The company is committed to double its business from snacks business in India and also increasing the capacity of existing food plants in West Bengal and Maharashtra

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Krishnamurthy also said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's vision and enabling initiatives will boost investor confidence in the state as ease of doing business is expected to improve.

The new investment plan is in line with PepsiCo's goal to double its snacks business in the country by 2022.

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PepsiCo will invest along with its local bottling partner Varun Beverages; the greenfield plant will create new jobs and will also enhance cold storage infrastructure

PepsiCo began the fight with potato farmers, but can the company end it?

Ashwani Mahajan, who heads the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, said PepsiCo was \"coercing\" the farmers by using legal action to force them to either sell their output to the company or to stop growing the FC5 potato variety at all

As social media goes all out to support farmers, the global snack and beverage giant is looking to play it safe

The farmers grow potatoes in the western state of Gujarat, a leading producer of India's most consumed vegetable

The vessel, called MV RN Tagore will take 9-10 days to reach Varanasi and will return with fertilizers from IFFCO's Phulpur plant near Allahabad.

At 3:06 pm, the stock of the FMCG firm was up 10% or 34.20 points to Rs 376.20 on the BSE, a fresh 52-week high level.  The stock opened at 375 level and hit an intra day low of 348 on BSE. The stock has risen 122 percent or 207 points on an yearly basis.

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Food security and nutrition concerns are putting an ancient, climate-smart grain back on our plates. Farm to fork, there's been a revival of interest in millet.

The Indian FMCG sector, which is currently pegged at around $13.1 billion, also saw various challenges in 2013 in the form of subdued demand despite good monsoon and bumper harvest that were expected to boost rural sales.

PepsiCo is looking to enhance potato procurement through its tie up with farmers by around 20 per cent to 65 per cent in India in the next five years.