Foodlink F&B Holdings forays into Hyderabad

Hyderabad After successful expansion at Delhi and Milan last year, India’s largest luxury catering enterprise Foodlink F&B Holdings India Pvt Ltd has announced its foray into Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Starting with Hyderabad as the first city in South India, Foodlink is planning to expand its presence at Bengaluru and Chennai. It is setting up a sprawling 15,000 sq ft well-equipped facility of International standards at Financial District in Hyderabad that will house 6,000 sq ft of warehouse and 9,000 sq ft of state-of-the art kitchen facility, which forms the heart of the F&B (food and beverage) services. It will have bulk food processing facilities, cold kitchens, bakery, cuisine-specific food production areas, walk-in cold rooms, vegetable processing centre, staff training facility, well-equipped conference rooms and offices.

Sanjay Vazirani, CEO of Foodlink F&B Holdings India Pvt Ltd, said: “The company has partnered with The Address - Conventions & Exhibitions in Hyderabad. We will soon set up a 40,000-sq ft convention centre here with an investment of Rs 10-15 crore. We may start the operations in next couple of months. Strategically, this marks an important development for us as this is the city of growing aspirations.”

“We chose Hyderabad because it is the hub of trade and commerce leading to lot of inbound and outbound MICE and grand weddings. With this launch, we aim to transform the luxury catering landscape of the south Indian territories. We plan to invest close to Rs 70-100 crore over the coming few months across our luxury catering, banquets & restaurants verticals to establish an indomitable presence here,” he said.

Sanjay further says, “We see significant opportunity in Hyderabad and we are optimistic that Foodlink will hold a solid market position with its sharp, well-curated, well-thought approach. Hyderabad holds a lot of potential as the city is grand and royal in its attire, cuisine, lifestyle and weddings. The city is host to 2,000 to 2,500 big and fat weddings every year, with average budgets of Rs 5 crore. The wedding market in the city is estimated to be around Rs 12,000 crore.”

Foodlink’s clientele includes business families, UHNIs, and large corporate entities of India. It has curated and executed the F&B experience for some of the most iconic and high-profile events, including the Ambani-Piramal Wedding, the Deepika-Ranveer Wedding, and recently for K L Rahul-Athiya Shetty Wedding, in addition to notable corporate & government events like the Mumbai International Airport Terminal 2 launch, Jio Brand launch, Vibrant Gujarat, and Gulf Food.

Foodlink is well-known to many high-profile individuals and corporates in Hyderabad already, having executed exceptional events such as the weddings in GVK family, Apollo Hospital family, NTV family and Reddy Labs. They have been active in Hyderabad market in the last 6 to 7 years bringing the best from Pan Indian & Global Cuisine to Hyderabad, while keeping the local flavour and culture in mind.