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Britannia Industries Ltd.

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Management

1. TV Thulsidass
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
2. Nusli N Wadia
Chairman
3. Varun Berry
Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer
4. N Venkataraman
Whole Time Director & Chief Financial Officer
5. Ness N Wadia
Non Independent & Non Executive Director
6. Jehangir Nusli Wadia
Non Independent & Non Executive Director
7. Ajay Shah
Non Executive Independent Director
8. YSP Thorat
Non Executive Independent Director
9. Tanya Dubash
Non Executive Independent Director
10. Pradip Kanakia
Non Executive Independent Director
11. Sunil S Lalbhai
Non Executive Independent Director
12. Urjit Patel
Non Executive Independent Director

Contact Information

Company Address

5/1 A, Hungerford Street,
Kolkata, West Bengal - 700017
www.britannia.co.in
investorrelations@britindia.com

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Company Profile

Established in Kolkata in 1892, Britannia Industries (Britannia) is a household name in India, and one of the country’s leading food products companies. Its key businesses are in bakery, dairy, and adjacent snacking categories and its operations span over 80 countries in the world. The company’s products are available in every corner of the country. Tasty food is integral to good living, and the company take great pride in providing products that are not only delicious but also nutritious. The company’s product portfolio includes a wide range of biscuits, cakes, and snacks that are loved by people of all ages. Its classic biscuits such as Good Day, Marie Gold, and 50-50 are household names in India. Its cakes and breads are a staple at birthdays and special occasions. It also has a range of wholesome snacks such as NutriChoice Digestive Biscuits and NutriChoice 5 Grain biscuits that are perfect for the wellness-conscious. Its equity shares are listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India. The company is primarily involved in manufacturing and sale of various food products.

Business area of the company

The company is one of the country’s leading food products companies. The company manufactures India’s favorite brands like Good Day, Tiger, NutriChoice, Milk Bikis and Marie Gold which are household names in India. Britannia’s product portfolio includes Biscuits, Bread, Cakes, Rusk, and Dairy products including Cheese, Beverages, Milk and Yoghurt.

Products

Biscuits

  • Good Day
  • Marie Gold
  • Nutrichoice
  • Milk Bikis
  • Tiger
  • 50-50
  • Jim Jam
  • Britannia Bourbon
  • Treat
  • LITTLE HEARTS
  • Pure Magic
  • Nice Time
  • Biscafe

Dairy

  • Cheese
  • Winkin' Cow
  • Come Alive Paneer
  • Come Alive Dahi
  • Ghee
  • Dairy Whitener

Snacking

  • Treat Creme Wafers
  • Treat Croissant
  • Time Pass Salted Snacks

Cakes

  • Nuts & Raisin Romance Cake
  • Gobbles
  • Fudge It
  • Veg Cake
  • Muffils
  • Layerz
  • Tiffin Fun
  • Roll Yo!

Rusk

  • Toastea

Breads

  • Wheat flour Breads
  • Gourmet Breads
  • White Bread

Nutritious Bar

  • Be You NUTRITION BAR
  • Be You PROTEIN BAR

Awards and Recognition

2000:

  • Britannia was among Top 300 small companies in Forbes global ranking.

2001:

  • Britannia’s Lagan Match was India’s most successful promotional activity of the year 2001

2002:

  • Economic Times ranked Britannia Industries as India’s 2nd most trusted branded in 2002

2010-11:

  • 5th Most Trusted Brand in Economic Times Brand Equity Trusted Brands Survey
  • Business World Most Respected Company Award 2011
  • The Master Brand 2010 Award by CMO Council of India

2011-12:

  • 7th Most Trusted Brand Economic Times Brand Equity Trusted Brands Survey
  • Creative HR Practices Award by Employer Branding Institute, India
  • Manufacturing Performance Excellence Trophy by IMCRBNQA (Indian Merchant Chambers Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award)
  • CII Quality Award for Outstanding Performance in Food Safety Excellence in the category of ‘Large Food Businesses - Manufacturing'

2012-13:

  • National Quality Award
  • Global & Quality Excellence Award
  • Manufacturing Supply Chain Awards
  • APQO best in class Large Manufacturing Organisation
  • Golden Peacock National Quality Award
  • Global Performance & Excellence Award

2013-14:

  • Bronze award winner for Best Brand Campaign (Britannia Tiger) at Times of India, Big Bang Awards 2013
  • The Platinum Award (Packaged Foods category) in the Reader's Digest Trusted Brand Awards 2014
  • The Most Attractive Brand 2013 (F & B- Diversified Category) in the TRA- India’s Most Attractive Brands Survey 2013
  • India’s 2nd Most Meaningful Brand 2013

2016-17:

  • The esteemed jury from Renewable Energy India Awards 2016 selected Britannia for a special recognition under the Leading RE Investor category.

2018-19:

  • Britannia was one of the best employers in the Country as per the Aon Best Employer Study, 2019.

2019-20:

  • The Economic Times Brand Equity 'Most Trusted Brand Survey'
2020-21:
  • Kincentric- Top 15 Best Employers in India
  • Afaqs- Marketers' Excellence Awards 2021
  • Nielsen - Bases TOP INDIA 2020- Breakthrough Innovation (Treat Wafers)
  • Business World - Top 50 Marketers Award Britannia VP-Marketing
  • PR Week South Asia PR Campaign of The Year Marie Gold
2021-22:
  • The company was awarded the Covid-19 - Hero of the Year - Logistics in FMCG by Alden Global Value Advisors Pvt. Ltd, for exemplary performance during Covid times. Your Company was chosen from a list of 450 companies by a jury including Council of Supply Chain Professionals, USA and Singapore Institute of Materials & Management.
  • The company has been awarded by World Sustainability Congress with Global Sustainability Leadership Awards 2021 for sustainable packaging design.
2022-23:
  • The company received Gold award for its Kolkata factory and Platinum award for its Rudrapur (Uttarakhand) factory from Confederation of Indian Industry.
2023-24:
  • The company won Gold & Silver QCFI (Quality Circle Forum of India) and Jury Champion Awards for its Jhagadia factory, affirming its commitment to excellence in quality.
2024-25:
  • Britannia was honored as one of the ‘Most Valuable Indian Brands 2024’ in the FMCG category by Kantar BrandZ, highlighting its unparalleled value and influence.
  • The impactful ‘Britannia Good Day Cleft Cookie’ initiative garnered widespread acclaim, securing 4 Golds at the prestigious ABBY (Advertising Club Bombay) Awards for its innovative and heartfelt messaging.
  • Britannia Marie Gold’s ‘MyStartup Season 4’ campaign achieved global recognition, earning a spot as the 31st best campaign worldwide in the WARC (World Advertising Research Center) Rankings. It also won Gold at the APAC (Asia-Pacific) Awards for Festival of Media, further underscoring its success in empowering Women Entrepreneurs.
  • Britannia’s ‘Pure Magic Chocolush’ stood out as a creative powerhouse, winning Gold at the APAC Effie Awards for its compelling ‘Can A Cookie Teach You How To Live’ campaign. The campaign’s blend of innovation and emotional resonance positioned it as a standout in the competitive APAC region.
  • Britannia’s ‘50 50 4th Umpire’ campaign demonstrated its ability to engage audiences creatively, earning a Bronze at the APAC Smarties for its innovative use of digital media and consumer interaction.
  • Britannia’s marketing prowess earned it the coveted ‘Marketing Team of the Year’ award at the Indian Marketing Awards.

Milestones

  • 1892: Britannia was established in Kolkata with an investment of Rs. 295.
  • 1910: With the advent of electricity, operations were mechanised.
  • 1918: The Company was incorporated on March 21, as a Public Limited Company under the Indian Companies Act, VII of 1913. The company manufactured bakery and soyabean products and exported cashew kernels and sea food products.
  • 1921: Industrial gas ovens were imported to increase production.
  • 1924: A new factory was established at Kasara Pier Road in Mumbai. 
  • 1939-45: A large part of the Company's production was diverted to war effort on account of World War II and at times as much as 95% of the total capacity was booked for the production of Service Biscuit.
  • 1952: The Calcutta Factory was shifted from Dum Dum to spacious grounds at Taratola Road in the suburbs of Calcutta. During the same year automatic plants were installed there and later in Mumbai in 1954.
  • 1954: Development of high quality sliced and wrapped bread in India was pioneered by the company.
  • 1955: Britannia Launched Bourbon Biscuits.
  • 1963: Britannia cakes hit the markets.
  • 1975: Britannia takes over biscuit distribution from Parry's
  • 1976: Britannia Bread is introduced in Calcutta and Chennai
  • 1978: The Indian share holding in the company crosses 60%
  • 1979: With effect from October 3, the name of the Company was changed from the Britannia Biscuit Company Limited, to Britannia Industries Limited.
  • 1980: The Company signed a 10 year technical collaboration agreement with Nebico Private Limited, Nepal, for the supply of know-how relating to manufacturing, packaging and marketing of biscuits and selection of plant and machinery.
  • 1983: Sales cross Rs. 100 crore.
  • 1986: The turnover increased by 19.4% over the previous year to Rs 192.15 crores. Good Day, a new biscuit launched during the year met with good response.
  • 1987: In (16 months), the total sales turnover increased on an annualised basis by 38.7% over the previous year. Increase in sales of bakery and soya products divisions and higher cashew exports helped to realise higher sales. With the introduction of some more brands during the year, the total biscuit brands of the bakery division reached 27. The soya products division introduced a range of extruded products under the brand name VITAL FEAST.
  • 1989: The Company launched new brand of biscuit, namely, ‘CIRCUT'. Another brand PURE MAGIC was extended nationally and pista badam was added to GOOD DAY range of biscuits. The Executive Office of the company moves to Bangalore.
  • 1990: Two new brands of biscuits, Elaichi Cream and Petit Beurre are launched. A new Cashew Badam variant of the brand Milk Bikis and Pure Magic biscuit vanilla flavour is launched.
  • 1992: Britannia celebrates it Platinum Jubilee
  • 1993: The Wadia Group acquires a claim in the company and becomes an equal partner with Group Danone. Britannia also launches Little Hearts and 50-50 biscuits.
  • 1994: Annual volume produced crosses 1 lakh tonne of biscuits. This year Britannia launches Baker's Choice and Thinlite - aimed at the health conscious consumer.
  • 1995: Britannia identifies a new mission - to make every 3rd Indian a Britannia consumer. It also changes its Corporate identity to ‘Eat Healthy, Think Better’
  • 1996: Britannia Marie Gold and Milk Bikis Milk Cream perform exceptionally well in the market and the company's profits improve despite the slow down in the economy.
  • 1997: Britannia launches its Dairy products. Britannia also launches Tiger biscuits, Chekkers and Jim Jams.
  • 1998: The company launches Half/Half, a soft cake filled with cream in two variants, chocolate-vanilla and vanilla-orange.
  • 1999: Britannia launches its brand of flavoured milk and the famous Britannia Encyclopaedias.
  • 2000: Britannia Industries launches the hugely successful campaign `Britannia Khao, Cricketer Ban Jao'. It also launches the product Vita Mariegold in this year. Britannia also launches Milkman Lassi and Mlikman Cold Coffee. Britannia was voted in Top 300 small companies by Forbes Global.
  • 2001: Britannia Industries launches Britannia Milkman Milk in Delhi. Britannia is acknowledged as No.1 food brand of India by Economic Times Brand Equity survey.
  • 2002: Britannia Industries Limited announced on March 26, 2002 that it has entered into a joint venture with the Fonterra Cooperative Group, New Zealand's biggest company and one of the leading dairy co-operative groups in the world. Britannia's new COO is Nikhil Sen.
  • 2004: Britannia was accorded the status of being a 'Superbrand'. Volumes crosses 3, 00,000 tonnes of biscuits. Good Day adds Choconut to its range.
  • 2005: Relaunches the brand Tiger, with the highly successful slogan - 'Swasth Khao, Tiger Ban Jao' and also launches 50-50 Pepper Chakkar.
  • 2007: Britannia industries formed a joint venture with the Khimji Ramdas Group and acquired a 70 percent beneficial state in the Dubai-based Strategic Foods International Co. LLC and 65.4% in the Oman-based Al Sallan Food Industries Co. SAOG. Britannia launches NutriChoice - the first of its kind of biscuits in India - with no added sugar.
  • 2009: Britannia takes full control of Daily Bread. Britannia New Zealand Food (BNZF) became a BIL subsidiary after BIL bought out New Zealand's Fonterra from the existing joint venture. BNZF was renamed Britannia Dairy Private Limited (BDPL). Britannia became the first Bakery brand in India to remove trans-fats from 99.9% of its products. Wadia Group became the largest shareholder in BIL after acquiring stake holdings from Group Danone.
  • 2010: Britannia Industries Limited has appointed Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar as an additional Director on the Board of the Company with effect from May 28, 2010.
  • 2011: Britannia received the Most Respected Company Award 2011 from Businessworld. Bourbon received the Most Popular Confectionery Product Preferred By Youth (Biscuit) Award.
  • 2012: Britannia was awarded the Global Performance Excellence Award (GPEA) by Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO).
  • 2013: 'Experience of Health' with Nutrichoice. Britannia brings home the goodness of golden, sun-kissed wheat with its all new NutriChoice Crackers Range.
  • 2014: Chunkies Tie-up with Amazon. An exclusive tie-up with Amazon for the launch of its latest product Good Day Chunkies, a super-premium chocolate chip cookie.
  • 2015: Britannia Bourbon turns 60. Britannia Bourbon, India's first premium chocolate biscuit completes 60 glorious years.
  • 2016: Britannia launches Cake Biscotti, India’s first ever classic 'Bridge' product combining the best of the world of a cake and that of a cookie.
  • 2017: Britannia-Chipita JV. Entered into a joint venture agreement with Chipita S.A., a Greek company, for the manufacture and sale of ready to-eat delicious croissants.
  • 2018: Britannia launches first exports-only facility in Gujarat.
  • 2018: Britannia opens manufacturing units in new geographies as part of global expansion plan.
  • 2020: Britannia Industries launches WhatsApp-based Store Locator service.
  • 2020: Britannia Industries teams up with Dunzo on home delivery of food essentials.
  • 2021: Britannia Industries re-launches Milk Bikis Classic in Tamil Nadu.
  • 2021: Britannia Industries revamps largest selling biscuit brand Good Day.
  • 2022: Britannia Industries rolls out 'Marie Gold Jeera' in Tamil Nadu.
  • 2022: Britannia Industries’ Winkin’ Cow becomes Rs 100 crore brand in FY22.
  • 2023: Britannia’s Treat croissant business crosses revenue of Rs 100 crore within year.
  • 2024: Britannia Industries invests fund in equity share capital of Suryaurja One.
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