Brands
Cadbury Bournvita Biscuits introduces new tiffin pack
MUMBAI: Mondelez India Foods is set to launch a new tiffin pack of its highly successful Cadbury Bournvita Biscuits with an aim to encourage consumers to make it a habit in the morning to have the biscuit.
The company sees the morning snacking occasion as a big opportunity for a product that brings together taste and nutrition as Cadbury Bournvita Biscuits has been positioned as a purposive morning product that has the pro-health vitamins along with the goodness of Bournvita, a drink Indian consumers have loved for decades.
The new tiffin pack aims to offer convenience, freshness and portion-control in serve size packs of six cookies (27.8) gm each, according to a company statement. The pack will have nine such tiffin packs.
Cadbury Bournvita Biscuits is the company’s second brand in the biscuits category after Oreo, which was launched in 2011. Since its launch in April 2016, Cadbury Bournvita Biscuits has seen good response from consumers for its crunchy, chocolaty taste.
Reinforcing its positioning of ‘Taiyyari Jeet Ki’, the inner tiffin packs come with a ‘Today, I will….’ section that allows mothers to write the pledge of the day for their children when they carry the pack for an out-of-home snack. The inner pack serves as a way to initiate a dialogue between mothers and children and for mothers to prepare their children for the challenges that the day brings along.
Mondelez India Foods Biscuits India, marketing associate director Chella Pandyan said in a statement, “The morning consumption occasion is the single-largest consumption occasion for Biscuits in India. With the success of Cadbury Bournvita biscuits, the next step for us was to rollout the product in larger-pack sizes to further build on our play in the morning consumption occasion. We have also tried to build on a mother’s brand positioning of Taiyyari Jeet Ki (preparing for a win) through some interesting packaging innovation aimed at facilitating a fun interaction between mothers and children.”
The tiffin pack has been priced at Rs. 60 and will be rolled out across India.
Brands
Jubilant FoodWorks faces Rs 47.5 crore GST demand, plans appeal
Tax authorities flag alleged misclassification of restaurant services
MUMBAI: Jubilant FoodWorks Limited has landed in a tax tussle after receiving a GST demand of Rs 47.5 crore from the office of the additional commissioner of CGST and central excise in Thane, Maharashtra.
The order, issued under the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, relates to an alleged incorrect classification of certain services under the category of restaurant services. According to the tax authorities, this classification resulted in a short payment of goods and services tax for the period between the financial years 2019-20 and 2021-22.
The demand includes Rs 47.5 crore in GST along with an equal amount as penalty, in addition to applicable interest. The order was received by the company on March 13, 2026.
In a regulatory filing to the BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, the company said it disagrees with the order and believes its arguments were not adequately considered.
The company is preparing to challenge the decision and plans to file an appeal. It added that once the redressal process is complete, the demand is likely to be dropped.
Despite the sizeable figure attached to the notice, the company said it does not expect any material impact on its financials, operations or other activities.
The disclosure was signed by Suman Hegde, EVP and chief financial officer, who confirmed that the company received the order at 19:06 IST on March 13 and has already initiated steps to contest it.
The development places the quick service restaurant major in the middle of a tax debate that could hinge on how certain restaurant-linked services are classified under GST rules. For now, the company appears ready to take the matter from the tax office to the appeals desk.
