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The FIRST COCA COLA GOLDEN SPOON AWARDS owe tonight’s celebrations to some prominent business brand names and institutions that support and promote the business of food in India. |
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| Coca Cola |
Coca-Cola India refreshes millions of consumers throughout the country with an exciting range of beverages including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Thums Up, Fanta, Limca, Sprite, Maaza, Minute Maid Pulpy Orange, Georgia, Georgia Gold, Kinley and Kinley Club Soda through a network of more than one million outlets. The company has invested more than US$ 1 billion in its Indian operations, emerging as one of the country's top international investors. In-addition the company's business operations also engages approximately 1,50,000 people in India. |
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| METRO CASH & CARRY |
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METRO CASH & CARRY Founded in 1964, with over 615 Cash & Carry wholesale centers in 29 countries, METRO Cash & Carry is the global market leader in self service wholesale and is the international sales division of METRO Group, Germany’s biggest Trading and Distribution Company, listed by Fortune magazine among the 50 largest companies worldwide. |
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| PARSAVNATH |
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Parsvnath Developers Ltd. A vibrant conglomeration of companies endowed with expertise to provide cost effective solutions to the real estate world, Parsvnath’s current projects aggregate a total developable area of over 153 million square feet, including four SEZs of 26 million square feet. |
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| MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES |
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The Ministry of Food Processing Industries, set up in July 1988, is the main central agency of the Government responsible for developing a strong and vibrant food processing sector; with a view to create increased job opportunities in rural areas, enable the farmers to reap benefit from modern technology, create surplus for exports and stimulating demand for processed food. |
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| SAFEXPRESS |
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| Safexpress offers Supply Chain Services including Express Distribution, 3PL and consulting to a vast range of Customers ranging from automotive, engineering, electronics, telecom, IT to retail, FMCG and publishing industries. |
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| NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION OF INDIA |
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NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION OF INDIA Founded in 1982, NRAI is one of the leading Associations of the Restaurant Industry. The aim of the association is to represent, educate and promote exclusively the Independent Restaurant Owners and Operators in India. |
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| TREE OF LIFE |
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| Tree of Life, aligns and partners with retailers – from the largest supermarket chains to independent specialty stores – to help the growing demand for international, specialty and gourmet food products by focusing on consumers and their product preferences and shopping habits. |
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| GLOBAL GAP GLOBALGAP |
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GLOBAL GAP GLOBALGAP is a private sector body that sets voluntary standards for the certification of agricultural products around the globe. It serves as a practical manual for Good Agricultural Practice (G.A.P.) anywhere in the world. |
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| EHI |
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EHI owned by retailers/wholesalers and their association, EHI Retail Institute is a non-profit research-center for trade. With their profit-oriented subsidiary they also partner the EuroShop Fair. Headquarters of the international virtual academic network, EHI currently connects 112 research institutes worldwide. |
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| VICS |
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The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions (VICS) Association has enabled companies in the retail and consumer-focused industries to eliminate billions of dollars of waste and delay. By creating voluntary guidelines, often referred to as “standards,” VICS has created new best practices leading to lower costs and better availability of products for consumers. |
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| Michigan State University |
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MSU, a global, public, not-for-profit institution, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs. A Tier I research university, MSU, and its top-ranked academic programs have provided innovative teaching, research, and outreach for more than 150 years. |
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| LEBENSMITTEL ZEITUNG |
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"Lebensmittel Zeitung" is Germany's leading publication for the retail industry in Germany and German-speaking Europe. Up-to-date news, analyses, background reporting, in-depth information on marketing strategies, the range and distribution strategies of both German and international retailers and manufacturers makes Lebensmittel Zeitung an indispensable source of information for the industry's top and middle management. |
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| Food Service Europe & Middle East |
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Food Service Europe & Middle East is the business-to-business publication for the international hotel, restaurant and catering industry and is published 6 times a year. It belongs to Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH/Germany, which is one of the largest independent specialized press publishers in Europe, with around 90 titles across 12 business sectors. |
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| PROGRESSIVE GROCER |
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PROGRESSIVE GROCER From chain stores to independent supermarkets, super centers, wholesalers and food brokers, readers rely on PROGRESSIVE GROCER for its authoritative and researched editorial. By anticipating, reporting and interpreting important data and trends, PROGRESSIVE GROCER fulfills its mission: accelerating insight and opportunity for leading grocery retailers and accelerating brand and sales success for leading manufacturers. |
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| INDIARETAILING.COM |
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INDIARETAILING.COM www.indiaretailing.com, the home page of India retail, an online medium that connects all verticals of retail through a gamut of editorial features and updates, and interactive forums |
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| IRIS |
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IRIS, Intelligence through Research, a centre for excellence in knowledge gathering, translation and dissemination of retail expertise
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