Natural Ice Cream

Natural Ice Cream

The Natural Ice Cream logo
Product type Ice cream
Owner Kamaths Ourtimes Ice Creams Pvt. Ltd.
Produced by Kamaths Ourtimes Ice Creams
Country India
Introduced 1984
Markets India
Tagline "Ice Cream of Juhu Scheme"
Website naturalicecreams.in

Natural Ice Cream is an ice cream brand owned by Mumbai-based Kamaths Ourtimes Ice Creams Pvt. Ltd.[1] It was founded by Raghunandan S Kamath who opened its first store at Juhu, Vile Parle (Mumbai) in 1984.[2][3][4] The company manufactures under Kamaths Ourtimes and retail operations under its subsidiary company Kamaths Natural Retail Pvt. Ltd. Kamaths Ourtimes is an ISO 22000:2005 certified company.[5]

Market

The chain currently has 120 doors across India, with 5 stores under direct control and the rest as franchised locations. The stores are present in key cities of Maharashtra,[6] Karnataka,[7] Goa,[7] Telangana,[8] Kerala,[9] Gujarat,[10] Madhya Pradesh,[11] Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan[7] and Delhi NCR Region.[12] In the fiscal year 2014–2015, with a total retail area of 60,000 sq. ft, the chain's annual retail turnover crossed Rs. 115 crores.[13]

Production and trade

The brand's only production facility is situated in Charkop, a suburb of Kandivali in Mumbai, India.[3] The company supplies to its own stores everyday, which is unique in the Indian ice cream industry.[6] The company spends less than 1% of its sales revenues on advertising, relying instead upon brand recognition and word of mouth to attain revenues.[7]

Products

Starting with around 10 flavours, today Natural Ice Cream has 125 flavour options, of which 20 are offered throughout the year. The set of flavours change according to seasons. Some of the seasonal flavors include litchi, fig, jackfruit and watermelon.[14] A custard apple flavor is also purveyed by the brand.[14]

Awards and recognition

In 2006, the brand received Corporation Bank's National SME's Excellence Award in the Food and Agro Industry.[15] In February 2009, a Natural Ice Cream store located in the Juhu Ville Parle Development scheme placed in the Limca Book of Records for the largest ice cream slab, which weighed 3,000 kilograms.[16] The brand was awarded as Best in Customer Service - Regional Retailer Of the Year in 2013.[17][18] In 2014 the brand received the gold medal for most innovative ice cream flavour (cucumber) in the Great Indian Ice Cream Contest.[19] In 2016, Natural Ice Cream was awarded for home grown concept in food service by Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards[20] and also received IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Chain of the Year in the Ice-cream & Dessert Parlours category.[21]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mumbai: Natural Ice Cream Eyes UAE, Southeast Asia Entry". Daijiworld Media. December 5, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "How Raghunandan Kamath made Natural Ice Cream a 50 crore business". The Economic Times. January 9, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Natural Ice Cream enters Delhi, to go national". Business Standard. October 15, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Aziz, Nuzhat (July 16, 2008). "Today: Passion fruit". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Natural Ice Creams". Naturalicecreams.in. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  6. 1 2 "The story behind Natural Ice Cream's success". Business Today. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Ice-cream company Natural to open its first store in Delhi by Diwali". The Economic Times. July 22, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Natural Ice Cream, Hyderabad". Zomato. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Natural, Kochi". Zomato. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Natural Ice Cream". Zomato. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Natural's". Zomato. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Natural ice cream eyes 100 outlets, opens first store in Delhi". News18. October 15, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  13. ↑ Suneera Tandon. "Natural to invest Rs50-75 crores to add 100 ice-cream parlours". Mint. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  14. 1 2 Nair, Roshni (February 1, 2015). "(Ice) cream of the crop". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  15. ↑ "National SMEs Excellence Awards. Naturalicecreams.in.
  16. ↑ "Natural Ice Cream Enters Limca Book of Records". Daijiworld Media. February 27, 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Retailer Customer Service Awards 2013". Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "Recognising the best in Customer Service". Indian Retailer. June 2013.
  19. ↑ "Here's the scoop on some exciting new ice-cream flavours". Mid Day. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  20. ↑ Indiaretailing Bureau (25 February 2016). "Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2016". Indiaretailing.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  21. ↑ "Awards". India Food Forum. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

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