Junk Food to be taxed to be cut fat

Some countries will soon levy tax on fast foods to control obesity Soon after announcing that it would be squeezing out ketchup from school cafeterias, France has plans to levy a tax on fizzy drinks  to stamp out a growing obesity epidemic. The country would impose a two-cent tax on cans of carbonated, sugary drinks — double the original projection. French politicians are working to broaden the tax to artificially sweetened sodas such as Diet Coke and Pepsi Max.The new policy will restrict salt and sauces like mayonnaise, salad dressings and ketchup, removing any self-serve condiment stations in school cafeterias. Instead, sauces will be doled out in portion-controlled servings on lunch trays. There are currently many more Restaurants which are serving Fast Food and doing a great Business. People love to eat food in Restaurants. Click here to check the list of  Restaurants in Connaught Place .The move is part of a larger plan to preserve French gastronomy and to fight a growing obesity epidemic that is fast derailing the country’s reputation of being home to a svelte, healthy population that subsists on butter and red wine Denmark also recently levied a new “fat tax” on junk food that will add about €1 in cost per pound (half a kilogram) of saturated fat to any food that contains more than 2.3% saturated fat. The Danes join Hungary, which slapped a fat tax on junk food last month.Closer home, experts believe that such moves can go a long way in generating awareness about obesity among the younger generation. “It’s heartening that the governments of these countries are adopting such measures. In India, kids as young as 4-5 years of age are obese and there has been about 40% increase in the obesity statistics in the last few years,” says fitness expert Prachi Agarwal. Sadhna Sharma, a city-based teacher says, “Even salads come loaded with unhealthy flavourings. Levying taxes on junk food may not change things overnight, but it might make young people think twice before eating junk, as they have limited pocket money.”However, Shilpa Thakur, chief dietician, Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, says, “More than levying taxes on junk, there is a need to create awareness about the disastrous consequences of obesity.” And to make such campaigns effective, Thakur says its advisable to de-junk school and college canteens, by banning junk foods.Explore Here Restaurants in Delhi. Delhi Mayor Rajni Abbi too intends generating awareness about the dangers of junk food among Delhiites, especially kids. The Mayor will soon introduce guidelines, asking city restaurants to cut down the ratio of oil, carbohydrates and salt in their preparations.
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food division to be expand

Maiya’s Beverages and Foods said it will be making an initial investment of Rs 60 crore to set up a plant at Kanakapura Road, Bangalore, in a bid to expand its processed food division.At present, the facility, which is functioning near JP Nagar, Bangalore, has an installed capacity to manufacture 65 tonnes of savouries and 30 tonnes of sweets per month. The food products portfolio includes 65 products, which the company plans to increase to 100 shortly.In addition to Japan, where Maiya’s products are presently being exported, the company said it will focus on Australia, Singapore, Gulf and America shortly for exports.“We are working on pan-India presence and also create a global brand. Our target is not India alone. Japan is actually a good market for Indian food products,” Dr Sadananda Maiya, director of Maiya’s Beverages and Foods, said.The company also plans to have six restaurant outlets in six locations across Bangalore in the next six months, in addition to the flagship restaurant in South Bangalore that has a 400 seating capacity spread over five floors. The restaurant leverages technology as part of its effort to minimise human interface at various stages of cooking to ensure high hygiene levels.There are many chinese,North Indian,South Indian,Seafood,  Thai restaurants in bangalore According to Maiya, the processes of the food products that are made in the facility and the restaurant are scientific with key focus on hygiene and health, aimed at reviving the authentic traditional recipes.“In addition to using cholesterol-free oil to fry the food products, we use a unique technology to extract at least 30 per cent of the oil from the final product. We also adopt nano technology to encapsulate moisture in certain food products to increase shelf life, which otherwise goes dry and solid over time,” Maiya said.Explore Here  more Indian Restaurants in koramangala Bangalore.
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South India to see spurt in hotel rooms

The south Indian hospitality market would see an addition of 14,500 new rooms in 178 star hotels across southern states by the end of year 2012. Increase in rooms as against the demand, especially in cities like Chennai, would keep the room tariff from going high in the near future, according to the Southern India Hotels and Restaurants Association (SIHRA).See Here The list of Multi-cuisine Restaurants in Bangalore. Currently, there are around 44,800 rooms in a total of 595 star hotels in south India — around 243 hotels in Tamil Nadu, 189 in Karnataka, 116 in Andhra Pradesh, 37 in Kerala and 10 in Puducherry. Besides, around 178 hotels in the one-to-five star categories received approval from the government and are expected to be set up during 2012.Speaking to the reporters after the 60th annual general meeting of SIHRA, T Natarajan, honorary secretary of the association, said almost 4,000 more rooms, mainly in the premium segment, would be added in the next two years. At present, there are around 4,400 rooms.The current occupancy rate, especially in Chennai, is around 90 per cent during tourist seasons and 65-70 per cent in offseason.However, adding up new hotels in the lower and budget hotel segments would not see much growth with the current real estate prices. Considering the current real estate prices, setting up of one- star and two-star hotels in major places would not be viable. The star category ranges to only around three to four per cent of the total hospitality industry.The association had earlier suggested the government to allow land on lease for hotel projects. But this has not been considered by various governments so far.Meanwhile, the association elected Bangalore-based hotelier K Syama Raju as new president of SIHRA for the year 2011-12. Other office bearers include Jose Dominic, vice president, in charge of Kerala operations, Ramanatha Bhat, vice president for Karnataka, K Murali Rao, vice president for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, and G V Krishnaiah for Andhra Pradesh.he agitation in Andhra Pradesh for separate Telengana is adversely impacting the hotel and restaurant industries in the state, said G V Krishnaiah, vice president for Andhra Pradesh -SIHRA and president, Andhra Pradesh Hotels Association. The turnover took a hit of 30-40 per cent and the lodging 20-30 per cent, especially in places like Hyderabad. Explore HereSouth Indian Restaurants in Bangalore.
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Fast food is bulging Indian wastelines

New Delhi - Every lunchtime at a McDonald's on the corner of one of central New Delhi's biggest streets, queues of hungry young patrons, often four-wide and unruly, snake towards the counters.The majority of those standing in line are under 30, most are in Western rather than Indian dress, and almost all in their choice of conversation and style are identifiably part of the much-fabled booming Indian middle class.The only exceptions are the cheaply dressed office assistants who arrive bearing orders for McSpicy wraps or McVeggie burgers for their superiors back in the nearby corporate buildings."My elders say 'don't eat at Mcdonald's because it's not good for your health' but I don't listen to them," said 20-year-old student Salman Khan as he left the store on Janpath with a friend. "It's cheap and tasty."Drawn by a growing and increasingly wealthy population of young people in India, McDonald's aims to increase the number of its outlets in the country from about 200 to 1 000 in the next five years.Yum! Restaurants, which owns the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands, will open 100 new outlets this year in India and also aims to have 1 000 restaurants by 2015, most of the them selling fried chicken."We are going to grow very quickly on the basis of young, nuclear families stepping in, and more and more people moving away from traditional cooking," McDonald's India managing director Vikram Bakshi told AFP earlier this year."We are quick, hygienic, clean and are seen as part of global culture." Explore Here more Indian Restaurants in Delhi .
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Amul enters into quick service restaurant business

Quick service restaurant (QSR) players like Mcdonalds India are all set to see a new competitor as Amul, owned and marketed by Rs 10,000 crore strong Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), is entering this segment by launching its first two quick service restaurants at Ahmedabad and Bangalore Thursday, October 6.“We are launching quick service restaurants at Ahmedabad and Bangalore tomorrow,” said a senior official of GCMMF.Unlike its existing retail outlets which retail the entire range of Amul products under one roof, the new cafes will offer consumers recipes such as pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, dosa, pavbhaji, sundaes and milk shakes apart from the milk products that Amul manufactures.Spread over an area of 1,000-1,050 sq.ft areas at Drive- In road in Ahmedabad and Indiranagar in Bangalore, the Amul restaurants will be run on franchisee basis.“As part of its strategy to strengthen its presence in this segment, Amul plans to roll out total 10 such quick service restaurants across India by March 2012,” said a senior official of Amul, which is Asia’s largest dairy brand.“GCMMF plans to roll out 10 such cafes in Maharashtra, Karnataka,Tamil Nadu. We are working on our pan-India network expansion plan, and would decide on the plan of action within the next two months," R S Sodhi, managing director, GCMMF had informed Business Standard earlier. Explore Here more about Restaurants in Marathahalli and Chinese Restaurants in Marathahalli.It may be mentioned here that Amul already enjoys a strong retailing network for marketing entire range of Amul products. The retailing business contributed around Rs 406 crore to its total turnover during the 2010-11 fiscal. The retailing business grew by 37 per cent year-on-year in previous fiscal.Amul has a strong network of 6,000 retail outlets and it has plans to reach a milestone of 10,000 outlets.
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Best Fast Food North Indian Continental Restaurant in Bangalore

Golden Leaf Restaurant is part of The EliteRoyale Hotel in HSR Layout. The multi-cuisine restaurant offers a fine dining experience serving mouth-watering dishes for lunch and dinner. It has an upscale ambience with tasteful interiors.Apart from providing you with the unmatched standards of sophisticated and convenience, the elegant environment at the Elite Royale compliments your luxurious lifestyle along with lips smacking delicacies. Golden Leaf Restaurant is a Multi Cuisine Restaurant offers you with the mouth watering dishes served at buffet lunch and dinner.An exquisitely designed Barbeque Themed Restaurant has the ideal setting for those rare moments of togetherness & treats you with the sumptuous delicacies. The Golden leaf is a fine-dining restaurant which serves authentic cuisines.The ambiance is exquisitely designed themed restaurant. The food is great and tastes very nice.The experience leaves you coming back for more and they know how to please their customers. Here's a wonderful lunch-buffet offer at Golden Leaf Restaurant you can't let go. Finally there is a place in HSR layout which has a very nice aggressively priced buffet, a sexy roof top pub and and a lift that helps you travel beteen them. The location is not far from the U-Bahn and the rooms are clean. On the day we needed to check out, the computer was down and we were in a terrible hurry to get out of there. The staff was helpful and it was a decent enough stay during Oktoberfest.Click here to visit more Chinese Restaurants in Koramangala . Now you can Book/Reservae table Threw BookMyRestaurant and can get discount in each Booking and you can save your money and time Both.
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Golden Leaf Restaurant
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Adding Wine to Casual Dining not a Piece of Cake

 Barista, Pizza Hut, Nirula’s and Creme Brew L’Otel Le Café, the few coffee chains and casual dining places in India that have recently introduced wine and beer in their Menu with varying degrees of lukewarm response, can take solace from the fact that similar chains in the USA that initiated these concepts to increase profits have also not yet come to terms with the problems and are struggling to keep the idea afloat before rolling out in a bigger way.Stores specializing in fast and inexpensive meals during the day, including Starbucks, Sonic and the New York chain Guy & Gallard, have been experimenting with adding wine and beer to their menu.  Burger King starting selling beer at its more upscale Whopper Bars in the US last year. Prêt a Manger, the British sandwich retail chain maker, is considering adding wine in its new Paris stores.Alcohol is one of the highest-margin items on a menu as selling beer and wine can lead to increased revenue. “Alcoholic beverages are highly, highly profitable,” said Bonnie Riggs, a restaurant industry analyst at the market research firm the NPD Group, according to a report in NYTimes.But some of the chains say that so far, the menu changes have been a lot of trouble with little reward. Logistics involved with selling alcohol can be daunting and expensive. The problems include obtaining licenses, training a staff that has high turnover, slowing down service when IDs have to be checked, and finding a dedicated area for alcohol service- all of them too familiar to entrepreneurs in India.According to one consultant, fast-food restaurants aren’t set up to be bars. Based upon the amount of sales that most restaurants would generate from wine and beer, it’s just not feasible for most restaurants to do it. With so many employees under the legal drinking age of 21 (twenty-one), fast-food restaurants have a particularly hard time when it comes to alcohol service.Starbucks which in all likelihood motivated Barista to start serving wine and beer at two of its Delhi stores (in at least one of them the idea is comatose), is testing wine and beer sales in five stores in the Northwest. Three-quarters of its store traffic in the United States reportedly occurs before 2 p.m. every day, so the wine and beer is meant to attract the customers in the evening. Feedback has been positive so far but it has not announced plans to expand the activity beyond these stores. If we talk about Restaurants in Dwarka There are many more Restaurants providing this service. Burger King started serving alcohol in 2009 by opening Whopper Bars as a more upscale complement to its fast-food locations. Although it has ten Whopper Bars worldwide, it serves beer at only six of them, in part because of licensing issues. Last summer, for instance, it opened a New York location near Times Square and announced that it would start serving beer within weeks, but the store has still not received approval for a liquor license and has given up on plans to serve beer for the time being, according to a spokeswoman.Prêt a Manger sells alcohol in some of its airport locations- like Coffee Café Day at Mumbai Airport and is considering selling wine in its new Paris stores. But, the CEO of the company admits it is not expected to become an important part of the business.Oklahoma City based drive-in chain Sonic, added wine and beer to the menu at a new location in Florida in July. The addition was based on the menus of the nearby restaurants, and  meant to bring in customers at night. “When you stand on our patio and look around, you will see almost every concept that is around us has some type of patio feature, and they serve beer and wine, said the Vice President, Mr. Ritger, adding that it gave them an opportunity to really drive the evening traffic. People also love to eat food in South Indian Restaurants in Delhi .There are additional costs to serve wine or beer. Besides normal hurdles like obtaining a license to sell beer and wine and training employees, the restaurant has to hire security guards to keep away underage drinkers. Some admit that the returns are not commensurate with returns. Therefore Sonic is considering offering wine and beer at an upcoming beach location in Fort Lauderdale but not at all restaurants nationwide.If one is irritated by the seemingly unwarranted objections raised by the anti-alcohol groups in India (even Australia has been in the news for similar reasons lately), it may be at least re-assuring  to know that similar problems occur  when adding anything alcohol-related to a menu in the US too. For instance Burger King tested a nonalcoholic breakfast mimosa made of orange juice and Sprite in some cities last year. But watchdog groups protested, claiming that even a virgin mimosa was inappropriate at a family restaurant.  The mimosa is no longer being served at any restaurants now.
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