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<keyword id="19934680" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Amul" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Amul" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Amul">Amul</keyword>, India's iconic <keyword id="23447066" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="dairy-cooperative" source="keywords">dairy cooperative</keyword>, is looking forward to enter the <keyword id="20845418" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="European-market" source="keywords">European market</keyword> after the successful launch of its milk in the US, according to <keyword id="20457579" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jayen-Mehta" source="keywords">Jayen Mehta</keyword>, Managing Director of Amul and the <keyword id="22666811" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gujarat-Co-operative-Milk-Marketing-Federation" source="keywords">Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation</keyword> Ltd (GCMMF). As per a PTI report, Mehta made the announcement while delivering the 11th <keyword id="23447068" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Dr-Verghese-Kurien" source="keywords">Dr. Verghese Kurien</keyword> Memorial Oration at XLRI, Jamshedpur, saying that this move would mark a historic milestone for the brand. Mehta framed dairy as more than a business, describing it as "a lifeline for rural India," a statement that reflects the deep cultural and economic significance of milk in the country. He credited Amul’s success to its focus on offering protein-rich, organic, and chemical-free products that consumers trust, while continually expanding its production capacity and infrastructure. Amul’s journey is rooted in the cooperative model pioneered by Dr. Verghese Kurien, often referred to as the "Milkman of India," whose vision turned India from a milk-deficient country into the world’s largest <keyword id="23447069" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="milk-producer" source="keywords">milk producer</keyword>. Mehta added, "If India could offer a gift to the world, it would be the cooperative working system-a gift Dr Kurien gave us. His belief in cooperation has sparked a new revolution in India." Amul’s daily collection of 310 lakh litres of milk, processed across 107 dairy plants in India, has turned it into a global powerhouse, with over 50 products and an annual sale of 22 billion packs. With a turnover of ₹80,000 crore, the brand is now ranked as the strongest dairy and food brand globally, owned by 3.6 million farmers. Amul’s entry into the European market would solidify India’s growing influence in the <keyword id="23447067" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="global-dairy-sector" source="keywords">global dairy sector</keyword>, as well as honour the cooperative system that has powered Amul’s success. Nirmala Kurien, daughter of Dr. Verghese Kurien, echoed these sentiments, highlighting her father’s vision that transformed India from a milk-deficient nation to a self-sufficient one. India’s deep connection to Amul goes beyond mere consumption. The cooperative’s rise is tied to the country’s rural development and empowerment of farmers, making it a symbol of economic self-reliance. As Amul prepares to conquer new markets, it carries with it the legacy of Dr. Kurien, whose commitment to making a difference continues to inspire millions. (With PTI inputs)

Amul thinking to enter European market after US success, MD Jayen Mehta calls it the lifeline for rural India

R S <keyword id="178382" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="sodhi" source="Orion">Sodhi</keyword> on Monday resigned as Managing Director of <keyword id="1727112" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="gujarat-cooperative-milk-marketing-federation-ltd" source="Orion">Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd</keyword> (GCMMF) that markets its products under the <keyword id="26280" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="amul" source="Orion">Amul</keyword> brand. When contacted, Sodhi confirmed PTI that he has resigned from the post of MD. "I was on extension. The board has accepted my resignation," he said.Sodhi had joined GCMMF as a sales officer more than 40 years back and became its Managing Director in June 2010. He was on the extension from last two years.He is also the president of <keyword id="69421" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="indian-dairy-association" source="Orion">Indian Dairy Association</keyword>. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/hdfc-capital-raises-376-million-under-alternative-investment-fund-for-affordable-housing-adia-is-primary-investor/articleshow/96857455.cms">HDFC Capital raises $376 million under alternative investment fund for affordable housing; ADIA is primary investor</a>

RS Sodhi steps down as managing director of Amul

The Kerala Co-operative <keyword id="170372" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="milk-marketing-federation" source="Orion">Milk Marketing Federation</keyword>, or <keyword id="251235" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="milma" source="Orion">Milma</keyword>, on Thursday announced its decision to hike prices of milk by Rs 6 per litre which will come into effect from December 1. Currently, the cost of a litre of milk in the state is Rs 46. The price hike comes three years after Milma had announced an increase of Rs 4 per litre in 2019. "That time, 83.75 per cent (Rs 3.35) of the additional amount went to the farmers. That proportion will continue this time which means Rs 5.025 of the Rs 6 will go to the farmer," said Chairman of the Federation, K.S. <keyword id="9128" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="mani" source="Orion">Mani</keyword>. The latest decision comes after a Milma-appointed panel comprising experts from the state's veterinary and agriculture universities conducted a study on expenses incurred by dairy farmers. In its interim report submitted last week, the committee said that the farmers suffer an estimated loss of Rs 8.57 per litre of milk. Subsequently, the Milma Director Board convened a meeting and found that a price hike was inevitable, the Chairman said. "Though Milma is authorised to increase the price, the Board's decision was discussed with the state government and a suitable hike was finalised," he added. Along with a fresh hike in procurement prices, the milk cooperatives and distributors will each get 5.75 per cent of the new hiked amount, while 0.75 per cent of the amount will go to the Dairy Farmers Welfare Fund Board. Milma will get 3.50 per cent of the increased amount even as 0.50 per cent has been earmarked for the <keyword id="15606825" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="plastic-elimination-fund" source="Orion">Plastic Elimination Fund</keyword>. Besides the rise in the cooperative federation's milk procurement prices, the government has been giving various subsidies to the farmers. The present hike in the milk procurement price will benefit the milk producers, wooing more of them to join the dairy sector, Mani said. The 1980-established Milma is a state cooperative society headquartered in <keyword id="6357416" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="thiruvananthapuram" source="Orion">Thiruvananthapuram</keyword>. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/india-generates-15-16-lakh-formal-sector-jobs-every-month-says-ashwini-vaishnaw-citing-epfo-data/articleshow/95738734.cms">India generates 15-16 lakh formal sector jobs every month, says Ashwini Vaishnaw citing EPFO data</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/sbi-warns-customers-against-instant-loan-apps/articleshow/95738846.cms">SBI warns customers against instant loan apps</a>

Milk prices hiked in Kerala by Rs 6 per litre

<ul><li>The <keyword id="6393794" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="dairy" source="Orion">dairy</keyword> industry has been experiencing a consistent surge in raw <keyword id="6362951" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="milk" source="Orion">milk</keyword> prices. </li><li>Both the major dairy brands, <keyword id="15267021" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="amul-and-mother-dairy" source="Orion">Amul and Mother Dairy</keyword> had in August hiked milk prices by ₹ 2 per litre. </li><li>This is being done owing to multifold increase in varied input costs.</li></ul> After <keyword id="26280" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="amul" source="Orion">Amul</keyword>, another dairy major <keyword id="6376312" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="mother-dairy" source="Orion">Mother Dairy</keyword> has raised its milk prices by ₹ 2 per litre on full cream and cow milk variants with effect from Sunday (October 16). A Mother Dairy spokesperson said that the dairy industry has been experiencing a consistent surge in raw milk prices, which has increased by about ₹ 3/kg in the last two months alone, owing to multifold increase in varied input costs. "Increased fodder prices and low rainfall in some northern states have aggravated the situation. We are therefore compelled to revise prices to support farmers and ensure availability of quality milk for consumers," he said. Earlier, during the day, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (<keyword id="134812" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="GCMMF" source="Orion">GCMMF</keyword>), which sells milk and milk products under the brand name 'Amul' had announced raising the rates of full cream milk and buffalo milk by ₹ 2 per litre amid the festive season. The price of full cream milk has increased from ₹ 61 per litre to ₹ 63 per litre. Both the major dairy brands, Amul and Mother Dairy had in August hiked milk prices by ₹ 2 per litre to compensate the increase in procurement costs. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/us-offer-to-help-india-in-chip-manufacturing-just-lip-service-china/articleshow/94882797.cms">US offer to help India in chip manufacturing just lip service: China</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/two-months-with-samsung-galaxy-z-fold-4-as-a-daily-driver-its-only-getting-better/articleshow/94864757.cms">Two months with Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 as a daily driver: It's only getting better</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/us-pilots-are-worried-that-5g-rollouts-can-trigger-altimeter-failures-in-aircrafts/articleshow/94863029.cms">US pilots are worried that 5G rollouts can trigger altimeter failures in aircrafts</a>

Mother Dairy raises milk prices by ₹ 2 per litre on select variants

<ul class="summary-list"><li>US stocks ended higher on Wednesday after Fed <keyword id="1727754" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jerome-Powell">Jerome Powell</keyword> reiterated the view that <keyword id="22195" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Inflation">inflation</keyword> will pass.</li><li>Bank earnings continued, with Bank of America and Citigroup reporting second-quarter results. </li><li><keyword id="6354947" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bitcoin">Bitcoin</keyword>, lumber, and oil slipped, while gold rose.</li></ul>US stocks rallied on Wednesday after <keyword id="6355253" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="federal-reserve">Federal Reserve</keyword> Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated that inflation will pass.The benchmark S&amp;P 500 index scaled close to all-time highs, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average also inched up. The Nasdaq composite fell slightly. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury slipped 6.1 basis points to 1.353%.The Fed chief said the US economic recovery still has further to go before the central bank considers tapering its asset purchases, according to prepared remarks ahead of his House Financial Services Committee testimony.Powell said the US job market "is still a ways off" from the progress the Fed hopes to achieve, suggesting it would stick to its highly accommodative monetary policy even in the face of data showing inflation is on the rise. Powell on Wednesday presented the central bank's semiannual monetary policy report to Congress and took questions from lawmakers. Here's where US indexes stood at the 4 p.m. close on Wednesday:<ul><li><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/s&amp;p_500?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestedium=ingest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500</a>: 4,374.49, up 0.12%</li><li><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/dow_jones?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestm=ingest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dow Jones industrial average</a>: 34,934.29, up 0.13% (45.50 points)</li><li><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/nasdaq_composite?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestm=ingest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nasdaq composite</a>: 14,644.95, down 0.22%</li></ul>Stocks have scaled to record highs in the past weeks as economic data continuously point to a strong recovery on top of robust corporate earnings.Bank earnings continued Wednesday with <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/bac-stock">Bank of America</a> reporting <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/bank-of-america-q2-earnings-revenue-income-warren-buffett-berkshire-2021-7">revenue that fell short</a> of Wall Street's forecasts but blew past net income predictions.<a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/c-stock?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestm=ingest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Citigroup</a> meanwhile posted <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/citigroup-q2-quarterly-earnings-stock-trading-fixed-income-miss-2021-7">earnings</a> that came in above analyst estimates as the banking giant's stock trading offset a miss in fixed income.Big movers include <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/otly-stock?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestgest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oatly</a>, which <a 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href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-dogecoin-slide-to-lowest-in-3-weeks-ether-slips-2021-7">lowest price in three weeks</a> before recovering slightly. <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/eth-usd">Ether</a> touched a two-week low.Powell in his testimony <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/jerome-powell-cryptocurrencies-cbdc-stablecoins-digital-currency-testimony-2021-7">challenged</a> the need for cryptocurrencies if the central bank were to issue its own digital currency."You wouldn't need stablecoins, you wouldn't need cryptocurrencies, if you had a digital US currency," the Fed chief said.Oil prices slid after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reached a compromise allowing the latter to boost its output, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-prices-slip-drop-chinese-crude-imports-rings-alarm-bells-demand-2021-07-14/">Reuters</a> reported.<a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price?type=wti?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestm=ingest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West Texas Intermediate crude</a> slipped 3.20%, to $72.84 oil per barrel. <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestce=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brent crude</a>, oil's international benchmark, fell 2.56%, to $74.53 barrel.<a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/gold-price?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestm=ingest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gold</a> edged higher for the second straight session, rising 1.08% to $1,825.56 per ounce.<a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/lumber-price?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestm=ingest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lumber</a> <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/news/lumber-price-today-outlook-august-analyst-commodities-prices-2021-7">continued its five-day slide</a> to at $642 per thousand board feet.

US stocks trade mixed as Powell reiterates in testimony that inflation will pass

Mumbai, Jan 23 () Karnataka Milk Federation on Thursday said it is aiming to invest Rs 100 crore per annum over the next five years to take its sales to Rs 25,000 crore from Rs 15,000 crore in 2018-19.
 The investments will be made in Karnataka and outside in both greenfield and brownfield expansion activities, an official statement said.
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Karnataka Milk Federation targets Rs 25,000 cr sales in 5 years

Indian <keyword id="34523" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="fmcg">FMCG</keyword> brands are giving a tough time to foreign brands. While much hullabaloo is about Yoga guru <keyword id="6369109" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ramdev">Ramdev</keyword>’s Patanjali, <keyword id="26280" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="amul">Amul</keyword> is all set to give a tough time to <keyword id="6365619" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Hindustan-UniLever">Hindustan Unilever</keyword> now. Amul, marketed by the <keyword id="110794" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gujarat-Co-operative-Milk-Marketing-Federation">Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation</keyword>, plans to zoom ahead Hindustan <keyword id="45009" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Unilever">Unilever</keyword> as the country’s largest FMCG firm over next two years. As GCMMF is growing at a CAGR of 19% for last seven years and confident to continue such high pace of growth Amul’s managing director RS Sodhi expressed the positivity, while talking to The Economic Times. GCMMF touched Rs 27,000 crore sales in 2016-17, while Hindustan Unilever had touched Rs 31,987 crore revenue in 2015-16. Hindustan Unilever is yet to declare its result for last fiscal, according to the ET. "Around 13-14% of our growth will come from milk procurement expansion and 6-7% from the average price hike. We are expanding milk procurement outside <keyword id="6354766" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gujarat">Gujarat</keyword> in states like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, West Bengal and Maharashtra," Sodhi told the financial daily.

This Indian brand will overtake FMCG king Hindustan Unilever by 2018-19

An <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=amul">Amul</a> advertisement showing a girl changing her playing habits to adapt with her kid brother has drawn flak from all quarters. 
 
daCunha Communications, which makes outdoor <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=advertisements">ads</a> for <keyword id="6531735" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gujarat-Cooperative-Milk-Marketing-Federation">Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation</keyword>'s (GCMMF's) Amul brand, is facing ire on social media as the film is being considered <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=sexist">sexist</a> and regressive. 
 
Amul fifth digital film-‘Har Ghar Amul Ghar’-went live on September 19 and ever since is attracting criticism. 
 
However, GCMMF has denied allegations of the film promoting gender bias. 
 
So much so was the anger that Sanjay Tripathy, senior executive vice president and head of marketing, product, analytics, digital and ecommerce at HDFC Life, tagged Jayen Mehta, general manager for planning and marketing at GCMMF, on Facebook and wrote: "Stop this ad." 
 
People also gave negative comments to the ad on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=youtube">YouTube</a>. 
 
The digital film shows a little girl decorating a room with dolls and she places a Barbie doll and Winnie-the-Pooh soft toy inside a baby cot. Enters the father with a newborn baby. He places the baby in the crib and replaces the Winnie and the Barbie with a Spiderman toy saying, "Bhai isse thodi na khelega?" 
 
The father talks to the little girl who seems visibly upset as her efforts to greet the baby went futile. 
 
Finally, when the girl says that she is disappointed as her baby brother won't be playing with her "dolls", the father starts teaching her to play cricket so that she can play with her brother. 
 
Experts say the ad was irresponsible and was not progressive. 
 
Prasad Challapalli, senior VP and head of iContract (part of Contract Advertising), wrote on Facebook: "The father rebuking the girl in the beginning was totally unnecessary. And insensitive in today's day and age of #BoyBrowsing -when girls get to decide what they want to do. End of the day, it does nothing for the brand except generate backlash." 
 
 
 
 
(Image/Video: Indiatimes/YouTube)

This Amul ad is going viral for all the wrong reasons

India’s top dairy product brand Amul is planning to triple its cheese output for which it is planning to invest Rs 600 crore in a Greenfield cheese plant, Palanpur, Gujarat. 
 "We want to reach out to hotels and restaurants where we see serious growth in our revenues," <keyword id="110794" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gujarat-Co-operative-Milk-Marketing-Federation">Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation</keyword>’s (GCMMF) Managing Director RS Sodhi told Economic Times, adding “most of the HoReCa (hotel/restaurant/cafe) industry is dependent on local brands for cheese. 
 
For starters, the plant will produce mozzarella and processed cheddar cheese. Amul, which is owned by GCMMF, is planning to increase its share in the Indian cheese market from current 65%. 
 
Amul’s value added products like butter, curd, ice-cream and milk-based beverages have seen impressive growth over the past few years. Amul butter holds 90% share in the Indian market while its fresh milk share is 40%-45%. 
 
 
Sodhi said that the brand would continue to focus on the domestic dairy products market, which is swelling with each passing day. 
 
The GCMMF had posted annual turnover of Rs 20,730 for the last fiscal ended March which was up 14% from the previous year’s Rs 18,143 crore.

Know what Amul is spending Rs 600 crore in India on

People sitting comfortably in their homes in cities across the country have the luxury of ordering food at the touch of button. From fresh milk to fruit juices, from different cuisines to gourmet cooking ingredients, you name it, you can have it. High disposable incomes and exposure to a plethora of choices makes us city-dwellers oblivious to challenges that those in remote India face. Many remote areas of the country do not have the privilege of getting fresh high quality liquid food, especially milk, all year around and depend on either preserved or powdered versions to meet their daily needs. Here's where packaging and processing solutions-providers like <keyword id="194619" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="tetra-pak">Tetra Pak</keyword> come in, making everyday life easier for people who face scarcity of resources. In the past thirty years of its operations in India, the company spent the first ten years seeding the market, building awareness about the merits of their UHT technology and aseptic packaging and building their own capacity to cater to a market as large and diverse as India. In the years that followed they worked with other F&amp;B brands to make food safe and available everywhere, co-creating and conceptualizing products with customers to suit evolving market needs. Since then, aseptic technology - which Tetra Pak pioneered globally over fifty years back - has proven to be a solution to reduce food losses the world over and in transport, in addition to keeping food safe which is why it is so relevant for India where our food processing sector continues to face widespread and perennial wastage of food. This aseptic technology has enabled the penetration of safe foods into the remotest parts of the country. 
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 The <keyword id="6354416" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-army">Indian Army</keyword> story Even though India is a milk-surplus country, it is ironic that a large part of the country still has no access to fresh milk. The North-east is one of the hardest to reach areas in the country and has relied on powder milk for years. For years, mothers have missed giving their children the necessary nutrition for lack of access to fresh milk. Most of us cannot imagine a childhood without our mothers chasing us with a glass of milk twice a day. But this one-stop nutrition has been elusive for a large part of the country. For our jawans posted in the farthest-reaching areas like <keyword id="6354495" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="kashmir">Kashmir</keyword> or <keyword id="48118" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sikkim">Sikkim</keyword>, lack of access to fresh milk is just another challenge on a list of many others. Spending months facing extreme weather conditions, even cut off from civilization, while defending our borders, the Indian Army has also had to traditionally rely on powder milk. Tetra Pak’s UHT technology and aseptic packaging technology has changed this over the years and given access to fresh milk by eliminating the need for a cold chain during distribution. The Indian Army today consumes over 1 lakh litres of UHT milk every day provided by several different organizations like Amul, <keyword id="53954" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="karnataka-milk-federation">Karnataka Milk Federation</keyword> and is one of the biggest customers for these milk producers. For many years, it was impossible to transport milk to these remote locations because of milk being a perishable product, and the high costs and infrastructure needed to build a complete cold chain for distributing the milk. Mr. R. S. Sodhi, Managing Director, <keyword id="5899354" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="gcmmf-amul">GCMMF-Amul</keyword> says, “When we proposed Tetra Pak’s UHT milk cartons to the <keyword id="44299" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="india-army">India Army</keyword>, they readily accepted it. At the very remote locations where it was impossible to get milk, fresh milk is now available. Soldiers feel at home when they drink UHT milk.” Today, UHT and Aseptic technology together are making sure that the Indian Army gets the nutrition they need. Holding on in high seas The challenge of food access is not limited to just the mountains, but also the seas and their coast. In <keyword id="6355466" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="south-india">South India</keyword>, the large coastline is dotted by thousands of fishermen who are dependent on the sea for earning their daily living. As they are off to the sea for days on end it is difficult for them to carry huge packets of milk or food for survival. This is one of the need gaps that was identified by the Karnataka Milk Federation and inspired them to introduce 100 ml <keyword id="5899355" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="tetra-fino-aseptic">Tetra Fino Aseptic</keyword> packages that the fishermen can now carry on their boats and get much-needed nutrition and refreshment. The convenient 100 ml and 200 ml packets are also perfect for families that have low milk requirements and ensure freshness for people who can’t afford to refrigerate milk. One such group of consumers is migrant laborers. These laborers move to temporary labor camps near construction sites for short periods of time with a few essentials that will help them survive for that period. Sometimes a handful of utensils and a few clothes is all they carry with them. No question of refrigeration or storage facilities, and little money to spare. For this group, the Tetra Fino Aseptic is a blessing. The milk package available for INR 10, 20 is a shared asset, with 2 or more people pooling together money to buy a pack and share a few cups of tea. No need for refrigeration also means that they can carry the packs with them to their work site and consume the milk as convenient. As <keyword id="153986" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rakesh-Singh">Rakesh Singh</keyword>, Managing Director, Karnataka Milk Federation puts it, “The Tetra Fino Aseptic has addressed two issues- where the milk requirement is only for 100 or 200 ml, the consumer need not go for larger packs, and secondly, quality is assured. After all, everyone needs milk, India needs milk and our effort is to take safe milk to every household of this <a name="_GoBack"></a>country”.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="14510806" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="food-banks" source="Orion">Food banks</keyword> are experiencing increased demand and long lines as <keyword id="11894140" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="inflation" source="Orion">inflation</keyword> raises the cost of <keyword id="11971066" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="groceries" source="Orion">groceries</keyword>.</li><li>A food bank CEO says the end of the <keyword id="11964084" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="child-tax-credit" source="Orion">child tax credit</keyword>, pandemic <keyword id="11898806" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="unemployment" source="Orion">unemployment</keyword> benefits, and <keyword id="11922603" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="stimulus" source="Orion">stimulus</keyword> are also responsible. </li></ul>Melvin Adkins' family has been using a food pantry in Kent County, Maryland, since the 77-year-old retired a few years ago."Food prices going up have impacted everything," Adkins told Insider."You used to be able to get a package of meat for cheap and now it costs you two dollars more, so you have to cut back."Grocery inflation is currently at its <a href="http://businessinsider.com/how-inflation-is-changing-grocery-shopping-coupons-sales-frozen-foods-2022-6">highest point since 1979,</a> while prices for essentials like <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-is-inflation-high-causes-gas-price-outlook-forecast-2022-7">gas</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rents-may-come-off-the-boil-asking-prices-exceeding-affordability-2022-6">rent</a> are also on the rise. Prices for food at home, a category that includes groceries, have risen 11.9% in May year-over-year, according to the Consumer Price Index. Milk and dairy prices have gone up even more, with meat and fish up 14.2% and eggs up 32.2% over May 2021.Many people are joining Adkins in using their local food banks regularly. Paco Vélez, president and CEO of Feeding South Florida, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/apm-marketplace-morning-report-first-cast-42100/episode/inflation-is-bringing-people-back-to-the-food-banks-204972272">told</a> Marketplace's Samantha Fields that more people are attending his food bank than at the start of the pandemic, when many low-income households <a href="https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/household-pulse-survey/datasets.html">became unemployed</a>. In early 2020, he said that the number of visitors they received more than doubled to more than 1.5 million. "As people started getting back to work, that number started to decrease and stabilize," he said, saying that their regular number of visitors is over a million again. "But then they got hit again, this time with inflation." Even though employment numbers are back up, many people are worse off now because the government is no longer providing the cushion it did in 2020 and 2021: namely, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/75-million-workers-will-lose-all-unemployment-benefits-in-september-2021-8">expanded unemployment benefits</a>, a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/families-affected-child-tax-credit-payments-stopped-2022-3">monthly child tax credit</a>, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stimulus-check-timeline-white-house-relief-end-march-large-number-2021-3">stimulus checks</a>. "All of that helped keep the worst of the COVID-era hunger at bay," Alison O'Toole, CEO of Second Harvest Heartland, a food bank in Minnesota, told Marketplace, adding that spiking inflation means food insecurity has increased again. "We're living through the hungriest summer in recent history." <h2>People are getting higher wages, but it's not enough to combat rising food prices </h2>Although wages have been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/workers-made-even-more-money-in-march-labor-shortage-2022-4">rising</a> over the past two years as workers have negotiated their way to higher salaries, only a<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inflation-wage-growth-outlook-real-wages-april-cpi-labor-shortage-2022-5"> handful</a> of them have managed to secure paychecks that outpace <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inflation-cpi-price-growth-june-2022-7">record-high inflation</a>, which hit a<a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/us-cpi-preview-inflation-likely-to-climb-to-new-40-year-high-1031584132"> 40-year peak</a> in June. This means Americans are getting less bang for their buck — even less than they were at the beginning of the pandemic. Americans saw high savings at the start of the pandemic, largely due to stimulus checks from the federal government. Moody's Analytics <a href="https://www.moodysanalytics.com/-/media/article/2022/weekly-market-outlook-worst-of-us-inflation-may-be-behind-us.pdf">estimated</a> that households built up an extra cash cushion totaling $2.6 trillion from the beginning of the pandemic through the end of 2021. But the last stimulus was in March of last year, and other government fiscal aid has ceased as well. Unemployment funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) ended last September, which the left-leaning Century Foundation <a href="https://tcf.org/content/report/7-5-million-workers-face-devastating-unemployment-benefits-cliff-labor-day/?session=1">estimated</a> to impact 7.5 million workers. And in January, Child Tax Credits payments stopped due to lack of bipartisan support for President Biden's Build Back Better Act. For six months, parents all over the US had received advanced child tax credit monthly payments of $250 to $300 per child via direct deposit. 3.7 million children slipped into poverty after the payments ended, according to a <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic1.squarespace.com%2Fstatic%2F610831a16c95260dbd68934a%2Ft%2F620ec869096c78179c7c4d3c%2F1645135978087%2FMonthly-poverty-January-CPSP-2022.pdf">study</a> from Columbia University researchers.The end of those income streams — as well as historic inflation — means that people are going hungry. "It's really impossible to get by now without some help," Tomasina John, a visitor at St. Mary's Food Bank in Phoenix, Arizona, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hungerfoodbanksinflation-4fd5d6fb5879eaecc3000fe2b73df006">told</a> the Associated Press'Anita Snow and Eugene Garcia last week. "The prices are way too high."

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A record number of Americans hold two full-time jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. </li><li>One <keyword id="11893181" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="amazon" source="Orion">Amazon</keyword> worker took on a second job so he could afford the rising cost of gas. </li></ul>A typical '<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dolly-parton-super-bowl-commercial-for-squarespace-9-to-5-2021-2">9 to 5</a>' is gradually becoming less of a reality for many Americans. That's because more of them have to take on a second full-time job than they did in the past. While fewer workers overall have multiple jobs than before the pandemic, more of them hold two full-time positions now than at any other point, at least since the Bureau of Labor Statistics' began collecting this data in 1994. The BLS defines a full time position as more than 35 hours per week at one job, so that's at least 70 hours for the workers in question. 426,000 Americans worked that much in June, compared to 308,000 in February 2020, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank's <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU02026631">analysis</a> of BLS data. <keyword id="11894140" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="inflation" source="Orion">Inflation</keyword> isn't helping. Although <keyword id="6356975" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wages" source="Orion">wages</keyword> have been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/workers-made-even-more-money-in-march-labor-shortage-2022-4">rising</a> over the past two years as workers have negotiated their way to higher salaries, only a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inflation-wage-growth-outlook-real-wages-april-cpi-labor-shortage-2022-5">handful</a> of them have managed to secure paychecks that outpace <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inflation-cpi-price-growth-june-2022-7">record-high inflation</a>, which hit a <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/us-cpi-preview-inflation-likely-to-climb-to-new-40-year-high-1031584132">40-year peak</a> in June. Inflation is starting to cool down, but as the BLS data shows, it's not fast enough to keep Americans from taking on extra <keyword id="11894931" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="employment" source="Orion">employment</keyword>. One such worker is Albert Elliott, an Amazon warehouse worker in Raleigh, North Carolina, who recently started a second job as a janitor at a community college. Gas prices become <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-is-inflation-high-causes-gas-price-outlook-forecast-2022-7">prohibitively expensive</a> for many with surging inflation, and Elliott <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/07/17/inflation-wages-extra-jobs/">told</a> The Washington Post's Lauren Kaori Gurley that it's why he had to take on the extra gig. "Gas is just through the roof. Unless it's payday, I put in all the money I have at the time, sometimes borrowing money from family and friends," he told the Post. "I began to realize that what I was making at Amazon was not enough to pay for gas. My biggest concern is not being able to get to work to make any money. You have to pretty much rob Peter to pay Paul."Gas prices aren't the only essential cost that have forced people to look for extra employment. Grocery inflation is at its <a href="http://businessinsider.com/how-inflation-is-changing-grocery-shopping-coupons-sales-frozen-foods-2022-6">highest point since 1979</a>. Prices for food at home, a category that includes groceries, have risen 11.9% in May year-over-year, according to the Consumer Price Index. Milk and dairy prices have gone up even more, with meat and fish up 14.2% and eggs up 32.2% over May 2021."There are people who want multiple jobs to make more money, and they find that opportunity when the labor market is stronger," Nick Bunker, director of economic research at Indeed's Hiring Lab, told The Washington Post. "But I would say for many people, the urgency of finding more income or a second job or third job has intensified with inflation."Low-wage earners are <a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/swa-2020-employment-report/">more likely to work in industries</a> that require them to be at the job in person. For workers like Elliott, that doesn't leave them a lot of alternatives for how much they can spend on gas. "I put $25 in my tank on Monday. That didn't last long. This morning, I had to put another $15 bucks in my tank," Elliott said. "That got me to work today. I probably have to put in another $20 to make it home tomorrow. I'm in Raleigh now at Amazon. When I leave, I have to go my part-time cleaning job."

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