Entrepreneur India – July 2019

42 l ENTREPRENEUR l JULY 2019

Son

Rising

By Punita Sabharwal

TIMELINE

42 l ENTREPRENEUR l JULY 2019

1984

Chairman B.M. Seth

started GD Foods

1985

Launched the

first product Tops

Noodles

1990

Added pickles and

culinary sauces

1996

Introduced tomato

ketchup

1997

Launched fruit jams

and a manufacturing

plant in Neemrana

2001

Plant set up in Delhi,

Jahangirpuri

2003

Came up with instant

mixes, custards,

jellies and cake mixes

2010

Introduced

vermicelli, cornflakes

2013

Added cookies,

muffins and rusks

2014

Launched Khadur

Sahib Plant

2019

Announced an

investment of Rs 500

crore in a greenfield

sugar mill project

in Uttar Pradesh.

The plant will be

operational before

end of 2020.

How a scion

can take the

business from

Rs 25 crore to

Rs 300 crore is

a story of sheer

grit and passion.

Nitin Seth

reveals what’s

cooking at

GD Foods.