...Haldiram's to take its restaurant biz overseas; target UK, US PTI Feb 21, 2010, 10.40am IST NEW DELHI: Snacks and fast food player Haldiram's on Sunday said it will take its restaurant business overseas, starting with UK this year. It plans to have at least three restaurants in the overseas market within a couple of years. "We have acquired some land and a warehouse in UK and have already applied for statutory approval to open the first restaurant there. It should be operational by end of this year," Haldiram's Chairman and MD Manoharlal Agarwal told PTI. He said the company is also exploring opportunities in countries like the USA, Canada, Fiji and Mauritius. "We are also scouting for properties in the US, Canada, Fiji and Mauritius. By the end of 2011, we are planning to have at least three restaurants overseas," Agarwal said. He, however, did not provide investment details of the company's international plans. Haldiram's already exports its snacks and sweets to over 60 countries. "We will focus on some of our specialised ready-to-serve fast foods, from among the 150-odd items in our menu, while planning our foreign enterprise," Agarwal added. He further said that by opening restaurants overseas, the company not only wants to tap the diaspora, but is also looking at catering to the growing demand for Indian food items among local people. The Rs 1,200 crore company has 28 restaurants in the domestic market with an average size of 5,000 sq ft. Its outlets in the...
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...I often work as a historian of science, an ethnographer of social battles, seeking to capture the story of an age. I sometimes play storyteller, but often I am a mere munshi, a recorder of movements, who keeps their archives, their memories, alive. The other day, a friend of mine told me in the middle of a lecture on weaving, “Yellappa died.” The announcement was so matter-of-fact that it took my breath away. In the world of indigo dyes, Yellappa was a master craftsman, the last of the great dyers. It was as if a Picasso or Mozart had died. A genius dies in India and the news is met with silence. For me, as an anthropologist who is perpetually writing on the history of loss and erasure, it was as if Ishi, the last Indian of the Yahi tribe, had died. When Ishi died, a language died, a way of life died, and a set of dreams faded away. Today, ways of life are perpetually dying and there seems no way of remembering, recovering or redeeming them. I realise how the anthropologist Alfred Kroeber might have felt as he wrote Ishi’s story. There is no Yellappa story, just a few fragments of recollection, but I thought I would put them down. There are a few who knew him and this is what they told me. I am not the storyteller; just a cassette tape mourning the loss of a genius. The death of a natural dye Yellappa was the last of a family of great indigo dyers in Andhra Pradesh. Indigo was a legendary colour, a natural dye, which died when the organic chemists synthesised an artificial...
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...VAT rates explained: standard, reduced, zero, exempt Different rates of VAT apply to different types of goods and services, and there are some goods and services that aren't taxable for VAT at all. So you need to know whether VAT applies to the goods or services you sell and how much to charge. You also need to know the right amount of VAT to reclaim on what you buy, because you can only claim back what you should have been charged - if your supplier charges you too much, you can't claim all of it back. This guide tells you about the different rates of VAT and how to work out the VAT you should charge. It also tells you about goods or services that are exempt from VAT, or outside the scope of VAT. ------------------------------------------------- On this page: * VAT rates * Standard rate of VAT * Reduced rate of VAT - what it applies to * Zero rate of VAT - what it applies to * When VAT mustn't be charged * How to find the right VAT rate for particular goods and services VAT rates If you're registered for VAT, you have to charge VAT at the standard rate on all goods and services you supply, unless they fall into one of these categories: * zero-rated * reduced-rated * exempt from VAT * outside the scope of VAT For more information on what's exempt from VAT or outside the scope, see the section in this guide on when VAT mustn't be charged. There are currently three rates of VAT: * standard rate - currently 20 per cent * reduced...
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...PREFACE: To The Evaluators Of My Training Program If we look at our surroundings, all the human beings would be wearing some cloth, most of which is woven. Today the average consumption of textile products per person per year is 6.7 Kg. The world population has crossed the six billion figure, so more than 40 million tons of fabric is utilized by the mankind of world each year. Indeed both consumption per person and population are increasing at a faster pace. Consumption per person is confidently expected to increase after December 2004, as WTO would eliminate the quota costs, import duties and other such tariffs. To be competitive in the textile market, the manufacturers of this industry will have to transfer this benefit of low cost to the customers, which in turn would encourage the customers to buy more. This process would yield economies of scale for the producers and thus the textile companies will achieve enormous growth. Pakistan has competitive edge over many other countries in the textile industry, so it will more focus and capitalize on this concern. This gives a view of future prospects of opportunities in textile and importance of textile products. More specifically the shade, look, handfeel of fabric and durability of shade are the crucial factors of concern for the textile customers (these factors are expected to gain more attention of customers in future). These factors are complied in dyeing processes. Kohinoor Dyeing Mills Ltd. (KDML) is involved in the...
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...Research Plan A. Rationale The not sure ingredients of commercial dye leads the researcher to make an alternative dye that is ecofriendly. The Basella Rubra Linn otherwise known as Alugabati has little fruits in its steam that contains a vilote fluid has an ability to give a material for example a cloth with a color together with the combination of Hibiscus known as gumamela. They can both make an alternative dye that is not high in cost and in the same time not that hard to do. B. Hypothesis, research questions, Engineering Goals, Expected Outcomes. B1.Hypothesis 1. The extract from both plants can be turned as dye 2. The extract of this both plant can combine to form color. B2. Research Question a. Does the mixture of this 2 plants extract to formed dye? b. How effective is the used of this alugbati extract and gumamela extract as dye in terms of: A. Applied to a cloth. B. Time of longness it is applied B3. Engineering Goal This study aims to determine if alugbati and gumamela extract can became a dye that is used to color a materials such as our clothes. If this study succeed it means we can use it on our daily living such as in school and homes as an alternative dye. B4. Expected Outcome This extract from alugbati and gumamela will give of great benefits in providing and alternative dye. C. Research Methods and conclusion ...
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