Cake maker Monginis opens bakery in city

Popular cake maker and one of the country’s oldest bakery brands Monginis opened on Monday a manufacturing facility in Hyderabad and with it, announced a foray into south India.

Up next and as part of an expansion plan, Monginis Food Pvt Ltd, the company behind the well known bakery flavours from Mumbai, plans to set up a bakery each in Delhi and Patna by April. It had opened bakeries recently in Bhubaneswar and Raipur. In the southern region, other locations under consideration to establish a factory are Bengaluru and Andhra Pradesh.

Spread over 34,000 sq ft, the bakery opened at Bollarum here is the 16th factory of the company, Joint Managing Director Kumhail Khorakiwala said, adding there are plans to have 100 franchises shops in Telangana over the next five years.

Apart from a range of cakes, the company also made customised cakes, something it would continue to do in the State too. Other Monginis products such as pastries, puffs, burgers, pizza, breads, chocolates and cookies would also be marketed in Hyderabad and rest of Telangana, Mr. Khorakiwala said.

The company markets its products through over 1,500 distributors in 23 States. It also has 650 cake shops across the country.

The facility in the city was inaugurated by Member of Parliament M. Mallareddy. Speaking on the occasion, MLA G.Sayanna and Secunderabad Cantonment Board Ward Member Loknath urged the company to give preference to locals in jobs.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – February 21st, 2017

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