Monginis

Monginis Foods Pvt. Ltd.

Company type	Private company
Industry	Bakery, Cakery, Food Processing
Founded	1958; 67 years ago (1958)
Founder	Hussein Khorakiwala
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra , India[1]
Number of locations	1000+ stores (2019)
Area served	India Egypt
Key people	Zoher H. Khorakiwala (Chairman), Kumail H. Khorakiwala (Managing Director), Idris H. Khorakiwala (Managing Director), Quriash H. Khorakiwala (Managing Director), Qusai Z. Khorakiwala (Managing Director), Ebrahim Z. Khorakiwala (Managing Director), Aliasger K. Khorakiwala (Managing Director), Murtaza Q. Khorakiwala (Managing Director).
Products	Cakes, Pastry, Chocolate, Savories, Confectioneries
Number of employees	1500+
Subsidiaries	Delicia Foods
Website	monginis.net (India) monginisbakery.com (Egypt)

A Monginis cake shop in Mumbai

Monginis is an Indian multinational pastry and bakery chain based in Mumbai with outlets in different cities in India and Egypt.

History

Early in the 20th century, two Italian brothers ran a catering service in Mumbai's Fort precinct, which was popular with the city's European residents. In 1958, Monginis catering was taken over by the Khorakiwala family, and became Monginis Foods Private Limited.^[2] In 1971, the company adopted the franchise model of business, with a stated emphasis on localized production for local tastes. It also models itself on the "food boutique" concept, focusing on quality, presentation and service. It has thereby expanded its brand and reach across the country with a total worth of about 950 million rupees by 2012.^[3]

Products

Monginis sells ready-made as well as order-made cakes for catering or carry-out. Individual cake slices are also kept in Monginis stores for dine-in customers. The chain sells both Indian and Western savouries, including samosas, puffs, cutlets and doughnuts. Apart from these, snack foods and breads are also sold at Monginis shops. Monginis has a product line for diabetics, and offers themed products during festivals. The Egyptian brand has called itself Monginis bakery producing chocolates, cakes, pastries and oriental sweets. Fast food snacks include more than 50 items.^[4] Monginis also produce more than 30 different gateaux.

Availability

Monginis also provides accessorized carry-out catering, with telephone and internet ordering options. It counts 1000+ exclusive franchises in total,^[5] and at least one production center each, in 38 cities.^[6] Besides Mumbai the company is present in Ambernath, Raipur, Patna, Dapoli, Chiplun Ahmedabad, Patan, Himatnagar, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Bhadrak, Bhiwandi, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Delhi, Deoria, Goa, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Kurnool, Nashik, Pune, Junagadh, Palanpur, Rajkot, Secunderabad, Siwan, Surat and Vadodara. It is also present in most cities in Egypt such as Alexandria, Cairo, Suez and Mansoura in Egypt.

Products

Monginis make various products, cakes, are listed below:^[7]

• Cakes
• Pastries
• Chocolates
• Packaged items like Muffins, Cake Bars, Swiss rolls and Brownies
• Confectioneries like Cookies and Biscotti

See also

• List of bakery cafés

References

1. "Retail-Trends :: New-Concepts – Retailing in Bakery: Yet to Get Brownie Points!". Retail.franchiseindia.com. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
2. India (22 February 1999). "M/s.Monginis Foods Pvt.Ltd". Gmdu.net. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
3. "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Monginis man". domain-b.com. 12 July 1999. Retrieved 16 July 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "Monginis Packs A Slew Of Initiatives This Summer To Push Brand Visibility". Financialexpress.com. 22 April 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
5. Sachin Marya. "Monginis seeks franchisees – Franchise News". News.franchiseindia.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
6. "contact us". Monginis.net. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
7. "Monginis menu". Archived from the original on 30 December 2020.