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Café Coffee Day opens 50th outlet in Bangalore
BANGALORE: Café Coffee Day launched its 50th café in Brigade Road, Bangalore.
The new café was inaugurated by popular Karnataka film personality Spandana. To commemorate this achievement, the 50th café will be running a series of interesting activities and promotions linked with the number “50” throughout the month.
Bangalore remains the city with the maximum density of cafés. Coffee Day has 230 branches across 56 cities in India.
Café Coffee Day director Naresh Malhotra said, “This is a very special café for us. We have learned a lot from our customers and we are thankful to the people of Bangalore for supporting us in our growth. We look forward to always being of service to them and making their every experience in our cafés cheerful and memorable.”
The chain has also introduced an all-new, localised menu after carrying out a series of customer research programs on tastes and preferences. Some new offerings have been introduced keeping in mind the health and freshness element. Special multigrain, sunflower seeds and bran breads are being used for sandwiches which make the necessary ingredients for a wholesome and easy to digest meal, claims the press release.
While talking with Indiantelevision.com, a territory manager who handles 15 cafes and did not wish to be named said, “All our outlets are company managed, we don’t follow a franchisee model for any of the Cafes, only for Coffee Day Xpress outlets do we appoint franchisees’. On an average, a café in the suburbs grosses Rs 20,000 – Rs 30,000 during the week days, higher during weekends. In high streets and hub areas, a café brings in twice this amount.”
“This 50th store on Brigade Road is a rented property. Three more outlets will be opening in Bangalore shortly,” he added.
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UltraTech Cement appoints Jayant Dua as managing director
Dua will succeed K. C. Jhanwar after his term ends in December 2026
MUMBAI: UltraTech Cement, the flagship cement arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has elevated Jayant Dua as managing director, effective 1 April, 2026.
The company’s board also approved his appointment as additional director, managing director and key managerial personnel, effective 1 January, 2027, following the completion of the current managing director K C Jhanwar’s term on 31 December, 2026, according to a regulatory filing.
Dua will serve as managing director for a four-year term from 1 January, 2027 to 31 December, 2030.
A veteran executive with more than 37 years of professional experience, Dua joined the Aditya Birla Group’s cement business in 1996 and spent nearly a decade in various functional and leadership roles.
Over the past two decades, he has held several profit-and-loss and chief executive responsibilities across multiple group businesses, including insulators, insurance, Century Cement and the chlor-alkali segment. In 2023, he was elevated to lead the group’s renewables and textiles businesses.
Within the group, Dua has received several internal honours, including the chairman’s individual award for exceptional contribution in 2002, the outstanding leader award in 2009 and the leader of leaders recognition in 2022.
He holds an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an MBA from International Management Institute and has completed the advanced management programme at Harvard Business School.
