Food market in India

store, agricultural service, alcoholic beverages, beverage, beverages, butter, cakes, cheese, chocolate, coffee, condiments, condiments, containers, convenience stores, cookies, dairy products, drinks, eggs, fast food, fast-food, food processing, food retail, food retailing, freight, frozen foods, fruit, fruit, fruit juices, fruits, grocery, grocery stores, hypermarket, hypermarkets, jams, meat, milk, petroleum, raisins, restaurant, restaurant, sauces, sauces, snack, snack foods, spirit, supermarket, supermarkets, trading, vegetables, wine,

required report public distribution date 11 30 2004 gain number in4126 india retail food sector approved by chad r russell us embassy new delhi prepared santosh kr singh highlights has a nascent but rapidly transforming industry when combined with key demographic trends of fast expanding and wealthier middle class changing consumption patterns realistic prospect continued robust economic growth over the medium term an increasing emphasis on infrastructure investment it bodes well for aggressive suppliers interested in entering one world s potentially largest untapped markets consumer ready products includes psd changes no trade matrix unscheduled in1 usda foreign agricultural service global agriculture information network template version 2 09 page unclassified table contents i market summary 3 status & purchasing behavior 4 import 5 advantages challenges facing 6 ii road map entry strategy structure 8 organized privately owned super hypermarkets store chains