Mr Orange To Open 100 Kiosks By The End Of 2005
With the average juice consumption in India amounting to one glass per person per year Mr Orange Juicing Systems Pvt Ltd launched its orange juice kiosks across the country at the end of 2004, to tap this segment.

Pizza Boom To Cut Realty Cost Of Franchised Restaurants
“The emerging boom in Rs 400 crore pizza market is expected to reduce real estate cost of franchised pizza restaurants in malls from eight - 15 per cent to six to eight per cent of sales in A and B class towns, by the financial year 2007," said Yum Restaurant International, managing director - Indian subcontinent, Sandeep Kohli.

SABMiller Thirsts For More, Eyes Small Players For Acquisition
With 33 per cent of the Indian beer market, it now aims to narrow the lead of market leader United Breweries India's 85-90 million cases beer market is set to witness a fresh round of consolidation with SABMiller upping its stake to 99 per cent in its India joint venture Shaw Wallace Breweries. With a 33 per cent share of Indian beer market, SABMiller is now within striking distance of Vijay Mallya's United Breweries which has a 45 per cent share of the market.

KFC Opens First Outlet In Kolkata
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) recently unveiled plans for an all-India rollout of the brand at the launch of its Kolkata outlet. The restaurant chain that already has five outlets in Bangalore and one each in Pune and Chandigarh is looking at opening approximately 12 outlets across the country by the end of 2005.

Zaheer Khan Forays Into Restaurant Biz
Mumbai has Tendulkar's, Kolkata's got Saurav's The Food Pavillion, Pune will now see cricketer Zaheer Khan set up an 8,000 square feet hotel that spans three levels. A multi-cuisine restaurant occupies the ground level and seats 92 people, a 50-seater banquet hall is on level one and on level two is ZK's lounge.

Taj Banjara, Hyderabad Hosts Malaysian Food Festival
In an effort to spread the message of 'Truly Asian' hospitality, Tourism Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines and The Taj Group of Hotels (Taj Banjara) recently concluded a nine-day Malaysian food festival.