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Salad Days Raises ₹30 Crore to Expand! Here’s How They Plan to Revolutionize Healthy Eating

Salad Days Secures ₹30 Crore in Series A Funding to Fuel Growth Salad Days, the popular cloud kitchen brand known for its healthy meal options, has successfully raised ₹30 crore in its Series A funding round. This marks a significant milestone for the company as it’s the first institutional funding it has received in over a decade of operations. The funding round was co-led by V3 Ventures…
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Rohan Pewekar Appointed Managing Director of Pizza Hut India as Brand Expands in Subcontinent

Pizza Hut, part of US-based Yum! Brands, has announced Rohan Pewekar as the new Managing Director for the Indian Subcontinent, succeeding Merrill Pereyra. Based in Gurgaon, Pewekar will oversee the brand’s operations across India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, driving the next phase of expansion. An alumnus of IIM Calcutta and The Wharton School, Pewekar has spent over four…
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From Craving to Commerce: How Johanna Hartzheim’s $30M Bakery Startup Wildgrain Rose from a Pandemic Pivot

Johanna Hartzheim, co-founder of Wildgrain, turned a personal craving into a multimillion-dollar business, proving that sometimes the best entrepreneurial ventures start from the simplest of needs. Four years ago, Hartzheim and her husband, Ismail Salhi, were longing for the fresh, artisanal bread and pastries they had enjoyed in Paris. When they couldn’t find comparable options in the U.S.
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Nestle CEO Mark Schneider Resigns; Veteran Laurent Freixe to Take Over as New Chief

Nestle SA is undergoing a significant leadership change as Mark Schneider steps down from his role as CEO after nearly eight years at the helm. The Swiss food giant has announced that Laurent Freixe, a long-time company veteran, will succeed Schneider as CEO starting September 1, 2024. Schneider, 58, led Nestle through a transformative period, reshaping the company’s structure and steering it…
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