INDEX
Chapter Particular P. No.
1 Analysis of Food Industry 3
2 Overview of Britannia 10
3. Financial analysis of company 13 i. Ratios analysis 14
ii. DuPont analysis 21
iii. Cash flow analysis 22
iv. Leverage analysis 23
v. Operating cycle analysis 24
4. Conclusion 25
5 Future outlook 26
6 Appendix 27
7 Bibliography 30
OVERVIEW OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY
India is the world 's second largest producer of food next to China, and has the potential of being the biggest with the food and agricultural sector. The total food production in India is likely to double in the next ten years and there is an opportunity for large investments in food and food processing technologies, skills and equipment, especially in areas of Canning, Dairy and Food Processing, Specialty Processing, Packaging, Frozen Food/Refrigeration and Thermo Processing. Fruits & Vegetables, Fisheries, Milk & Milk Products, Meat & Poultry, Packaged/Convenience Foods, Alcoholic Beverages & Soft Drinks and Grains are important sub-sectors of the food processing industry. A health food and health food supplement is another rapidly rising segment of this industry which is gaining vast popularity amongst the health conscious.
India is one of the worlds major food producers but accounts for less than 1.5 per cent of international food trade. This indicates vast scope for both investors and exporters. Food exports in 1998 stood at US $5.8 billion whereas the world total was US $438 billion. The Indian food industries sales turnover is Rs 140,000 crore (1 crore = 10 million) annually as at the start of year 2000. The industry has the highest number of plants approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outside the USA.
India 's food processing sector covers fruit and vegetables; meat and poultry; milk and milk products, alcoholic beverages, fisheries, plantation, grain processing and other consumer product groups
Bibliography: Financial management, by I M PANDEY, 9TH Edition, Vikas publishing house PVT. LTD. www.moneycontrol.com Prowess database www.britannia.com www.fmcgindia.com