COLD STORAGE

Group 4

FACTS AND FIGURES

70% of Indian Population is engaged in activities connected to agriculture

Output amounts to 40% of the National Income. The country is producing in excess of 60 million tonnes of fruits and vegetables per annum.

Contd..
Perishable in nature; certain requirements Lack of proper facilities During the peak harvesting season, excess produce gets wasted Artificial scarcity

Commodities requiring cold storage

Fruits Apples, Mangoes, Grapes, Oranges, Bananas, Papaya, Pomegranate, Litchi,

Vegetables

Potato, Onion, Tomato, Cabbage, Cauliflower. Peas, Okra (Lady Finger), Garlic, Ginger, Brinjal (Egg Plant), Green Chilies Dry Fruits, Fruit Juices, Chemicals, Dairy Products, Ice Creams, Frozen meat, Sea foods like Shrimps, fish etc and eggs.

Other important Food items are

Commodity-wi

di trib tion of old stor ge p ity Units 2012 198 360 30 272 101 Capacity 92.82 1.07 0.73 0.15 0.68 0.36
p ity in lakh tonnes)

Commodity Potatoes Fruits and veg Fish Meat Milk and dairy products Others

(Units nd

Nuan es of old storage

Two segments Lack of 3 key links of cold chain Colossal wastage of items of which India is the largest producer 1/3 of 180 million tonnes of fruits and vegetables is wasted.

Weakest Link
Vegetables Milk Fish Cattle

BAKERS CIRCLE

Bakers ir le
Started by Dev Lall in 2001. Frozen snacks Requirement of vehicles with cooling capacity of 20 degree Celsius. Route: Kashipur to Hyderabad in 15 days

Bakers ir le
Possession of 7- leased refrigerated vehicles with minimum guarantee Transit time efficiency of 96 hours Absence of infrastructure to store items for a long time efficiently Value of post harvest wastage estimated at Rs. 45000 crore

MJ LOGISTICS

M.J. Logistics
According to the M.D. Rs. 85 crore invested in the facility since inception. Revenue earned on pay per use basis Created 25000 tonnes of capacity for cold storage and distribution Funded by Eredene capital house U.K.

Game plan-Become a part of players supply chain

SNOWMAN FROZEN FOODS

Snowman Frozen Foods

Functions at 110% capacity Joint venture between Gateway Distriparks of India, Mitsubishi Corp, Nichirei Logistics group & Mitsubishi logistics Corp of Japan. Claims to be a pan India distribution system

Cold stores at 22 locations with 150 refrigerated trucks Plan to invest Rs. 20 crore by March 2011 for warehouses