By: Eastern Eye Staff
Marking its foray into the potato segment, dairy major Amul is set to launch a range of potato products, including French Fries and aloo tikkis, in the second week of October. A senior official with the cooperative said that after milk, potatoes will be the first non-milk commodity that Amul will procure directly from farmers. Amul will start by directly procuring about one lakh potatoes from close to 2,000 farmers in Deesa and surrounding areas. “Initially, we will produce 50,000 metric tonne of various potato products. We have hired a processing facility at Mehsana,” RS Sodhi, managing director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets milk and milk products…
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