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Milky Mist Dairy Food reported a 175% year-over-year increase in second-quarter net profit to accompany 42% revenue growth, with sales reaching Rs 1,089.40 crore. Higher volumes, demand for value-added dairy products, and new protein-focused products supported the result, while the company expects festive-season demand to remain favorable.
11:37 PMEconomic Times
Milky Mist Dairy Food reported 41.6% year-on-year revenue growth in the second quarter, with record quarterly revenue and gross profit. Demand for value-added dairy, protein products and yoghurt drove the expansion, while first-half profit after tax rose 308.4%.
10:44 AMEconomic Times
Godrej Consumer Products reported a 14% rise in profit and is preparing for higher commodity costs ahead of the December quarter. It is considering price increases for soaps and liquid detergents as inflation builds in India and Indonesia.
10:14 PMEconomic Times
Godrej Consumer Products reported a 13.8% year-on-year increase in profit to Rs 522.92 crore and a 19% rise in revenue to Rs 4,413.09 crore in Q2 FY27. Strong international performance and growth in home care brands accompanied the declaration of a Rs 5 interim dividend.
7:44 AMEconomic Times
Unilever is using five AI agents, called NOVA, to process orders that arrive through emails, PDFs, spreadsheets and photos of paper forms. The system reduces the first step of order processing from 15 to 20 minutes of manual work to about 90 seconds.
3:45 PMPYMNTSSummary
Milky Mist Dairy Food reported a 175% year-over-year increase in second-quarter net profit to accompany 42% revenue growth, with sales reaching Rs 1,089.40 crore. Higher volumes, demand for value-added dairy products, and new protein-focused products supported the result, while the company expects festive-season demand to remain favorable.
The earnings jump shows that Milky Mist is gaining both volume and mix benefits from
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Milky Mist is showing how product innovation and premium dairy demand can accelerate growth in India's packaged-food market.
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Milky Mist Dairy Food reported 41.6% year-on-year revenue growth in the second quarter, with record quarterly revenue and gross profit. Demand for value-added dairy, protein products and yoghurt drove the expansion, while first-half profit after tax rose 308.4%.
Milky Mist is gaining faster growth from higher-value dairy categories rather than relying only on
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The results show how premium and functional dairy products are creating a higher-growth segment within India’s consumer economy.
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Godrej Consumer Products reported a 14% rise in profit and is preparing for higher commodity costs ahead of the December quarter. It is considering price increases for soaps and liquid detergents as inflation builds in India and Indonesia.
Rising input costs are forcing Godrej to trade some volume growth for margin protection. Price
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Godrej’s pricing decision could signal broader consumer-goods inflation and pressure across the sector.
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Godrej Consumer Products reported a 13.8% year-on-year increase in profit to Rs 522.92 crore and a 19% rise in revenue to Rs 4,413.09 crore in Q2 FY27. Strong international performance and growth in home care brands accompanied the declaration of a Rs 5 interim dividend.
Revenue growth outpaced profit growth, indicating expansion came with some pressure on margins or costs.
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Godrej Consumer is showing strong top-line momentum, but sustained value creation will depend on converting that growth into faster earnings expansion.
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Unilever is using five AI agents, called NOVA, to process orders that arrive through emails, PDFs, spreadsheets and photos of paper forms. The system reduces the first step of order processing from 15 to 20 minutes of manual work to about 90 seconds.
The decisive shift is the automation of roughly 2 million nonstandard orders each year, not
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CPG companies can unlock major efficiency gains by automating the messy, fragmented inputs that still sit outside standardized ordering systems.
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Fabian Garcia will become Clorox's next CEO as the company overhauls its enterprise resource planning technology and reviews its product portfolio.
2:54 PMConsumer Goods Technology
Hershey says it will restore Reese’s classic recipe in 2027, but Brad Reese, grandson of the brand’s inventor, calls the timetable a stall. His cousins dispute his authority to speak for the family.
10:00 AMFortune
Hindustan Unilever reported a 4% year-on-year increase in Q2 FY27 net profit to Rs 2,790 crore, while revenue rose 15% to Rs 18,226 crore. Its shares gained 3% even as Jefferies, Nomura and JM Financial reduced their target prices, with brokers still projecting up to 29% upside.
3:14 AMEconomic Times
Cloüd Cafe, led by the CEO who built The Crème Shop, is expanding its line of collagen-infused beverages and pushing into beauty retail with matcha-based wellness products.
12:01 AMWWDSummary
Fabian Garcia will become Clorox's next CEO as the company overhauls its enterprise resource planning technology and reviews its product portfolio.
Garcia takes charge while Clorox is managing both a major systems transition and changes to
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Clorox's leadership change comes with operational and strategic decisions that could reshape costs, execution, and growth.
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Hershey says it will restore Reese’s classic recipe in 2027, but Brad Reese, grandson of the brand’s inventor, calls the timetable a stall. His cousins dispute his authority to speak for the family.
The dispute turns a recipe change into a credibility problem for Hershey: the company has
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Hershey must manage both a delayed product correction and growing doubt about the authenticity of one of its flagship brands.
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Hindustan Unilever reported a 4% year-on-year increase in Q2 FY27 net profit to Rs 2,790 crore, while revenue rose 15% to Rs 18,226 crore. Its shares gained 3% even as Jefferies, Nomura and JM Financial reduced their target prices, with brokers still projecting up to 29% upside.
The immediate shift is a gap between stronger reported growth and more cautious broker valuations.
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HUL remains an upside trade for brokers, but investors now face a higher bar for sustained gains beyond the initial post-results rally.
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Cloüd Cafe, led by the CEO who built The Crème Shop, is expanding its line of collagen-infused beverages and pushing into beauty retail with matcha-based wellness products.
The decisive shift is Cloüd Cafe's move from beverage sales into beauty distribution, linking ingestible
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Beauty retail is becoming a broader CPG channel as brands use ingestible wellness products to expand beyond topical care.
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