Vadilal

Vadilal House, Ahmedabad

Vadilal Gandhi started a soda fountain in 1907.[4] Initially he used to make ice cream in a "kothi" (a hand-cranked wood-bucket ice-cream maker)to churn milk with other ingredients, with ice and salt for cooling. In 1926, he imported ice-cream making machines from overseas.[5]

Vadilal offers a large range of ice creams in the country with multiple flavors and packs, across forms (cones, candies, bars, ice-lollies, small cups, big cups, family packs, and economy packs). In addition to a supermarket presence, Vadilal also has a retail presence through its chain of Happinnezz ice-cream parlour, which are run through a franchisee model. Since Vadilal started by catering to the people of Gujarat, all their products are vegetarian and do not use eggs.[6]

Vadilal entered the processed foods industry to optimise utilisation of its extensive cold chain network in the 1990s. It caters to the domestic and export markets with products such as frozen vegetables and ready to eat snacks, curries and breads, in addition to the traditional core ice cream business.

Vadilal Industries has two ice cream production facilities – one at Pundhra in Gandhinagar district, Gujarat and the other one at Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. It has a distribution network of 50,000 retailers, 250 SKUs (stock keeping units), 550 distributors, 32 CNF and 250 vehicles for delivery of goods.

• List of ice cream brands

• vadilalicecreams.com