News on ingredients, frozen food and B2B food supply to chains.
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HyFun, the frozen foods company, says its growth rests on scalable capacity and supply-chain strength, with markets and brand building following. Group CEO Haresh Karamchandani says automation, AI-based grading and IoT farm monitoring are improving efficiency while holding global QSR-grade quality. The company targets a 50/50 split between global and Indian revenue and aims for 100-plus countries.
Hyperpure, Zomato's B2B sourcing and supply-chain platform, delivers ingredients from farmers and mills to food businesses in over 100 cities, serving more than 200,000 commercial kitchens. Its Samalka fulfilment centre in New Delhi opened in April 2019, with capacity for 5,000 metric tonnes a month. Sourcing from FPOs has cut procurement costs by an average 15 percent.
HyFun Foods, founded in Ahmedabad by Haresh Karamchandani in 2015, makes frozen French fries and potato products for foodservice and retail. Its customers reportedly include global chains such as KFC and Subway, and it reported revenue above Rs 1,500 crore in FY25. The business began as a potato and onion trader in Mehsana in 1962.
McCain Foods has agreed to buy Falcon Agrifriz Foods' frozen potato unit in Gujarat, adding capacity to its Indian manufacturing. The deal, subject to customary closing conditions, will complement its existing Mehsana operations. Once completed, the deal brings more than 450 employees and relationships with over 1,000 farmers across Gujarat.
