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This investment will be made in tranches and is expected to be completed over the next two years

Thus far in 2024, stocks such as Coffee Day Enterprises, Speciality Restaurants, Barbeque-Nation Hospitality, Restaurant Brands Asia and Westlife Foodworld have lost up to 42%, shows ACE Equity data.

The widespread expansion of food delivery has provided consumers with more dining choices, leading to fragmented sales and further weakening the already struggling daily sales within the QSR sector

While high levels of food inflation continue to impact raw material prices, lingering effects of inflation are making consumers pull back on discretionary spends, lending to the sector's slowdown

Its revenue from operations rose 23.85 per cent to Rs 1,572.79 crore during the quarter. It was Rs 1,269.84 crore in the year-ago period, it added

The Yum Brands franchisee's consolidated net profit fell 98% to Rs 2.39 crore ($286,271.4) for the quarter ended March 31, marking its fourth straight quarterly profit fall

QSR chain operator Jubilant Foods Ltd (JFL) expects its fried chicken brand Popeyes to cross Rs 1,000 crore in sales in the next 3-4 years, its CEO and MD Sameer Khetarpal said on Wednesday. Besides, JFL, which is also a master franchisor of Domino's, is expanding its reach and is expected to have around 3,000 outlets in the medium term. The company is going to "rapidly expand across" its QSR brands, with a key focus on Domino's as India is a "very rapidly expanding market" with more discretionary income, and urbanisation led by its growing economy. When asked about its latest addition Popeyes, Khetarpal said: "We have got an outstanding response from Popeyes as a brand here." JFL, which opened its first store in Delhi on Wednesday and its 33rd store pan-India, has plans to add four more stores in the national capital region next week. "We are rapidly expanding and Popeyes will be the fastest QSR chain to get Rs 1,000 crore in sales," Khetarpal told PTI. Typically, a QSR chain ta

The round will provide partial exits to initial investors Indian Angel Network and Lighthouse Funds. Daryani also mentioned that about Rs 180-190 crore was for the primary funding of the business

Restaurant Brands will take full control of Carrols Restaurant Group in a deal that values the largest Burger King franchise in the U.S at about $1 billion, the company said on Tuesday

The National Restaurant Association of India on Monday urged the government to restore input tax credit to restaurants while increasing the GST rate to 12 per cent from the current 5 per cent, ahead of the upcoming Union Budget. In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) also called for an equitable and fair e-commerce policy, saying balanced policies and regulations are required to enable a level playing field, where platforms can continue to innovate, while restaurants, delivery partners and consumers are protected from potentially exploitative practices. The restaurant industry was one of the sectors that suffered the most during the pandemic but showed great resilience to survive and has since been on a steady path of recovery. If the sector gets a certain amount of policy and budgetary support in the upcoming Budget, it will propel the sector towards an accelerated pace of growth, NRAI said in a statement. Seeking ...

Margin pressures could remain as sales dip and cost inflation take a bite

Third Wave Coffee is present in several major Indian cities, including Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Pune, Hyderabad, Noida, Coonoor, and Chandigarh

HDFC Securities expects similar weak trends for the September quarter, noting signs of stress in demand even in Tier-II and Tier-III cities

Reliance Retail (RR), the country's largest retailer, added the most number of employees at about 60,000 in FY23

According to analysts, Westlife will continue outperforming peers, with strengthening of the meal platform, snacking leadership and improved touch-points via omni-channel investments

Despite weak macros, Westlife Foodworld is targeting 40-45 store additions (vs. 35 in FY23) and has guided for a strong 8 per cent SSG in FY24.

TMS Ep424: Rural demand, FAME, QSR stocks, National Medical Devices Policy

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In the past six months, QSR-companies like Devyani International, Jubilant Foodworks, Restaurant Brands Asia, and Sapphire Foods, have tanked up to 26 per cent

Set up in a college hostel back in 2014, Mukunda Foods has sold its products to about 6,000 restaurants that make Chinese, South Indian, Mughlai and other genres

Some brokerages bet on consumer staples, preferring this more defensive space