Tasty Bite Eatables, established in 1985, is in the business of manufacturing and marketing ready-to-serve food and frozen vegetables. The company’s factory is located at Village Bhandgaon, Taluka Daund, Pune, Maharashtra. The company sells its products under brand name ‘Tasty Bite’. It also exports its products to Australia and the United States. The company’s factory is ISO9001-2000, HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point), and ISO14000 (environmental management) certified. Tasty Bites has exceptional retort pouches developed for the Apollo space programme. Tested to withstand extreme temperatures and heights from well below sea level to as high as the moon, this retort packaging has made Tasty Bites favourite with campers, mountain climbers, sailing expeditions and desert safaris.
Business area of the company
The company manufacture food for kitchens of all sizes. The company is in manufacturing prepared foods and food intermediates across shelf-stable, frozen and chilled food formats. With rigorous quality checks, it ensure that only the finest products reach its customers.
Products
The Tasty Bite range of ready-to-eat and easy-to-cook, all-natural products cover the gamut of Indian and Asian cuisines and include a vast selection of entrees, ready-to-cook sauces, and organic rice and whole-grain preparations.
Awards
2012: Debutante Supplier of the year by Pizza Hut
2013: Best Innovation Partner by KFC
2013: Crisis Like Collaboration by YUM
2017: SOFI Award for Tasty Bite Tikka Masala & Thai Green Curry
2017: Excellence Award by Taco Bell
2018: Most Dependable Partner By Jubilant FoodWorks
2019: India’s 25 Best Workplace in Manufacturing by GPTW
2019: True Partner by Taco Bell
Milestones
1985: Tasty Bite Eatables Limited incorporated as a Public Limited Company
1986: TBEL becomes pioneers of 'Retort' technology in India
1987: Initial Public Offering by TBEL
1987: 1st commercial production begins at TBEL Pune facility
1990: 5 SKUs of Tasty Bite RTS range launched in India
1993: TBEL referred to Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) owing to losses and net worth erosion
1995: 1st export consignment to Preferred Brands International Inc (PBI)
1998: PBFIPL becomes promoter & shareholder
2000: TBEL receives HACCP & ISO 2200 certification
2003: TBEL declared profitable
2005: TBEL receives the coveted C-TPAT certification
2006: Tasty Bite forays into foodservice business in India. Launches a new business vertical 'TFS' - Tasty Bite Foodservice
2006: TBEL certified for Kosher & Halal
2007: TBEL transitions to 'Briquettes' to fuel boilers, accounting to 70-80% of total enery consumption
2008: TBEL gets EMS OHSAS certified
2009: TBEL ranked among India's Top-50 Best Companies To Work For by GPTW
2009: First divident declared in history of TBEL
2010: State-of-the-art R&D facility - TBRC (Tasty Bite Research Centre) inaugrated at Pune
2010: TBEL ranked among India's Top-100 Best Companies To Work For by GPTW
2011: TBEL crosses INR 1 Billion mark in revenues
2011: TBEL Pune facility receives BRC certification
2012: TBEL ranked among India's Top-50 Best Companies To Work For by GPTW
2012: 'Debutante Supplier of the Year' award by Pizza Hut
2013: KFC names TBEL as the 'Best Innovative Partner'
2013: TBEL invests in state-of-the-art sauce technology to manufacture preservative-free ambient sauces
2014: TBEL begins its organic transformation journey with Tasty Bite Plain Rice
2014: TBEL utilizes wind energy to fuflfil 15-18% of total energy requirement
2015: Acquisition of TBEL by Kagome Co Ltd
2015: TBEL receives NPOP / NOP certification
2016: TBRC wins the Food Processing magazine 'R&D Team of the year' award
2017: TBEL's foodservice business (TFS) expands its horizons to international markets
2017: Tikka Masal & Thai Green Curry receive SOFI award
2017: TBEL commisisons a full-scale bio gas plant for energy conversion & waste management
2017: 'Excellence Award' by Taco Bell
2017: Acquisition of TBEL by Mars Incorporated
2018: 'Tasty Bite Foundation' gets Incorporated as the CSR arm of TBEL
2018: TBEL receives COR certification
2018: Jubilant FoodWorks recognizes TBEL as the 'Most Dependable Partner'
2019: TBEL's flagship RTE product'Madras Lentils' transitions to 'Organic'
2019: GPTW recognizes TBEL as India's 25 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing - 2019
2019: TBEL installs solar roof panels as a part of its UN Sustainable Goals commitment
2019: True Partner Award by Taco Bell
2019: GPTW ranks TBEL among India's 75 Best Workplaces for Women 2019
2020: TBEL launches 'Tasty Bite XCLUSIVE' with a range of specialty frozen snacks in India
2020: TBEL is ranked amongst the top-500 listed companies in India based on market capitalisation
2020: TBEL receives HALAL MU certification
2020: GPTW ranks TBEL among India's 100 Best Workplaces for Women - 2020
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