Britannia Industries Limited is an Indian food-products corporation based in Kolkata, India. It sells its Britannia and Tiger brands of biscuit throughout India. Britannia has an estimated market share of 38%.The Company's principal activity is the manufacture and sale of biscuits, bread, rusk, cakes and dairy products.The company was established in 1892, with an investment of 295. Initially, biscuits were manufactured in a small house in central Kolkata. Later, the enterprise was acquired by the Gupta brothers mainly Nalin Chandra Gupta, a renowned attorney, and operated under the name of "V.S. Brothers." In 1918, C.H. Holmes, an English businessman in Kolkata, was taken on as a partner and The Britannia Biscuit Company Limited was launched. The Mumbai factory was set up in 1924 and Peek Freans UK, acquired a controlling interest in BBCo.
Kerala businessman Rajan Pillai secured control of the group in the late 1980s, becoming known in India as the 'Biscuit King'. In 1993, the Wadia Group acquired a stake in Associated Biscuits International , and became an equal partner with Groupe Danone in Britannia Industries Limited.In what The Economic Times referred to as one of most dramatic corporate sagas, Pillai ceded control to Wadia and Danone after a bitter boardroom struggle, then fled his Singapore base to India in 1995 after accusations of defrauding Britannia, and died the same year in Tihar Jail.
Company : Britannia
No.of.Posts: 14,000 Posts
Salary Offered : 58,000 - 72,000 P/M
Location : ACROSS INDIA
Qualification : B.tech /Any Degree
Experience : Freshers
Last Date : 30 July 2016
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Kerala businessman Rajan Pillai secured control of the group in the late 1980s, becoming known in India as the 'Biscuit King'. In 1993, the Wadia Group acquired a stake in Associated Biscuits International , and became an equal partner with Groupe Danone in Britannia Industries Limited.In what The Economic Times referred to as one of most dramatic corporate sagas, Pillai ceded control to Wadia and Danone after a bitter boardroom struggle, then fled his Singapore base to India in 1995 after accusations of defrauding Britannia, and died the same year in Tihar Jail.
Company : Britannia
No.of.Posts: 14,000 Posts
Salary Offered : 58,000 - 72,000 P/M
Location : ACROSS INDIA
Qualification : B.tech /Any Degree
Experience : Freshers
Last Date : 30 July 2016
Apply Mode : Online