The country’s largest packaged fruit juice maker Dabur India said it was entering the fruit-based Mocktail category under its Réal brand. The Réal Mocktails have been launched in two variants – Virgin Mary and Virgin Pina Colada. The Réal Mocktails will be available in 1-litre Tetrapaks, priced at Rs 110, it said. The company currently […]
The Madras High Court has asked the government of Tamil Nadu not to open any liquor shops for three months after complaints that it did not comply with the Supreme Court order on relocating roadside liquor shops. Unlike in most states in India, alchohol shops in Tamil Nadu are run directly by the state government under a […]
The Supreme Court of India has banned the sale of liquor along highways in India. It has ordered that all the licenses of liquor shops in and around the national and state highways in all the states should be closed when their licenses expire. During the trial, the court asked the central government for its […]
Bisleri International has entered the energy drink segment with a non-caffeinated drink, URZZA. With this, Ramesh Chauhan marks his re-entry into the carbonated soft drinks segment 22 years after selling iconic soft drink brands like Thums-Up, Limca, Gold Spot, and Mazza. Positioned as a great tasting ‘Liquid Charger’, Bisleri URZZA is the first energy drink […]
Beer afficianados can look forward to one more global brand on the shelves as the UK’s no. 1 beer, Carling, has been launched in India. The beer has been launched by its brand owner Molson Coors under a tie-up with Cobra Beer. Cobra is already a well known beer brand in India. “As one of […]
Monster Energy, the high-caffeine drink that is at the heart of a debate on the effects of ‘energy drinks’, has entered India. It has priced the Monster Energy drink at Rs 95 for a can of about half a liter (475 mln), about three times as much as a regular softdrink in India. Monster will […]
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of India has dismissed an appeal by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, a part of The Coca-Cola Company’s Bottling Investments Group, against an order by a lower court awarding compensation to customer who found dead insects floating inside a Fanta bottle. Asking for relief, Hindustan Coca-Cola said there was no proof […]
