 sweets.
"This is an attempt to offer something topical and in tune with the country's culture," Dev Amritesh, COO, Dunkin' Donuts India, told IANS.
Doughnuts, the sweet rings of dough said to have originated in the US, are usually topped with chocolate and colourful sprinklers.
But US-based Dunkin' Donuts, which opened shop in India only earlier this year, has introduced motichoor surprise, kesar pista delight, petal jamun, nuts n stars and coconut burst for the Diwali season.
The petal jamun is a flower-shaped doughnut topped with mango-flavoured icing and a small gulab jamun in the middle, while the coconut burst has a juicy rasgulla in the middle.
"The response is very positive," said Amritesh. "It is a good idea for corporate gifting, and we are getting orders of 100 to 300 packs. It has struck a chord with youth as well, as they like to try something new."
Kaveri Singh, a young college-goer says her grandparents haven't ever tried a doughnut. But she feels she can now tempt them into eating them with the kesar pista delight.
"It's a flavour they have enjoyed with kulfi for years; so I am guessing they might take a liking to doughnuts with this. And it's just something new, different from the usual barfis and laddoos," said Singh.
Choko la has launched chocolate crackers!
"The idea is to spread festivity and stay true to the essence of Diwali," Ravi Pahuja, COO of Choko la, told IANS.
Apart from the usual Diwali gift packs, his brand has launched limited edition mock firecracker-themed chocolates packaged in retro-styled boxes.
Choose from choko sparkles - edible chocolate sparklers made with pretzel sticks and dark chocolate; choko blast - dark chocolate fudge dunked dark chocolate; rocket rose - dark chocolate roses; and choko anaar - traditional Indian shape of flowerpot filled with rice crispies moulded in dark chocolates.
"The decision was to create something classic and take inspiration from boxes of firecrackers, found in the streets of India. These chocolates are our way of celebrating Diwali without really lighting firecrackers, it's a fun and festive twist to Diwali," said Pahuja.
Premium ice-cream brand Haagen-Dazs' festive delights include vanilla, chocolate or macadamia nut ice creams inspired by Indian barfi, and gulab jamun-inspired Belgian chocolate ice cream.
The makers describe it as contemporary and creative transformation of the traditional mithai.
For health conscious consumers, there are Red Mango's pistachio-flavoured yogurt and Yogurberry's fresh fruit yogurts such as honey and pistachio, strawberry and banana and special nut mix. You could add fresh fruit toppings and dry fruit toppings to create your own twist.
"This festive season we urge our customers to refrain from heavy Indian sweets and opt for healthier options while still indulging in your sweet tooth," said Ameer Husain of Yogurberry.
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Great blog, thanks for the shareFrightening Journeys is closing up shop…
In case you are wondering, Frightening Journeys is a group blog I’ve been part of along with authors, Sonya Clark, Nichole Bennett, and Nerine Dorman. After much discussion this past week, we’ve mutually decided to close down FJ. With all of us promoting new books, keeping up with deadlines and family obligations, it seems we have outgrown our group blog. But not to worry, I’ll still be posting here as always. My blogging friends will be continuing on their websites.
Anyway, I thought I would repost some of my favorite blogs from FJ as a send off. While there won’t be any new material posted to FJ, we plan to leave the blog up so other writers may benefit from the information there.
So watch out for the posts. First one follows this one.
BrynnaFCA will not take against firms that do not produce RTS 27 reports for the rest of 2021 and will run a consultation on permanently abolishing the reporting requirement.
The UK’s financial regulator has temporarily paused requirements for firms to provide details on execution quality with RTS 27 reports shortly after the EU confirmed similar plans.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirmed in a statement that firms no longer need to produce RTS 27 best execution reports post-Brexit as data within them could be misleading.
It added that the next set of reports would be based on not up-to-date, pre-Brexit data that is of little use to market participants.
The FCA is now in the process of preparing a consultation that will consider future requirements for firms to produce the reports and expects a decision to be made by the end of this year.
“We are currently preparing a consultation looking at the RTS 27 reporting obligation, with a view to abolishing it, given concerns that have been expressed around the value these reports bring to the market and to consumers, and the burdens involved in producing them,” said the FCA.
Studies and surveys have found that generally, market participants find RTS 27 reporting requirements on execution quality time consuming and difficult to produce. One study in late 2018 found that more than half of firms were not producing RTS 27 reports despite having a legal obligation to do so.
