Indian manufacturer and retailer join forces to launch bakery products

India’s largest consumer products company Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and biggest retailer Future Group will co-develop and co-brand a line of bakery products that will be sold exclusively at Big Bazaar stores in the first instance of such a partnership in the country.

The bakery products will sport both Hindustan Unilever’s ‘Modern’ and Future Group’s ‘Freshly Baked’ brands on their packs and be rolled out in select Big Bazaar shops in Mumbai, an HUL spokesperson said to The Economic Times.

“This is co-branding of Modern Foods products with Future group in Future Retail stores,” the spokesperson said.

Though new in India, the concept is widespread in developed markets. The world’s biggest consumer products maker Procter & Gamble has worked with Tesco, the UK’s largest grocery store chain, to design Great British Flavours, a line of Pringles sold exclusively at Tesco stores. P&G has had similar tieups with Wal-Mart and Kroger in the US.