New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- On Diwali, Aavin sold 114 tonnes of sweets worth Rs 6 crore in Chennai, and earned a profit of Rs 83.50 lakh. This was an increase of Rs 1.15 crore when compared to last year, according to a press release from Aavin.
In other panchayats/ block development, Aavin sold 186 tonnes of sweets, thus earning Rs 9 crore.
This year, Aavin had launched five varieties of special sweets - stuffed dry jamun (250 gm priced at Rs 190); nutty milk cake (250 gm; Rs 190); stuffed motipak (250 gm; Rs 170); kaju pista roll (250 gm; Rs 225) and flavoured milk barpi (250 gm; Rs 165). It also launched a combo pack consisting of all the five sweets (500 gm; Rs 375), besides ghee murukku (250 gm; Rs 100) according to the reports published in...