Tag: food inflation

Intel hires former board member as new CEO in struggling chipmaker’s latest comeback attempt

MarketMarch 12, 2025

Struggling chipmaker Intel has hired former board member and semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as the latest in a succession of CEOs to attempt to turn around a once-dominant company...

Next UPI is energy, envisions energy marketplace: Nilekani

BusinessMarch 12, 2025

Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani BENGALURU: The future of energy will be a decentralised structure, with millions of small producers buying and selling power in a way that mirrors Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Infosys...

Budget 2025: What can government do to tame inflation horse?

EconomyJanuary 4, 2025

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 2025 Budget has to undertake a host of measures to address the economic landscape, with a focus on India’s...

Is India’s food inflation being measured correctly? EAC-PM member Nilesh Shah weighs in

EconomyDecember 4, 2024

Nilesh Shah, managing director and CEO of Kotak Mutual Fund, shared his views on the complexities surrounding food inflation and its role in...

food inflation: Kitchen essentials buck slowdown trend: Hopes of demand recovery rise as staples segment sees double-digit growth in Sept qtr

EconomyNovember 21, 2024

Staples and essentials are largely bucking the consumption slowdown at mostly double-digit volume sales growth, which industry executives said indicates consumers are not...

Double trouble for FMCG players: Costly commodities, weak demand

BusinessNovember 4, 2024

NEW DELHI: Leading FMCG companies reported a decline in margins in the Sept quarter on account of higher input costs and...

FMCG firms worry over high inflation, squeezing urban market; hint price hike

BusinessNovember 3, 2024

NEW DELHI: Leading FMCG companies reported a decline in margins in the September quarter on account of higher input costs and...

Urban areas facing strain due to sluggish demand: Nestle

BusinessOctober 23, 2024

NEW DELHI: The FMCG sector is facing a muted demand, with growth in F&B (food and beverage) declining to 1.5-2% as...

Inflation: Food on boil, retail inflation hits nine-month high of 5.5%

EconomyOctober 14, 2024

India’s retail inflation surged to a nine-month high of 5.5% in September, driven by higher food inflation and an unfavourable base effect, official...