Varun Beverages to manufacture Kurkure Puffcorn

1 Mar 2022 , 11:04 AM

Kurkure is a brand of crunchy puffs made up of rice, lentil and corn, produced and marketed by PepsiCo India.

Varun Beverages is a key player in beverage industry and one of the largest franchisee of PepsiCo in the world (outside USA). The company produces and distributes a wide range of carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), as well as a large selection of non-carbonated beverages (NCBs), including packaged drinking water sold under trademarks owned by PepsiCo.

As on date, Varun Beverages has been granted franchises for various PepsiCo products across 27 States and 7 Union Territories in India. India is the largest market and contributed ~75% of revenues from operations (net) in Fiscal 2021. VBL has also been granted the franchise for various PepsiCo products for the territories of Nepal, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

On a consolidated basis, the company reported a net profit of Rs 16.49 crore in Q4 December 2021 as against net loss of Rs 19.73 crore in Q4 December 2020. Net sales rose 30.31% to Rs 1,734.33 crore in Q4 December 2021 over Q4 December 2020, primarily on account of strong volume growth.

Shares of Varun Beverages closed 1.34% higher at Rs 945 on Monday. The domestic stock market will remain shut today, 1 March 2022, on account of Mahashivratri.

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