Tata Consumer to Step Up Beverage, Food Biz Expansion

Plans entry into sports, energy drinks

- VIVEAT SUSAN PINTO

TATA CONSUMER, THE fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) arm of Tata group, will increase its focus on food and beverages by entering new categories organically and making select acquisitions, MD & CEO Sunil D'Souza told FE in an exclusive interaction. The move is timed with a larger FMCG revival in the domestic market, where the need for functional beverages as well as packaged food items is set to grow.