the export potential of Indian agriculture, through suitable policy instruments and make India a global power in agriculture and double farmers income by 2022,”.

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Building on the initial successes of its Hello Goodness vending platform, PepsiCo has expanded the idea of curated convenience into new formats, locations and experiences to deliver 50,000 touchpoints by the end of the year. The snackbot is part of this effort, catering 24/7 healthier solutions to fuel the always on consumer.

“We’re thrilled to welcome snackbot to our campus, along with its convenient and nourishing options,” said Matt Camino, director, e-commerce, University of the Pacific Stockton.

“This innovative technology from PepsiCo is enhancing campus life for our students, staff and faculty alike, who have embraced this new way of snacking from PepsiCo,” he added.

The University of Pacific community can now order food and drinks between 9am to 5pm via the snackbot app, to be delivered to over 50 designated areas across the 175-acre campus, allowing students to enjoy their breaks between classes with a snack or beverage.

The bots are ready to roll with a range of over 20 miles on a single charge, and are equipped with camera and headlights that allow it to see and navigate carefully in full darkness or rain, as well as all-wheel drive capabilities for handling curbs and steep hills.

The ordering app can be used with a University of the Pacific email addressn

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INDIA HAS EXPORTED 10 LAKH TONNES OF SPICES IN YEAR 2017-18

ccording to the export data available, 10,28,060 tonnes of spices worth Rs. 17,92,955 in 2017-18 was exported by India.

Government also supports the producers of spices in the country through its flagship programme. The MIDH has mechanisms like production and distribution of planting supplies, establishment and expansion of cultivating areas, making new water and irrigation resources, promotion of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)/Integrated Nutrient Management (INM), implementing organic farming, promotion of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), advanced mechanization on farms, building new market infrastructure, processing and value addition etc.

With the objective of promoting holistic development of horticulture includes spices, the release added.,

These programmes are implemented time and again to improve production, quantity and quality of the spices.

The Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) programmes are implemented through State Horticulture Mission (SHM) in the various States.

The authorization for the production and development of spices other than cardamom vests with the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW)n

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Facing problems in supply chain, Kolkata-based ice cream maker Rollick wanted to fix this issue so it turned to Locus for help. Lucas is a three-year-old startup that focuses on logistics management. Locus has put into operation a set of solutions, including route optimization resulting in 8% savings on costs and three hours of daily planning time.

Same happened with Chennai’s Manna Foods. It wanted to expand its presence across the country so it turned its attention to Obopay for data on distribution and seeking aid where intervention was needed.

Traditional style of retailing still rules the market, which has its own set of shortcomings and challenges. Increasing demand for consumer goods in smaller towns, with lesser number of stock-keeping units (SKUs) that FMCG companies keep in wake of feasibility planning, operational allocation and forecasting becomes a great challenge, and a lack of accurate implementation can have a direct impact on logistics costs.

Harsha Razdan, partner, KPMG India, said, “To ensure customer stickiness, large ecommerce and FMCG players tend to spend more on logistics to ensure quick and seamless last-mile delivery, leading to reduction in margins. Lack of integrated technology platforms across planning, forecasting, manufacturing, delivering and inventory management is also a challenge which various FMCG companies are facing.”

“In India, the supply chain responsibility is with the consumer goods company and they are all concerned about how to increase their organic reach. Route optimization solutions help keep the time spent on the road to the minimum and maximize the time spent in stores. It drives efficiency and helps fulfill demand at a lower cost,” said Nishith Rastogi, CEO, Locus.

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DRINK TECHNOLOGY INDIA IN BENGALURU: EVENT DATE POSTPONED drink technology India (dti), the most important event for India's beverage and liquid food industry, has been postponed at the request of the exhibi-tors. The trade fair will now take place from April 10 to 12, 2019. The Ban-galore International Expo Centre will remain the exhibition venue. The sec-ond event date of dti in 2019, in New Delhi, remains unchanged.

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he fair had been planned for the end of February (February 28 to March 3) in Bengaluru and is mainly aimed at Indian exhibitors and visitors. The premiere of dti in the metropolis has now been postponed following close consultation with the industry.

Numerous Indian exhibitors had requested that the event not be held at the planned date. The background to this are the production cycles and the annual statement of accounts of the companies that tie up the workforce during this pe-riod.

Accordingly, the number of registrations for the new date has remained vir-tually unchanged: around 95 percent of the Indian exhibitors who had already registered will also attend the new date. The international companies will also re-main loyal to the event in April.

“Our goal in Bengaluru and New Delhi is to connect Indian exhibitors in particular with visitors from these metropolitan regions. By postponing dti in Bengaluru to April, at the request of the industry, we are responding to this strategic approach,” explains Bhupinder Singh, CEO of Messe München India. In view of the varying presence of the sectors in the Indian regions, the focus in Bengaluru is on fruit juices, beer, spirits, wine and liquid food.

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In 2019, dti will take place twice.

After the premiere in Bengaluru, dti will be launched in New Delhi from 5 to 7 December as a combined fair with pacprocess India, indiapack and food pex India by Messe Düsseldorf.

Mumbai remains the international hub for the beverage and liquid food industry in India, and the next event there will take place from December 9 to 11, 2020.

drink technology India drink technology India (dti) is the most important event for the Indian beverage, dairy and liquid food industry. It takes place in conjunction with pacprocess India, indiapack and food pex India trade fairs of Messe Düsseldorf. The event location alternates between Mumbai (Bombay Exhibi-tion Centre) and New Delhi

11 drink technology Africa (fdt) trade fairs. drink technology India, CHINA BREW CHINA BEVERAGE and the food & drink technology Africa are the leading platforms in their respective countries for the industry. The trade fairs in China (Shang-hai) and Africa (Johannesburg) take place every two years. In India the event takes place in Mum-bai in even-numbered years. In odd-numbered years the event takes place twice a year: in Banga-lore in the spring, in New Delhi in autumn.

(NSIC Exhibition Complex). In Bangalore dti is the sole organizer.

The rotation is as follows: in evennumbered years dti takes place in Mumbai, in odd-numbered years in Bangalore and New Delhi.

343 exhibitors presented their developments and solutions at the last drink technology India, india-pack pacprocess and food pex India, in Mumbai in 2018.

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CONCEPT OF ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS - AN OVERVIEW to enhance the thought process and analysis.

Any 5 Why’s must address two different problems at the same time.

The first part is related to the process that made the defective part. (“Why made?”)

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n continuation to earlier articles on Concepts of Training Content Development and Concepts of Training Delivery, this article may be of further interest for industry fellow dealing with Root Cause Analysis

Root Cause Analysis Assumptions •

“Beneath every problem is a cause for that problem.”

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“If the root cause of a problem is not identified, then one is merely addressing the symptoms and the problem will continue to exist.”

Definition of Root Cause For Practical purposes, root causes are….

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Specific underlying causes Causes which we can reasonably identify Causes that we have the ability to resolve Causes where we can think of effective solutions to prevent recurrence “ Root – Cause analysis is a thinking process that makes use of data a variety of sources to identify the basic reason (s) for the appearance of a problem.”

the problem. ‘The further away from the problem source the solution is determined, the less likely that the solution will be effective’.

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RCA Goals Identify…, What happened, How it occurred, & Why “it” took place.

What we can do to prevent re occurrence

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Physical Causes: Specific physical item that, if corrected / replaced would fix problem.

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System cause: Possible underlying cause of physical failure.

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Corrective actions Determine and prioritise the most probable underlying causes of the problem, as the temporary counter-measure may not resolve the root cause. Taking corrective actions to at least mitigate or preferably eliminate the causes.

Confirm the solution After the measures have been determined and implemented the success of the adopted approach needs to be established. Having confirmed the success of the suggested solution then rules or control methods need to be established that will avoid the problem ever happening again. This is probably the most important phase in the RCA, but the one most often missed.

RCA Tools Let us Focus on 5 WHY Analysis in the article:

The second one must address the detection system that was not able to detect the defective part before it became a problem. The lack of detection of a defective product is a problem of its own and must be treated independently than the product problem itself. (“Why not detected?”)

The 1st WHY Clear statement of the reason for the defect or failure to occur, understood even by people that is not familiar with the operation where the problem took place.

Often this 1st Why must be a short, concise sentence that plainly explains the reason. Do not try to justify it, there will be time to do that later on in the following why’s if it is pertinent to the thought process. It is Okay to write it down even if it seems too obvious for you. (It may not seem that obvious to other persons that will read the document).

2nd WHY A more concise explanation to support the first statement.

Get into the technical arena, the explanation can branch out to several different root causes here. It is OK to follow each of them continuing with their own set of remaining 3 why’s and so forth.

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Define the problem Try and use SMART principles, i.e. Specific; Measurable, Actions oriented; Realistic; Time constrained.

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Understand the problem Check the information, obtaining real data regarding the problem, gaining a clear understanding of the issues. This is when the various tools and techniques, such as Cause and Effect, brainstorming, etc, can be used.

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Immediate actions Implement temporary countermeasures at the place of

5 Why’s Preparation:

3rd WHY

Five why’s is a Root Cause Analysis Tool. Not a problem solving technique. The outcome of a 5 Why’s analysis is one or several root causes that ultimately identify the reason why a problem was originated. There are other similar tools as the ones mentioned below that can be used simultaneously with the 5 Why’s

Do not jump to conclusions yet, follow the regular thought process even though some underlying root causes may start surfacing already.

This 3rd why is critical for a successful transition between the obvious and the not so obvious.

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The first two why’s have prepared you to focus on the area where the problem could have been originated; the last three why’s will take you to a deeper comprehension of the problem. Visualize the process where the product went through (process mapping) and narrow down the most likely sources for the problem to occur.

You do not need to answer all the why’s at the same time, it is an investigation activity and it will sometimes require you to go to the process and see things you could have missed at first.

You may be missing the obvious by rushing into “logical” explanations”.

4th WHY Clear your mind from preconceived explanations and start the fourth why with a candid approach. You may have two or more different avenues to explore now, explore them all. Even if one or several of them turn out not to be the root cause of the problem, they may lead to continuous improvements.

This is a good time to include a Cause and Effect analysis and look at the 5 M’s.- Method, Materials, Manning, Machines and Mother Nature

5th WHY When you finally get to the fifth why, it is likely that you have found a systemic cause.

Most of the problems in the process can be traced to them.

Even though the discipline is called 5 Why’s is not always necessary to reach 5 before the root cause of a problem is fully explained; or it may take more than 5 why’s to get to the bottom of it. It will depend on the complexity of the process or the problem itself.

In any case, 5 has been determined, as a rule of thumb, as the number at which most root causes are clearly identified. Do not worry about not meeting or exceeding this number though. Just follow your thought process and let it decide how many Why’s you require to get to the point where the root cause is evident.

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Even a malfunctioning machine can sometimes be caused by an incorrectly followed Preventive Maintenance or Incorrect machine parameters setup.

When you address a systemic cause, do it across the entire process and detect areas that may be under the same situation even if there are no reported issues yet.

If you have reached the fifth why and you are still dealing with process related cause(s), you may still need one or two more why’s to deep dive into the systemic cause.

Conclusion A good way to identify if the 5 Why’s was done properly is to try to organize the collected data in one sentence and define it in an understandable manner. If this cannot be done or the sentence is fragmented or meaningless chances are that there is gap between one or several of the why’s. You then must revisit the 5 Why and identify

those gaps to fill them in. If there is coherence in the way that the sentence is assembled, it shows consistency on the thought process.

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Something like: “Problem Description” occurred due to “Fifth Why”.

This was caused by “Fourth why” mainly because “Third Why” was allowed by “Second why”, and this led to “First Why”.

Challenge the root cause(s) that resulted from the 5 Why’s exercise to try to reproduce the defect. If you cannot there is a very big chance that you have not gotten to the bottom of it yet. If you do reproduce them, move on to the Corrective Action part and congratulate your team for a job well done.

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It is said that a well defined problem is a half resolved problem; hence it is important to state the problem as clearly as possible.

Whenever possible define the problem in terms of the requirements that are not being met. This will add a reference to the condition that should be and is not.

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MONITOR PACKAGING AND SALE OF UNBRANDED SPICES: PANNU

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he Commissionerate of Food and Drug Administration has directed food safety teams to check the sale of open or loose powdered spices, condiments and salt for any contaminants.

According to K.S. Pannu, Commissioner, Food Safety, “Under the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulation, 2006, no person can sell powdered spices and condiments except “under packed condition”. Therefore, all teams have been directed to be vigilant and to ensure that open and loose spices, condiments and salt are not to be sold in their respective areas of jurisdiction and to take action against the defaulters”.

He said it was common for ground spices to be adulterated with artificial colours, chalk powder, colour husks etc. The intake of adulterated spices can cause many health issues and diseases. So, food safety teams have been directed to check the sale of unpackaged and grounded spices, penalising if found guiltyn

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ARE YOU READY FOR BREXIT? LEARN HOW DKSH CAN HELP YOU TO PREPARE

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Chemical companies need to be prepared for various outcomes affecting the chemical industry in a post-Brexit United Kingdom

n March 30, 2019, the UK will leave the EU and become a third country (“Brexit”). As there is still no certainty that there will be a ratified withdrawal agreement in place on that date, or what it will entail, the EU Commission expects that the UK's withdrawal will undoubtedly cause disruption to many industries, including chemical distribution.

In a worst-case scenario (“no-deal

Brexit”), it is currently envisaged that REACH could cease to be applicable to the UK from March 30, 2019. Due to the current status of the negotiations, this scenario grows more likely. In this scenario, the UK would be considered a "third country": based outside the EU under the REACH regulation and unable to act as a registrant. In addition, current REACH registrations made by entities based in the UK would no

longer be valid.

DKSH acts as a distributor and importer in the UK and also has suppliers located in the UK. In order to overcome any potential business disruption and anticipate the future regulatory environment in the UK, DKSH has established a “Brexit Task Force” consisting of regulatory affairs, business and management representatives. This task force meets on regular basis to prepare and

monitor all regulatory and business process plans and resourcing to ensure business continuity to our customers.n

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THE ORIGIN OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE : UNDERSTANDING SIX SIGMA

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Associate Partner Paradigm Services Pvt Ltd

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e have seen in the article, that Six Sigma methodology had won the market for Motorola and produced millions of dollars of cost saving to its adapters.

But how does Six Sigma work? Let’s understand in this blog.

The roots of Six Sigma proves that it is a problem-solving methodology.

Wherever we can identify a problem in a process, we can apply six sigma to solve it. visitors always focused on what Japanese workers do. They took note of activities of people on the floor and tried to assemble them under one umbrella. As they did not know why people do certain activities, they could hardly improve upon and got stuck to the tools. The American interpretation and application of TQM could not take off to become a grand success because it did not provide a framework or backbone and remained as a mere toolbox.

So, let’s put Six Sigma in a proper perspective!

The philosophy of Six Sigma How Six Sigma solves problems?

Let us understand, what is a problem.

We have a problem when we do not achieve what we intended and we do not know how to fill the gap.

If you already know the ways and means of filling the gap, you would have gone for that and solved the problem. So, now we do not know how to reach the desired destination.

This is where MAIC comes to help.

As a prerequisite, we need to have a process in place, there should be a recognisable problem and the cause(s) of the problem shall be unknown while initiating a six sigma project.

In Six Sigma, we use statistics to solve problems. When we do not know the solution, we take a de-route - we convert the real-life problem into a statistical problem (because mathematical problems are easier to solve!), find out mathematical solutions to the problem and convert the mathematical solution(s) into real

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Businesses lose money in way of undesired things happening within the processes (poor quality) - that is accounted as Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ).

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life solutions.

Fortunately, according to statistics, there are only 2 problems : set off from the target value and inconsistency in reaching the target. So it becomes easier for us to find out solutions to the statistical problem. I am saying it on a lighter side. Will discuss statistical data analysis in a future article in detail.

So, What is Six Sigma?

In workshops and seminars, I recommend participants to understand the philosophy before getting into the tools and techniques (how to) of any Operational Excellence methodology. I want to follow the same here - not only for Six Sigma, for any excellence methodology you want to understand in future, always start with a question Why?, followed by How? And then What?

In other words, understand the Perspective or the Philosophy before even you try to understand the methodology. Then learn the Principles of working and at last look at the Practices - i.e., how smartly people have devised tools to achieve those Principles. Failing to get the bigger picture of Philosophy and Principles can be attributed to the failure of many business houses in implementing the methodology.

Historically, initial attempts of American industries to understand the Japanese success failed because the

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by variation in process or processes. Such process variations need to be minimised and controlled to check the losses.

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Understand where an organisation looses its profit and measure variations in associated processes, using statistics.

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Apply statistical models to explain the reason for variations and find out solutions to minimise those variations.

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Use a robust framework (DMAIC) to steer the process of understanding the losses (D), measurement of process variations (M), attributing those variations to the certain phenomena of the process (A), find out solutions using statistics (I) and to ensure sustenance of solutions (C).

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The Practices (Tools) Being a dynamic and widely applied methodology, Six Sigma is constantly expanding its coverage of tools and best practices.

In my personal opinion, most of the practices in Six Sigma today are a better combination of tools related to Statistics, Project Management, and other Best Practices. We can classify some tools as below. I am listing most of the tools at Green Belt level for Six Sigma, though it may not be an exhaustive list.

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OLIVES FROM SPAIN TOOK PART AT HT PALATE FEST IN NEW DELHI For a fifth year in a row, Olives from Spain targets India as a key market for international promotional campaigns. One of the main activities has been the participation at HT Palate Fest, from 14th to 16th of December 2018.

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T Palate Fest has proven once again to be a successful attraction for food lovers Delhiites, who have enjoyed delicacies from local restaurants, and food products from different parts of the world. Among them, olives from Spain. Spanish olives were offered to taste and delight, marinated with Indian spices and condiments. They were presented

in three different marinades: black olives in a “local dill and ghondoraj nimbu dressing”, green olives in a garlic chutney, and queen size green olives stuffed with red pepper in a and Spicy Peanut pickle recipe.

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with. Visitor were also given the chance to picture themselves imagining they are in Southern Spain, in front of the Alhambra Palace, an iconic monument in the same region that concentrates the largest production of table olives in Spain: Andalusia.

Chef Saransh Goila also shared his culinary skills and knowledge to an enthusiastic audience at the Demo Zone with his two Masterclasses, introducing a modern and vegan-friendly “green olives and portobello mushrooms with cauliflower cous-cous” in his first Masterclass on Saturday 15th, and a delicious and vegetarian jackfruit biryani with black and green Spanish olives in his second Masterclass on Sunday 16th.

Spain is the world leader in table olive production and it exports olives to more than 120 countries.

The main markets for Spanish olives are the USA, Italy, Germany and France. Since 2007, Olives from Spain has targeted other potential markets too. India was then identified as a country where consumption is steadily increasing. To continue with this positive trend, this campaign is focused on presenting ideas for integrating olives into the Indian diet and highlighting its potential as a lowcalories and nutritive snack that can be adapted to different palates with many different possible marinades using Indian and Mediterranean spices. It also focuses on sharing the nutritional benefits and the importance of olives in the Mediterranean diet, which is listed as an Intangible World Heritage by UNESCO.n

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YUM RESTAURANTS ELEVATES PIZZA HUT INDIA HEAD UNNAT VARMA AS ITS ASIA PACIFIC MD

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izza Hut’s India head Unnat Varma has been promoted

by Yum Restaurants, as the managing director for the pizza chain’s Asia Pacific operations, bringing 5,500 restaurants spread across 17 countries under him from next month.

Varma, who has been with US-based Yum Brands Inc.’s Indian arm for over 12 years now, will operate out of its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore.

Pizza Hut’s India operation, which was earlier reporting to the US parent company, is being merged with the Asia outfit. While a part of Pizza Hut’s India operations including marketing, execution and store operations will be headed by current marketing chief Prashant Gaur, other functions such as business development, HR and finance are being integrated with the Asia operations, under Varma.

India is the Kentucky-based pizza maker’s second largest market in the Asia Pacific region after China, which has over 2,000 outlets.

In India, all the Pizza Hut restaurants are franchised, and split up largely between RJ Corp-promoted Devyani International and Sapphire Foods India, a consortium of funds led by Samara Capital.

Pizza Hut reported 20% system sales growth in India for the third quarter ended September 30, 2018, which it said was its ninth consecutive quarter of positive growth, in response to healthier consumption trends within the eating-out sector.n

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VIETNAM PROSPERS IN FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY, EXPECTS FOREIGN INVESTMENT

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xperiencing rapid growth in food processing industry in last five years, Vietnam expects additional foreign investments for further expansion.

Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said that Vietnam’s industrial production index rose by some 6.8% in span from 2013 to 2017 for the processed food industry and a growth of 9.7% for the drinks industry.

Vu Van Chung, the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency Deputy Head, informed media that the total foreign investment in Vietnam’s food processing industry has touched US$11.2bn mark, spreading across to 717 projects excluding mergers/

acquisitions which has not been accounted.

Favourable tax policies are the main attraction of Vietnam’s food processing industry to foreign investors.

Technology related to production chains is completely tax-free.

Additional to tax policies, investors get an enterprise income tax i.e. 5% which is lower than conventional tax (25%). Priority-based projects are tax-exempt upto 4 years then have a 50% lower tax for following 9 years.

“The majority of investment funds have been channeled to the processing of seafood, beverages and agricultural produce, but currently faces a major obstacle in terms of domestic material supply, meaning that these materials

end up being imported”, Chung said.

“Despite preferential policies for investors, Vietnam’s food processing industry has not been able to attract investments from markets that strong in this field, like Japan, the U.S., Australia and the EU,” he added.

According to the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the production and processing sectors of confectionary, beverages, cooking oil and dairy are expected to grow to become the country’s most productive processing market segments.

According to Hai, Vietnam’s annual food consumption makes up some 15% of its GDP, and with ready-toeat food trends, is expected to expand further.

He also said that things look brighter the industry in coming days, especially after the free trade agreements signed

by Vietnam come into force that will throw open a wider consumer and investor market.

The said agreements are the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the EUVietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), amongst others.

“GROWERS WHO DIDN’T INVEST IN FLEXIBLE PACKING TECHNOLOGY ARE IN TROUBLE”

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ackaging requirements are changing all over the world, as companies try to ditch plastic as much as they can afford to. The new requirements and demands mean opportunities for companies like Milbor PMC, that sells machinery for automated packaging of blueberries, cherries, and walnuts manufactured by A&B Packing Equipment, WECO Sorting and Wizzard Manufacturing.

While most growers and exporters have faced numerous challenges in 2018, thanks to regulations, weather issues or tariffs, for Milbor PMC 2018 was a year of opportunities, claims CEO Piotr Milewski: “Blueberry growers have received different requirements when it comes to packaging, especially the growers who supply directly to retail.

There are new types of packaging, like shakers, 2-Go-cups and buckets.

It means those who did not invest in flexible packaging technology already, are now in trouble. This is where we come in. We show the potential clients what our machinery can do for them, and what they do is make their life easier.”

machinery coming from USA, our competition is also mainly from Europe. It means we have to stand out by delivering complete solutions in our machinery, and don’t leave our customers with technical questions or issues they have to solve themselves,” Milewski states. “My family grows blueberries themselves, so I understand that when the season is already short, the last thing a grower needs is technical issues with the packing machines. There is no way you can ensure a problem with machinery never happens, but what we can do is make sure our clients don’t suffer from it and fix everything as quick as we can.”

Europe is the focus of Milbor PMC, with a target on countries that cultivate blueberries themselves: “Germany is a huge market for us, as they are also moving to tray-sealing there. Spain is a very big producing country as well of course, but we also have a lot of faith in Central-Eastern European countries, like Romania, Serbia and Ukraine. We can’t forget about Poland though, as we as a country are also stepping up our game.” Milewski explains.

Recently there has been news on the price of electricity going up in Poland. Milewski says it’s not clear what will actually happen: “The news outlets report different things, contradicting each other on a regular basis. However if the price does go up drastically, it will naturally have an effect on the fruit industry. I do think growers of top-fruit like apples or pears will suffer from it a lot more than farmers who grow soft fruit. Soft fruit isn’t stored in cold chambers for the same amount of time apples are stored, so I don’t think it will impact us too heavily.”

“Although we supply Europe with

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SWIGGY GETS $1 BILLION FUNDS BY SOUTH AFRICAN MEDIA GIANT NASPERS; PLANS EXPANSIONAND TECHNOLOGY UP GRADATION

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ndia’s largest food delivery platform Swiggy gets up $1 billion in funding led by existing backer, South African media giant Naspers, besides entry of new investors like China’s Tencent and hedge funds Hillhouse Capital and Wellington Management. The new round will see the valuation of the five-yearold Bengaluru-based startup swell to $3.3 billion, according to sources familiar with the development.

With the current round, Swiggy has seen its valuation swell by close to o 5 times this year. The company was valued at $1.3 billion in June this year and $700 million in February.

Swiggy’s mega funding round, which also saw the participation of existing backers like DST Global, Meituan Dianping and Coatue Management, will give it a significant capital advantage rival over Gurgaon-based rival Zomato.

While Swiggy has raised a total of

$1.31 billion across three financing rounds in 2018, Zomato has mopped up around $410 million in two rounds.

Swiggy will use the capital to strengthen its team and invest in “its technology backbone and focus on building a next-generation AI-driven platform for hyperlocal discovery and on-demand delivery; and bring more quality food brands closer to consumers and address gaps in supply through delivery-only kitchens under the ‘Access’ initiative for restaurant partners, The food delivery company will also expand into new businesses like; enter areas like grocery and online pharma delivery, leveraging its fleet of 1.2 lakh delivery personnel.

Swiggy said it has expanded to 42 additional cities and doubled in gross merchandise value in the last six months. Swiggy first raised capital from Naspers back in April 2017 and since then has led its last three rounds of fundingn

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FSSAI TAKES FIRM STEPS, BANS FOOD PACKED IN PLASTIC, NEWSPAPER AND OTHER BOXES

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he food regulator of India, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has taken firm steps to ban food packed in plastic, magazines and newspapers. The ban is imposed after survey showed the risk on health showed by the plastic and newsprint inks and dyes. The regulation with new set of food packaging has been formulated which will be applicable by 1st of July 2019.

While speaking to media, Pawan Agarwal, CEO, FSSAI said, “The packaging of food regulations have been sent for publishing and will raise the bar for food safety in India. Packaging is an integral part of the process and we have framed regulations to adhere to it.” The report further adds that these new regulations have swap the old Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011.

FSSAI has suggested packaging alternatives instead of newspapers and plastic. “The surveys that we commissioned have shown that the packaging material used by the organized sector is largely safe but it’s the unorganised sector that is a cause for concern for us, especially loose packaging material,” added Agarwal.

aluminium-coated, while in production often gets chemically contaminated.

National survey of food packaging material conducted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) found 80% of food samples packed in coloured carry bags, 59% in black carry bags and over 24% in aluminium coated disposable containers and 21% in sweet boxes were chemically contaminated.

“The new packaging regulation would raise the bar of food safety in India to the next level. The implementation of the rules may be a challenge in the unorganised sector and therefore, we have given sufficient lead time before the regulations come into force,” FSSAI chief executive Pawan Agarwal said.

SNOWFALL AND CHILL WEATHER DELIGHTS BENGAL TEA ZONE

He added,”The chief objective of packaging is to protect the food contents from microbiological, chemical, physical and atmospheric contamination and preserve the food. Food businesses shall have to comply with the new regulations

by July 1, 2019”, Agarwal saidn

Entire tea belt in Bengal is blanketed in deep submergence due to chill climate. The temperatures in Terai and Dooars tea belts in foothills have tremendously dipped lower than 5°C. Areas of high altitude are covered with thick ice. This scene shall continue till mid-January 2019, said Indian Meteorological Department.

Setting up of new regulations will also prohibit packaging material made of recycled plastic, loose packaging such as coloured and black carry bags, disposable containers etc.. Another major issue is of sweet boxes, that are coloured or

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ea planters in Bengal tea zone are hoping immense post-winter high-value first flush harvest for the second consecutive year. The tea planters give credit to prevailing favorable weather conditions.

The cool wave has brought joy to the planters to put together produce around 325 million kg of processed tea, nearly 25% of country’s national yield. Last year also, the whole region had a favorable post winter first flush yield after witnessing almost the same temperature dynamics in end 2017.

“Tea is a chill loving tree. Hence, normal duration of low temperature is good for its health. But, too low sunshine or foggy weather is not good as it retards bud breaking or opening of new leaves, ” said eminent tea scientist Dr. S. E. Kabir “We are hopeful of positive post winter first flush if overall normal weather condition prevails for entire January,” said veteran planter K. K. Mintri. Seconded by senior planter Sujit Seal.

“Present trend of sunshine is good enough and moisture level in air is also favorable,” said Chairman of Terai Indian Planters Association Mahendra Bansal. “But yes, we need rainfall in January or February to have expected output,” he added.

After peak winter dormant phase of no plucking of leaves, fresh healthy leaf, known as ‘first flush,’ starts blooming with full potential budding to the fullest from mid February till March end. These new leaves enjoys highest level of pricing. With 20% contribution to annual output volume, it forms near 30% of rupee value sales. This scenic view of the tea plantain, the first flush always remains under attention of all in tea estaten

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