Krispy Kreme In India

Krispy  Kreme  is  a world major  donut  supplier  for its retail  shops and bakeries . In recent development  Krispy Kreme has  tied up with  Indian partner Bedrock  Food  Company  for its  launch in  major cities.

Indians with  majority population under the age group of 25 - 30 years and boom in earnings  are now open to experiment different foods , the prime example being mushrooming  pizza corners in every part of the country .Doughnuts could be next hot thing for Indian palate .Donuts  are  ring shaped snack glazed with sugar and filled with cream. Favorites as office time snacks with coffee  in USA .

Already the USA major  Dunkin Donuts has opened its shops in the capital city of Delhi .Krispy Kreme partner
 

Bedrock Food Company  owns the franchise rights for  sandwich chain of  Subway  .Around 185 Subway restaurants are there in India

Krispy Kreme  has plan to open  35 outlets in North India in five years  . Krispy Kreme owns  about  700 stores world wide . Where as Dunkin Donuts have plans to  have around 80- 100 outlets across country  for coming five years .

Other local  competition comes  from  Donut Bakers , Mad Over Donuts ,SH Donut Empire and Donut Factory.

It would be interesting to see whether Donuts would be  as popular as  Pizza  in  near future .

Parameters For Sugar In Bakery

Sugar  is among  the major ingredients of  all  bakery products . Important parameters  which   bakers  should check  about the  sugar   are

Particle  size
extraneous matter 
color
moisture
sucrose
water insolubes
sulphated ash
heavy metals

preferably manufactured  by vacuum  pan process

Daily Production Report In Bakery

So you  are  handling bakery operations  then you need to have daily production report  first thing you look for on your desk . Now days  most the bakeries rely  on ERP  software which  collects all the vital information for daily production . Smaller  or  conventional  bakeries still  have report  presented  in  excel sheets from their executives

Here  are the important elements  which makes  a complete daily  bakery production  report

Production -  ( loaves / numbers/cbbs/ kgs / tonnes )
Mixings   - Number of mixings
Labour  - Numbers / labour hours/overtimes/ Labour efficiency
Fuel   -   Ltrs / unit of production
Electricity - Kwh Units 
Defective or wastages  - %
Dispatch or sales
Dividing  Weights
Packet  Weights
Quality  Index Score
Stocks - Opening and Closing for important raw material
Finished Good Stock
Available hours
Break downs  - %
Gaps  - In hours

Above are few important  elements of any bakery production report  .These could provide  the complete picture of operations and on which deviations and shortfalls  can be discussed and means to achieve the target production in bakeries .

Softwares like SAP  and Oracle  helps in getting information on  mouse click .