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Progressive Grocer
Our Vision Is To Be A National Retail Chain With ₹ 1,000 Crore Plus Turnover By 2020
With about 30 years in the food & grocery retail business, Hyderabad-based Ratnadeep Super Market has been able to carve a formidable reputation as a shopping destination that customers unfailingly identify with a rich and varied assortment of quality national and international products offered in a pleasant ambience and with customer friendly, reliable service.Progressive Grocer spoke to Sandeep Agarwal, Managing Director, and Manish Bhartiya, Director, Ratnadeep Super Market Pvt. Ltd. about how the retail chain is looking to leverage its strengths forexpanding its private label business, partnering with more brands in the food business and ramping up its footprint beyond Hyderabad to other regions in the country.
6 min |
December 2017
Progressive Grocer
India's Nutraceutical Market To Reach 8.5 Billion USD By 2022
Thanks to the burgeoning affluent middle class that is increasingly becoming health conscious and aware of the positive impact of using dietary supplements, the nutraceutical market in India is on the cusp of a breakout. This new health phenomenon among young Indians is encouraging many international and local players to enter the nutraceutical segment whose percentage share of the overall health and wellness market is growing at a rapid clip.
4 min |
December 2017
Progressive Grocer
​​​​​​​Treasure Hunt
Understand customers by tracking their paths through the store.
4 min |
December 2017
Progressive Grocer
Baked Goodness
In line with current demand, baking ingredients and even mixes are cleaner than ever.
8 min |
September 2017
Progressive Grocer
We Are Market Leaders In Wafers Category
Ravinder Kumar Agarwal, Managing Director, Ravi Foods Pvt Ltd, which makes of a range of biscuits, wafers, chocolates and confectioneries under the Dukes brand, speaks to Progressive Grocer about the impressive growth of the brand and his vision to make it one of the leading household brands in the country with a global footprint.
5 min |
September 2017
Progressive Grocer
We Are Looking At E-Retail Partnerships To Expand Our Consumer Reach
Neelima Burra, Chief Marketing Officer, Cargill Foods India, speaks to Progressive Grocer on the company’s pioneering innovations in different oil categories and about its plans to expand the products’ reach through the digital channel.
4 min |
September 2017
Progressive Grocer
Ongoing Business Analysis Is A Must For Organised Retail
Today’s digital era has changed the traditional ways of running a business. Like other sectors impacted by this change, it is imperative for retail to modernize to stay relevant in this age.
2 min |
September 2017
Progressive Grocer
Role Of Whole Genome Sequencing In Food Safety
Food safety is becoming a public health priority and governments are making efforts to develop policies and regulatory frameworks, establish and implement effective food safety systems to ensure that food producers and suppliers along the entire food chain operate responsibly and supply safe food to consumers.
7 min |
September 2017
Progressive Grocer
How To Make Your Mystery Shopping Effective
Mystery Shopping can be a significant investment for brands to deliver on customer experience and to track whether brand-specific protocols are really being followed in their outlets and customer touch points.
3 min |
June 2018
Progressive Grocer
'Good Local Knowledge, Efficient Inventory Handling And An Excellent Product Mix Are The Forte Of The Rajmandir Brand'
Rajmandir Super Market, which operates 10 stores in Delhi spanning 50,000 sq. ft., has been continuously expanding its presence with the objective of building a network of neighborhood stores that can redefine the grocery retail space in Delhi-NCR by offering the freshest and finest food experience to the consumers.Suresh Mittal, Owner of Rajmandir Super Market store chain, who has a handson experience of more than 29 years in the grocery retail sector, shared his retail journey over the years and his plans for the future with Aliya Jamal of Progressive Grocer.
6 min |
June 2019
Progressive Grocer
From Staple To Gourmet: Transformation Of Tea Consumption In India
Indians are beginning to explore tea beyond the staple ‘masala chai’ and experiencing as well as demanding teas that cater to various tastes and seasons. Green tea has already become widely popular as a healthy drink and now there is a rising interest in exotic, artisanal and gourmet teas as well.
3 min |
June 2019
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'We See A Huge Potential For Granola Bars In The Metros And Tier-1 Cities'
Kanupradeep Subramanian, CEO & Director, WIMWI Foods, spoke to Progressive Grocer about how his granola snack bars that sell under the ASAP bars brand has been able to break through the market clutter and become a favorite of the young millennials looking for quick, tasty and healthy snacking.
4 min |
June 2019
Progressive Grocer
Inspiring Operators
A McKinsey report details strategies for a fast-changing grocery landscape. Independent grocers have already put many of them into practice.
3 min |
April 2019
Progressive Grocer
Health Needs Of The Future
Four educated guesses on what grocers should expect.
2 min |
May 2019
Progressive Grocer
How The Organic Category Is Shaping Up In India
The current certified and organized organic market is approximately INR 2,500 crore and has been growing at a CAGR of 20%. To ensure that this growth continues, the market needs to be scrutinized more and become more regulated.
3 min |
May 2018
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Bringing More Variations In Superfoods And Confectioneries
Zain Virjee, Founder of Dryfruit Mart, an online store for dry fruits, dried fruits,healthy nuts, healthy mix, healthy seeds, dates, sweets and mints, speaks to Progressive Grocer about the opportunities and challenges of online food retailing and his plans for ramping up business through quality adherence of products and price affordability.
4 min |
November 2017
Progressive Grocer
App Quest
Success has been spotty, but progress is being made.
5 min |
November 2017
Progressive Grocer
New Mantra For Retail – Social Media, Personalization...
With social media growing in importance and becoming increasingly influential amongst the younger demographics, brands and retailers would do well to encourage people to create and share user generated content, and engage with shoppers via social media.
2 min |
November 2017
Progressive Grocer
Building Newage Brands In The Social-digital Age
In an age when consumer feedback to a product is swift and sharp, brands need to be quick-footed and act with decisiveness and agility to ensure sustenance and growth.
3 min |
April 2018
Progressive Grocer
Breakfast Bonanza
With consumers demanding greater choice, convenience and health benefits in their morning eating occasion, India’s growing breakfast foods market is spurring innovation in many forms – new formulations, flavours and formats.
10+ min |
April 2018
Progressive Grocer
E-Grocery: Hyperlocal Or Inventory Based?
The e-grocery segment is currently at a stage where the leading companies are trying out different models around grocery delivery: inventory-based and hyperlocal models. Companies that can blend the convenience and swiftness of buying groceries online with the customized, credible, and secure transactional experience of offline shopping will eventually grab a major share in the Indian grocery market.
6 min |
June 2018
Progressive Grocer
Alive And Kicking
Center store isn’t dead — but it does need a creative boost.
7 min |
June 2018
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Shri Kannan Departmental Stores Powers Ahead With A Customer Centric Visionary Approach
“Retailing is a tough and competitive business but we have been able to reap good profits,” says T. Thanushgaran, Chairman, Kannan Departmental Store, which operates 32 stores in Tamil Nadu spanning 7,67,452 sq. ft. of retailing area across convenience, supermarket, hypermarket and wholesale formats, apart from its warehouses and corporate offices . Progressive Grocer brings you the inside story of the company’s growth journey, its fastest-selling product categories, the new and emerging categories at its stores that has propelled the company into becoming a major retailing force in south India.
8 min |
December 2018
Progressive Grocer
Helping Shoppers With New Year's Resolutions
Retail dietitians can encourage consumers to make healthy-lifestyle modifications.
2 min |
December 2018
Progressive Grocer
Clear And Captivating
Grocers desiring repeat ecommerce customers must provide content that is accurate and makes shopping more convenient and personalized.
5 min |
December 2018
Progressive Grocer
Vegetarians, Bring It On
The demand for proteins in India, for food and feed, is expected to increase significantly in the next 5-10 years and there is great opportunity for the local industry to foray into plant proteins ingredients business as well as plant protein based food products. Seeing the attractiveness, quite a few Indian players from allied industry segments are entering into the plant proteins category.
3 min |
December 2018
Progressive Grocer
How Technology Driven Features Are Assisting The Egg Retail Market To Grow
A newly launched egg sorting and sanitizing machine, a first of its kind in India, helps to deliver over five lakh sanitised (this is extremely important as an eggshell houses a lot of bacteria, even more than a toilet seat) eggs a day.
3 min |
November 2018
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Papad Market Growing At 10%, Exports Rising By Over 30% Annually
Harshal Chheda, Proprietor and Director, Ganesh Papad, speaks to Progressive Grocer about the growth of papad market in India, the product’s impressive potential for exports and the ways in which manufacturers are bringing higher value to the category.
3 min |
November 2018
Progressive Grocer
Benefits Of Buying From A B2B Marketplace
Why better prices and cheap deals are available on B2B marketplaces.
4 min |
November 2018
Progressive Grocer
How Cloud Telephony Is Raising The Bar For Retail Industry
The Retail industry is evolving and adopting technologies at a faster rate than ever. To meet the higher benchmarks set by e-commerce, the sector has turned its back to the conventional ways of executing business processes. Retail stores have realized the power of automation. Of all the technologies that they are adopting, cloud telephony is has emerged as an innovative technology for the retail industry.
3 min |