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Media Care wins digital marketing mandate for ScoopMan Ice-Creams & Cafe
Mumbai: Media Care Brand Solutions, an integrated marketing agency has won the digital marketing mandate for Delhi based ScoopMan Ice Creams & Café.
As a part of the partnership, Media Care will be responsible to drive the strategy for creative campaigns, content & video creation, social media platforms, influencer marketing and digital ad spends for the ice cream, desserts & café brand and the digital mandate will be handled by agency’s Delhi and Mumbai teams.
ScoopMan, a visionary brand born during the pandemic to address the challenge of limited dessert options available online under one roof. ScoopMan’s value proposition lies in being the ultimate destination for all dessert enthusiasts. The brand offers 30 exquisite flavors of premium gourmet fresh cream milk ice creams infused with natural fillings and toppings, appealing to every age group. The ice creams are prepared using Italian ingredients from MEC3. From delightful fruit, chocolate, caramel, brownie, traditional variants & ice cream cheesecake to custom-made sundaes, ice cream sizzlers, crispy baked waffles & lancakes, rich milkshakes & ice cream shakes, frothy ice cream sodas, and café-style appetizers. With a trusted supplier’s 30-year legacy of crafting excellent fresh milk ice creams, ScoopMan is a go-to one-stop shop for a delightful dessert experience.
Media Care Brand Solutions co-founder & director Yasin Hamidani said, “We are thrilled to be on-boarded by a vibrant, energetic and popular ice cream, dessert & café brand like ScoopMan. We are looking forward to working with ScoopMan Ice Creams & Café and further scaling up their digital visibility, awareness and activations. Looking at the current consumer journey, we will need to activate all cogs of content, activation and experience for giving them an integrated digital solution, which will deliver business value to them.”
ScoopMan Ice Creams & Cafe founder Priya Arora said, “With the shift in audience behaviour and increased digital activities, we aim to occupy higher mind space of the consumers by tapping into the non-linear consumer journey and better targeting that digital has to offer. We are delighted to have Media Care on board as our digital partner. Through its digital presence, ScoopMan has been synonymous with premium fresh ice cream treats, customized desserts, rich thick creamy shakes, and café appetizers. We want to continue offering joy to families and our TG, so that ScoopMan Ice Creams& Café resonates as a brand which delivers premium ice creams, customized desserts & appetizers made of superior ingredients. We are confident that Media Care will beef up the digital presence further with its impactful and innovative solutions. We are looking forward to this partnership as we are expanding exponentially across North India and other South regions through our franchise and company owned outlets.”
Currently the brand is serving across the region of Delhi in Sector 3 Rohini, Sector 24 Rohini and Pacific Mall, Dwarka. Soon the brand is looking to launch its fourth outlet at Pitampura in March 2024 and fifth outlet at Unity One Mall in NSP, Delhi. The brand is aiming to add 50 outlets across Delhi NCR region by 2026.
“At Media Care, our core services are built on the grounds of creating meaningful solutions for our partners. We are delighted to lend our expertise to ScoopMan Ice Creams & Café, a brand that has been born out of a passion and love and has been serving up these delights since 2021 in Delhi. The key focus will be to engage with our customers across all sections and age groups. We will leverage our expertise in Integrated Digital Marketing to bring awareness of the brand across the country” said Media Care Brand Solutions CEO and co-founder Heemanshu Hemrajani.
ScoopMan Ice Creams & Café co-founder & director Gonal Arora added, “With changing consumer lifestyles and growing appreciation for high-quality products & desire for ice cream flavours, our brand ScoopMan Ice Creams aims to fill a gap in the market for consumers who seek all types of desserts and extraordinary ice cream experience under one roof. ScoopMan Ice Creams embodies the perfect balance of craftsmanship, high-quality ingredients, and delectable flavours.”
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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.
