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Cow milk price hiked by Rs 2/litre:
Mother Dairy
L
ead supplier of milk - Mother Dairy has increased its
rate of cow milk by Rs 2 to Rs 44 a litre in Delhi-NCR.
Effective from Friday. The company said that they have
increased the retail price as the company is paying more to
farmers for procuring raw milk.
However, there will be no increase in rates of other variants
of milk.
Raw cow milk prices have firmed up to the tune of Rs 2.50
to Rs 3 per litre in the last two-three months, Mother Dairy
spokesperson told PTI. With Mother Dairy increasing the price of cow milk, other
competitors like Amul and Parag Milk may also increase
their price.
“Hence, we are compelled to increase the consumer prices
of Cow Milk variant. Mother Dairy supplies around 30 lakh tonne milk, of which
8 lakh litre constitutes cow milk, in the Delhi-NCR region.
“The prices as effective from September 6, 2019 are Rs 23
for 500 ml pack and Rs 44 for 1 litre pack. There has been
no change in prices of other milk variants,” the official said. In May this year, the company had hiked price of milk by Rs
2 per litre. In case of cow milk, there was no increase in one
litre pack, but rate of half-litre pack was increased by Rs 1.
Moët Hennessy’s made in India
sparking wine Chandon bags
medals at CSWWC 2019 essay of the Champagne and Sparkling Wine World
Championships (CSWWC), the most comprehensive and
rigorous international sparkling wine competition in the
world, which is held annually in the United Kingdom.
C This year, the championship announced a record-breaking
year with entries up by one-third, and a total of 185 gold
and 212 silver medals awarded in this year’s competition to
an incredible 18 countries.
handon, the made in India sparkling wine by Moët
Hennessy, won the gold medal for Chandon Brut
and the silver medal for Chandon Rosé at the
This is another feather in the cap for the brand’s variants
scoring big at the Decanter World Wine Awards, where
Chandon Brut took home the silver medal and the Chandon
Rosé landed the bronze medal.
The Decanter World Wine Awards were held in London at
the start of May 2019, and nearly 16,500 wines from all over
the world were judged by 280 judges from 30 countries,
including 70 Masters of Wine and 23 Master Sommeliers.
Of the Indian sparkling wines chosen at these award
platforms, Chandon is the only Indian wine brand to have
won awards in each of the nominated categories and is the
only sparkling wine brand from India to win gold in this
competition.
Drink Asia
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September-October 2019