Introduction to the Company – Parle Agro Pvt. Ltd.
Parle is a leading Indian Food and Beverage Company, the only Indian transnational giant with the past experience of having successfully launched leading soft drink brands like “Frooti, Apply, N-Joi and Bailley”. Today its brand portfolio consists of No. 1 brands like Frooti along with Apply, N-Joi and Bailley. Parle agro was the first to identify the dormant mango segment in India and launch India’s first national Mango drink - Frooti Mango. Today Frooti has an 85% market in the Fruit Drink segment. Today, the Parle Group turnover is over Rs.600 crore with group strength of over 1000 employees, including over 400 professionals.
MISSION: “To provide consumers superior, wholesome agro based food and drink bands through which Parle can build a profitable; growth oriented organization.”
It has different products like:
1. Frooti
2. Appy
3. Bailley Aqua
4. N-Joi
Introduction to the Product – Frooti
Mango - India’s national and most premium fruit was a virtually untapped segment until the year 1985, which saw the launch of Mango Frooti in a trendy convenient tetra-pack. Mango Frooti is Parle Argo’s flagship brand and India’s leading fruit drink with an 85% market share. Now, Frooti also comes in PET bottle packing.
Frooti is like an Indian ambassador and is a hot favorite not only in India but all across the world. Frooti is the first tetra pack fruit juice in India. Launched in 1984, Frooti still holds a dominant position in the Rs300 crore tetra pack fruit juice (TFJ) market.
Frooti over these years have carved out a niche for itself in the market. Frooti instantly caught the fancy of Indian consumer with its tetra pack and some smart campaigns. Initially the drink was positioned as a kids drink. The product was perceived as a healthy fruit drink by the mothers. So within a short span of time, the brand was an alternative to the “unhealthy” colas.
The tetra pack had