India

Its foodservice market is slated to grow over 10% in the next five years.

The announcement came hours after the fast food operator approved of the said payment.

The coffee giant is encouraging customers to ‘coffee hop’ and try 134 unique beverages across their 134 stores.

The chicken chain is the first restaurant brand in the country to provide this service.

The brand’s consumer base consists of “tech-savvy, on-the-go” millennials.

The US casual dining chain aims to launch smaller store formats across the country.

They are also targeting to launch 200 more outlets by 2022.

The chain will also have allow them to engage in interactive activities across 37 of their stores.

These items will only stay in the fast food chain’s menu until January 31, 2019.

The operator of the pizza chain is also doing a test-run of their new fast food concept.

The said network will be the largest in the country.

The growth is said to be driven by online sales of the said pizza brand.

The chicken chain looks to focus on their digital performance marketing. KFC India has appointed the digital performance agency iProspect to handle the chicken chain’s SEO, paid media and digital mandate. As reported by AdAge India, KFC commented that the partnership will create positive results for the brand. iProspect is one of the agencies under The Dentsu Aegis Network, a multinational media and digital marketing communications company based in London.

The move is said to celebrate the Gandhi Jayanti festival.

This is the 18th country where the bakery chain opened an outlet.

He will be returning to the company after his position in operations, drive-thru optimization and partner resources in the US. Tata Starbucks, the joint venture company between Tata Group and Starbucks, has announced that they have appointed Navin Gurnaney as the new CEO of the coffee chain’s business in India on January 1 next year. Gurnaney will be replacing Sumitro Ghosh who is the company’s CEO for three years. He will be responsible for their overall strategic direction and vision in India as well as strengthening the Starbucks business growth. “I’m honored to return to India as CEO of Tata Starbucks to continue building upon the incredible momentum the company has experienced in its first 6 years,” Gurnaney said. “I look forward to elevating the mission and values of the company through delivering the iconic Starbucks Experience for our Indian partners and customers.” “We are pleased to welcome Navin Gurnaney, who has a proven track record of success within Starbucks and is a business leader with the ability to bring people together, as Tata Starbucks continues to innovate and position itself for long-term growth in the India market,” John Culver, group president of Starbucks International for channel development and global coffee and tea, said.