Fastfood is one of the worlds fastest growing food types.
Global food chains plan 400 outlets in 2008
McDonald's, Domino's, Yum Brands, local major Café Coffee Day earmark Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) to expand
retail presence in India [ Images ].
India is likely to see the addition of at least 400 restaurants, fast food outlets and coffee joints in 2008. Food
chains such as Yum Brands, McDonald's, Domino's and Café Coffee Day have earmarked an estimated
investment of over Rs 300-400 crore (Rs 3 to 4 billion) this year in expanding their retail presence across the
country.
India currently has more than 900 fast food restaurants and coffee joints.
Yum Brands, parent of the KFC and Pizza Hut fast-food chains, will add 30-40 restaurants this year.
Yum operates around 134 Pizza Hut restaurants in India and plans to scale up to 175 by 2010. Pizza Hut serves
over 300,000 customers every week in India, according to its executives. It also runs 30 KFC outlets in the
country and intends to add 15-20 new restaurants this year.
Yum competes with McDonald's, Domino's, Pizza Corner and local brands such as Nirulas and Haldiram in the
Rs 11 billion organised food and beverage retail sector, which is growing at around 25-30 per cent annually.
Domino's Pizza India has announced an investment of Rs 220-230 crore (Rs 2.2 billion to Rs 2.3 billion) in India
over the next three years for expanding its retail fast food chain and manufacturing capacities.
Pizza delivery and dine-in is a Rs 470 crore (Rs 4.7 billion) business and is growing at the rate of 35 per cent per
annum. The pizza delivery segment constitutes 40 per cent of the overall market.
Domino's will add 50-60 stores this year at an investment of Rs 80-90 lakh (Rs 8 to Rs 9 million) a store. It has
148 retail outlets in the country and will double this in the next three years.
One Domino's store sells 1,500-2,000 pizzas a day on an average, according to company executives.
Likewise, global food-chain manufacturer McDonald's is planning to increase the number of outlets in India to 220
by the end of 2008.
McDonald's company executives said the company was planning an expansion at the rate of 50 to 60 new outlets
every year, doubling the number by the end of 2008. The company will invest about Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) in
the next two-three years.
The approximate investment in developing each outlet will be about Rs 3 crore (Rs 30 million), excluding the real
estate costs, and about Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) will be invested for an additional 110 outlets.
McDonald's has about 123 restaurants in India.
The company would be investing close to Rs 3 crore (Rs 30 million) per outlet with an estimated investment of Rs
100 crore (Rs 1 billion) over five years. The break-even time for a McDonald's outlet is ideally between three and
five years.
Cafe Coffee Day [ Images ], the coffee chain owned by the Bangalore-based Amalgamated Coffee Bean Trading,
has nearly 440 stores and plans to scale the number to 700 outlets at an average investment of Rs 25-30 lakh
(Rs 2.5 to Rs 3 million) a store.
The company also has 40 outlets on the campuses of IT companies such as Infosys [ Get Quote ], Wipro [ Get
Quote ] and Accenture. It is planning to have 80 CCD outlets on office premises and about 10 highway stores.
Definitions:-
A type of meal that is often standardized, pre-prepared, and served quickly; A type of food
that is quickly made, but of low nutritional value; junk food; Anything standardized, quickly
available, and inexpensive, often, of low value.
Foods designed for ready availability, use or consumption and sold at eating establishments
for quick availability or take-out
inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly
Here are some tips:
Choose foods that are broiled over fried such as a grilled chicken
sandwich instead of fried chicken or chicken nuggets.
Choose soups that are not cream based (For example: If the name of the
soup includes the word cream, such as "Creamy Tomato Soup", avoid
ordering it).
Have low-fat salad dressings instead of the full-fat kind.
Have a salad or soup instead of fries.
Use mustard or ketchup instead of mayonnaise.
Order smaller entrée portions. For example: instead of a large sub, try a
small sub with a side salad or piece of fruit.
If you are getting a side, order a small, or kid sized portion. A large fry
has approximately 500 calories and 25 grams of fat, while a small fry has
about 60% less fat and calories (230 calories and 11 grams of fat).
When ordering a sub or sandwich, select leaner meats like turkey or
grilled chicken instead of fried items such as burgers or steak, and cheese
sandwiches.
Choose water, low-fat milk, or diet sodas instead of regular sodas, fruit
drinks, milkshakes, or whole milk.
When ordering pizza, add veggies instead of meat, and get thin crust
instead of deep dish.
If fruits and veggies are available, try to add them into your meal. For
example, have lettuce and tomato on sandwiches or burgers.
Qoutes
We think fast food is equivalent to pornography, nutritionally speaking. ~Steve Elbert.
The journey of a thousand pounds begins with a single burger-Chris O Brien.
"We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police."
Jeff Arder
Types of fast food include bugers,fench fries,soft drinks,pizzas
