The Future of Restaurant Loyalty: How AI, Data & Experiences is Driving Repeat Biz
Well-designed programs not only turn one-time visitors into repeat, high-value customers but also provide businesses with valuable data to fuel…
Quick Commerce’s Role in Expanding Regional Specialties to Tier-2 & Tier-3 Towns
Quick commerce is helping to connect cities and towns while supporting small producers. Every order is a step toward making India’s food culture more…
Focused Flavors: How Single-Cuisine Restaurants are Redefining Dining Scenes
Single-cuisine concepts can contribute approximately 50 to 65% of dine-in revenue in metro portfolios where specialists dominate new openings.
Scooping Success: The Sweet Boom of Ice Cream Cafés
Leading the pack with a cool 30–35% market share is Amul, followed by homegrown favorites like Naturals and NIC, as well as established giants such…
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Actor Shilpa Shetty’s Restaurant Bastian to Shut Shop in Bandra, Mumbai
The restaurant became Mumbai’s favourite, especially a popular food spot for food lovers and celebrities in Mumbai since 2016.
  • By - Nusra
  • Sep 03, 2025 / 3 MIN READ
The Pros and Cons: Comparing Franchise vs. Independent Specialty Restaurants
Aspiring restaurateurs in India's vibrant and expanding food and beverage industry must make the crucial choice of whether to join an…
Beyond Borders: Turning Collaboration into Profit
Papa John's to open 650 restaurants in India by 2033.
  • By - Nusra
  • Aug 27, 2025 / 7 MIN READ
The Future of Dining: Balancing Authenticity, Drama, and Sustainability
The restaurant industry is projected to reach 79.7 billion dollars by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 15%.
Pouring Culture, Craft, and Commerce in a Cup
While the grab-and-go culture is growing rapidly. By 2033, the grab-and-go culture in India is projected to grow at a CAGR of 8.26%.
The Secret Sauce to Building Tomorrow’s Restaurant: Lessons from the Pathbreakers
The lesson is simple: find your market, position yourself smartly, and price right.
  • By - Nusra
  • Aug 20, 2025 / 12 MIN READ
Brewing Hot: Why Customer Feedback Is the Secret Ingredient to a Cafe's Success
The market size of coffee is 1.8 billion dollars, while the tea market is 2.12 billion dollars. India ranks among the top 5 coffee exporters and top…
Cracking the Code: What Makes Global Brands a success in India
With over 1.4 billion consumers, a rising middle class, and a youth demographic that dines out or orders in at least 4–6 times a month, the appetite…
  • By - Nusra
  • Aug 13, 2025 / 11 MIN READ
The Pros and Cons of Franchising Your Restaurant in India
Restaurant franchising is a significant growth opportunity. The desire for fast growth, brand enhancement, and a potentially profitable revenue…
8 Strategic Pillars to Run a High-Performing Restaurant Franchise
Franchising not only build a strong brand identity but also helps in successful expansion strategies. Around 30-40% of restaurant businesses are…
"We seek franchisees inspired by organic"
Virginia-based Elevation Burger is all set to enter the Indian market. Salman Siddiqui, CEO, Elevation Burger shares his plans for the Indian market and franchise requirement to expand.
Our approach to food is to make it accessible to everyone: Chef Mitesh
Lemon leaf is the erstwhile lemongrass, which is fairly an old restaurant.
  • By - Nusra
  • Oct 26, 2016 / 3 MIN READ
This is the best time to enter the Indian market- Ryan Patel
In an exclusive interaction with Restaurant India, Ryan Patel, Global Retail Executive and Franchise expert shares the global trends.
  • By - Nusra
  • Oct 25, 2016 / 4 MIN READ
How to become a successful franchisee
Brands like McDonald's, Domino's and Yum! brands have set a trend of successfully operating an international brand and penetrating it deeper in India.
  • By - Nusra
  • Oct 18, 2016 / 5 MIN READ
How Restaurants have become more than just eating joints
As, global marriage of trends are happening more often, we can say that quick service restaurants are placed in dangerous zone and will see lot of action in the years to come.
  • By - Nusra
  • Oct 17, 2016 / 5 MIN READ
What it takes to build a brand in India
In the next 15 years there will be lots of opportunities in food service and other businesses in India
  • By - Nusra
  • Sep 27, 2016 / 5 MIN READ
How restaurant can grow via franchising
With growing competitions in the market it's not possible for a single person to look after a brand at different market and that's where he looks for a helping hand.
  • By - Nusra
  • Sep 21, 2016 / 5 MIN READ
How Food Companies can benefit from constant innovations?
With an increase in awareness and education, consumers have become very selective in quality and taste of their food. They have become more demanding and hence the traditional offerings and approaches do not work to keep them loyal.
How foodservice has become one of the top job creator in the country
The food services market in India has triggered growth across a wide range of ancillary industries, thus providing a boost to the entire ecosystem.
  • By - Nusra
  • Jul 21, 2016 / 4 MIN READ
Why FBOs need to control hair contamination
According to food regulators the term food includes foods, beverages, bottled water and nutritional and functional products so none of these products can contain hair.