A big fat problem in milk: What’s driving up prices?

The current price inflation in milk is mainly due to a shortage of fat. It has led dairies to hike full-cream milk prices or to cut fat content through rebranding of existing products. Also, milk does not attract GST, while fat and powder used in reconstitution does, an anomalous situation for which the consumer ultimately […]

Amul converts complete range of Buttermilk into probiotics

The commodity segment has driven the maximum business growth for Amul and given the company surpluses with double-digit volume growth coming from across categories, says Jayen Mehta. The MD of Amul spoke to e4m Editor Naziya Alvi Rahman about the brand’s big launches this year, expansion to newer countries and his turnover plans for the […]

Amul Vs Nandini: What’s The Hue And Cry About

The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) is currently underway engulfing the nation with interesting matches amidst the slugfest. But India is currently glued to another interesting match between dairy players Amul and Nandini, that has emerged with a massive political outrage with Amul’s entry into the Bengaluru market. Amul Vs Nandini, […]

Amul has been consistently growing at 15-18% in last decade

“The kind of outlook that we have for adding more products in our portfolio, working on developing the organic products business and a lot of other opportunities in expanding the cooperative network across the country, all this will help in maintaining, in fact, expediting the growth rate in the times to come,” says Jayen Mehta, […]

Amul group’s turnover crosses Rs 72,000 crore in 2022-23

The group turnover of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd — the umbrella body of milk cooperatives that markets Amul brand of milk and dairy products — crossed Rs 72,000 crore for the year 2022-23. On a day when GCMMF hiked the prices of milk across the state, the body in a statement said the demand for […]

Amul, seeks to take on the ‘Cokes of the World’

Amul, India’s largest dairy brand, is rapidly scaling up its portfolio of non-dairy products to become a total foods and beverages company to compete with Nestle, Britannia, Coca-Cola and ITC, its new managing director, Jayen Mehta, said. Speaking to ET in his first interview after succeeding RS Sodhi in January at the Rs 61,000-crore brand […]

Amul hikes milk prices by ₹3 per litre; Gujarat exempted

The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets its dairy products under the brand name ‘Amul’, on February 3, 2023 increased the prices of milk by ₹3 per litre for all markets except Gujarat. Jayen Mehta, Managing Director of the Anand-headquartered federation, said the hike in milk prices is not applicable to Gujarat. Times […]

In Gujarat’s dairy world, BJP gets the cream of the crop

Seventeen years ago, an anguished Dr Verghese Kurien, pre-empting his removal, had stepped down as founder-chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) — the umbrella body of dairy co-operatives based in Anand that owns the iconic Amul brand. Announcing his resignation on March 6, 2006, at the Indian Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), another institution he […]

Amul elections: Shamal Patel to continue as GCMMF chairman

Shamal Patel was re-elected as the chairman of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the umbrella body of milk cooperatives in Gujarat which owns the brand Amul, Tuesday. Valamji Humbal was also elected as the GCMMF vice-chairman for the second time in the election that took place in Anand in presence of the heads of all […]

R S Sodhi wants to take up advisory roles in dairy industry

RS Sodhi was heading India’s leading dairy cooperative GCMMF, which markets its products under Amul brand Sales of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), known for the Amul brand, grew by at least five times during the tenure of R S Sodhi as Managing Director, which ended this week. Sodhi told Moneycontrol that he now wants to […]