During the festival, customers stand a chance to win cashback rewards if they shop at organised stores, supermarkets, restaurants etc.

While McDonald's and Dominos witnessed an over 25 per cent surge in SSSG, the likes of Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) and Pizza Hut had an over 10 per cent SSSG.

Chai cafes are multiplying, becoming as aspirational as coffee chains and attracting investment.

The store, set up with an investment of Rs 1,000 crore, employs 950 people (called co-workers) directly and 1500 indirectly in services.

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When the former union minister wanted to have a cup of tea, he was given 'hot water' and a 'tea bag' for Rs 135. A miffed Chidambaram then refused to pay and was 'horrified' at how exorbitant it was.

Earlier, the Sensex hit an all-time high of 34,488 level intra day. Nifty too touched lifetime high of 10,659 in trade today.

iding high on the success of its offline annual sale festival in 2016, Paytm has come up with the second edition of '12/12 Festival' for its over 5 million offline merchant partners accepting Paytm by offering best deals and cashbacks up to 50 per cent.

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Days after Income Tax Department first raided premises of India's largest coffee chain - Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) - owner VG Siddhartha, the income tax sleuths have found Rs 650 crore concealed income from the documents seized while concluding the search and seize operations on Sunday.

VG Siddhartha is the son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna. Siddhartha wanted to join the Indian Army but went on to create India's largest coffee empire.

At 11:18 am, the stock was trading 3.50 percent lower at 233 on the BSE. The stock fell up to 223.85 level in early trade but recovered losses to trade higher later in the day. The stock has barely moved in an year but has gained 18 percent since the beginning of this year.

Siddhartha is the owner of the cafe chain Cafe Coffee Day. The raids are still on at over 20 locations in Bengaluru, Chennai, Chikmagalur, and Mumbai. Cafe Coffee Day's head office in UB City, Vittal Mallya Road has also been raided. 

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The staff went on to serve the food from the same fridge and hid the fridge's portion where cockroaches and other bugs were present with menu cards.