Kitchen Express Overseas Limited

http://www.kxol.in/

Location: Sola, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Financials: For the year 2011-12

 Business turnover of Rs 108 crores, profit after tax Rs 3.03 crores

 The company has taken loan from 6 parties, amounting to a maximum of Rs 10.72
crores, and the year-end balance of loans was Rs 6 crores
 The disputed statutory dues aggregating Rs 41 lakhs for income tax of the year 2006-07
and 2008-09 has not been deposited on account of disputed matter pending before
appropriate authorities

Product Range:

 Brand Name: Kitchen Xpress

 Domestic market – Red chilli, Turmeric powder, Coriander powder, Coriander-cumin
powder
 International market – USA, Canada, UK, Switzerland, Gulf countries, Malaysia, Australia
and New Zealand
o Spices (around 25 different spices),
o Blended masala (13 varieties) – meat masala, pani puri, chicken curry, chat
masala etc
o Groceries (more than 80 items) – Chana, Soya, Corn, Potato wafers etc
o Pulses (25 varieties)
o Flour (13 varieties) – idli floor, dhokla floor, kala chana floor etc
o Instant mix (18 varieties) – Idli, upma, dosa, dhokla, jalebi etc
o Pickles – Hot pickles ( 8 varieties), Spacail Pickle (8 varieties), Sweet Pickle (5
varieties), South Indian Pickle (9 varieties)
o Pastes – Basic pastes (8 varieties), Curry pastes (7 varieties), chutney (4 varieties)
o Namkeen (around 40 varieties)
o Papad – Rice papad (6 types), Urad papad (7 types), Moong papad (1 type)
o Others (12 items) – agarbatti, brooms, gulal, sindoor etc
 Other lines of business – Silver Apple (catering division), Souq Bristo & Grill (Bon
Vivant’s Venture)

Manufacturing facilities:

 Located at Sola, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

  Facilities –
o Fumigation Unit – Pre-processing fumigation, post-processing fumigation
o Cleaning Plant – Seep Spice Cleaning Plant, De-stoner, Gravity Separator, Sortex
machine
o Grinding Plant – Chilli grinding, Turmeric grinding, coriander-cumin grinding,
floor mill (rice, wheat, pulses, legume)
o Sterilization unit – ETO Sterilization, Steam sterilization
o Packing unit – Automatic packing unit, Vacuum packing, metal detector

Certifications:

 ISO 22000:2009
 BRC certified – British Retail Consortium (BRC)