ZORAWAR KALRAS MASSIVE RESTAURANTS

Vegetable prices are skyrocketing, leading restaurants to consider hiking menu prices and abandoning discounts, ultimately burdening diners with higher costs for dining out. The unprecedented price surge has impacted bottom lines of eateries, forcin...

Makers of snacks, munchies and soft drinks said they saw a 25-30% surge in sales of such impulse categories on Sunday compared to regular weekends, especially of bigger, sharing packs, on e-commerce platforms. "Sales orders of large packs started to...

Extreme heatwave conditions across India have significantly impacted restaurants, pubs, and bars, leading to a sharp decline in sales and footfalls, with some outlets reporting up to a 40% decrease. Al fresco dining and high street locations are wor...

As compared to last year, restaurants saw families in larger packs, which, in turn, boosted the overall cover charges

Mainland China and Oh! Calcutta operator Speciality Restaurants is in advanced talks for its first set of acquisitions, Anjan Chatterjee, chairman of Speciality said, adding that the listed company has set aside a corpus of Rs 125 crore for M&As thi...

The rebound in the hospitality sector in India has resulted in longer dining times at fine-dine restaurants, with customers spending an additional hour on average at a table. The increase in dining time has reduced table cover turnover, prompting so...

Founded by technology and marketing professionals Aayush Khandpur, Prem Lokesh, Shobhit Marwah, and Akshat Khandpur, Fudr helps F&B brands build their app economies through its software as a service app builder stack that is fully integrated with PO...

​Zorawar Kalra, founder of Massive Restaurants that owns brands such as Farzi Cafe, Masala Library and Bo Tai, said he expects to end the year on a "record high," and will open 30 cloud kitchens this quarter, besides launching new restaurants in Bho...

Bars, restaurants, and delivery platforms are expecting a 30-40% increase in sales during the Cricket World Cup. Many establishments have rolled out discounts, promotions, cricket-themed menus, and screenings to attract customers. Food delivery app ...

McDonald's has stopped using tomatoes in some of its Indian outlets due to quality issues caused by a rise in tomato prices. Wholesale prices of the vegetable have surged by 288% in a month, reaching INR140 ($2.17) per kg in some areas. Pest attacks...

Massive Restaurants has operations in 10 countries. “We plan to be in 12 countries by mid-2024. The performance of the international units is extremely encouraging, and the unit economics are favourable to harbour the development of many more restau...

"We are looking for a fund raise because the business is growing rapidly and we are getting a great response," Massive Restaurants MD Zorawar Kalra said. "We are now going to grow the cloud business very fast through company owned outlets - no franc...

According to an analysis by CBRE, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Lucknow, Indore, Bhubaneshwar, Visakhapatnam and Coimbatore will be new growth cities for retail consumption in the country. "Quality space has started comin...

Hotels, restaurants, pubs and bars have seen robust advance bookings ahead of the festivities, which are taking place for the first time in a full-fledged manner since 2019, said the executives.

Zorawar Kalra, managing director of Massive Restaurants, said demand is heartening and more people are vaccinated now. But, the restrictions on timings are a major concern for the industry.

The Covid crisis became an opportunity in disguise when leading names in the F&B sector decided to take stock of the lucrative market conditions for their businesses.

Zorawar Kalra, MD of Massive Restaurants that runs brands such as Farzi Cafe and Made in Punjab, said business for existing brands is at 70% of the pre-Covid numbers.

Industry executives said D2C channels also allow the restaurants to customise guest experiences and access to direct customer feedback instead of routing it through third-party aggregators.

The restaurateur's first car was a second-hand Honda Acura.