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Concept BIU launches JournoLIST
Mumbai: Media monitoring service provider Concept BIU (Business Intelligence Unit) has launched JournoLIST – a unique technology solution that will allow both corporate communication desks and PR firm clients to do faster and sharper journalist relationship management (JRM).
JournoLIST is an intelligent and easy to use software interface that will offer convenience, multi-tasking and ability to maintain a centralised communications channel with journalists across the national and hyper local pockets of the country, the company said.
Endowed with SaaS (Software as a service) model, high-end data security and unlimited archiving facility, JournoLIST provides access to more than 7,000+ journalist databases from different media genres, beats, and mediums. This online software sends your press releases as per your communication plan with mass, as well as, custom mailing features to different journalists as per your ad hoc communication requirements. JournoLIST also suggests new journalist entrants, while helping to store your media list in one place. Reports on bouncing back of emails, quantitative analysis of press releases issued etc are also some of the added features of this tool.
Concept BIU CEO Ankoor Choudharri said, “Brand Relationship across stakeholders and target audiences has become a science and requires intelligent technology intervention. For the world of PR and corporate communications, journalists across media platforms are very important target audiences. JournoLIST will make the lives of PR & communication professionals easier and help them keep abreast with the fast changing media Industry. Concept BIU has always believed in customer-centric innovations and JournoLIST is yet another testimony to our client commitment.”
Some of the other salient features of the tech solution, as per the PR measurement and analytics service provider are: It filters target journalists with simple clicks, it offers multi-client press release handling solution for the benefit of PR agencies and the SaaS based technology model offers high-end data security and unlimited archiving.
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Sapphire Foods FY26 revenue rises to Rs 3,125 crore, posts loss
Q4 revenue at Rs 792 crore, FY26 loss at Rs 32 crore amid cost pressures.
MUMBAI: If growth is on the menu, profitability seems to have taken a brief detour. Sapphire Foods India reported a steady rise in topline for FY26, even as rising costs weighed on profitability. Revenue from operations grew to Rs 3,125 crore for the year ended March 31, 2026, up from Rs 2,882 crore in FY25. However, the company swung to a loss, reporting a net loss of Rs 32 crore for FY26, compared to a profit of Rs 17 crore in the previous year. Total income for the year stood at Rs 3,153 crore, while total expenses climbed to Rs 3,167 crore, reflecting pressure across key cost heads.
In the March quarter, revenue came in at Rs 792 crore, compared to Rs 711 crore in the same period last year. The company reported a quarterly net loss of Rs 13 crore, against a profit of Rs 2 crore a year earlier.
Cost pressures remained visible across operations. Material costs rose to Rs 995 crore for FY26, while employee expenses increased to Rs 428 crore. Other expenses, the largest component, stood at Rs 1,229 crore, underscoring the impact of store operations and expansion-related spends.
Depreciation and amortisation expenses also climbed to Rs 392 crore for the year, reflecting continued investments in store infrastructure and growth.
At the operating level, the company reported a loss before tax of Rs 37 crore for FY26, compared to a profit of Rs 23 crore in FY25. Exceptional items added Rs 24 crore to the cost burden during the year.
On the balance sheet, total assets rose to Rs 3,256 crore as of March 31, 2026, up from Rs 3,041 crore a year earlier, indicating ongoing expansion. Net worth stood at Rs 1,389 crore.
Despite profitability pressures, operating cash flow remained resilient at Rs 507 crore, highlighting underlying business strength and demand stability.
The numbers paint a familiar picture in the quick-service restaurant space, growth continues to be served hot, but margins are still finding their footing.
