Big Bazaar woos shoppers in Udaipur

Each section at Big Bazaar caters to different shopping needs. There is apparel for all categories of people. In addition Big Bazaar has a photo shop-- an optician-- electronic and white goods-- stationery-- luggage-- car accessories and a lot more. What's more a Food Bazaar -- with an area of 14--000 sq ft is also a part of Big Bazaar. Food Bazaar offers products at wholesale rates below the MRP. To attract regular bazaar-goers-- a mandi has been created within the Big Bazaar where consumers could touch-- feel-- pick and choose products. This choice has been supplemented by the provision of packaged food for the westernized shoppers. Food Bazaar will stock an average of 12--000 items. These will include provisions-- vegetables fruits and fresh produce-- FMCG products-- bakery products-- basic staples-- cereals-- pulses-- cooking oils-- flour-- spices-- dry fruits-- health food-- baby food-- dairy products-- drinks-- beverages as well as ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook products. There are special purchase offers and discounts worked out with several leading brands exclusively for Food Bazaar customers making shopping at Food Bazaar highly affordable. Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited is today recognized as one of the pioneers in the business of organized retailing in the country and is expecting a turnover of Rs 400 crores in the current financial year ending June 2003. The company is headquartered in Mumbai with zonal offices in Kolkata-- Bangalore and Hyderabad. It has 3 retail models - Pantaloon-- Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar spread to 18 mega stores and 4.5 lakh sq.ft. across Kolkata-- Mumbai-- Thane-- Pune-- Hyderabad-- Bangalore-- Nagpur-- Ahmedabad and Kanpur.. Pantaloon is a lifestyle store. The group has also pioneered the hypermarket concept in India-- with its large discount store called Big Bazaar. Big Bazaar is present in Mumbai-- Hyderabad-- Bangalore and Kolkata. Food Bazaar-- the food retail outlet at Big Bazaar stocks an average of 11--000 SKU's. Special purchase offers and discounts make shopping at Food Bazaar highly affordable. Food Bazaar is adapted to the Indian environment with special provision for the Indian shoppers who like to touch and feel the products. Hence the mandi concept has been introduced in addition to the packaged foods for the westernized shoppers. Food Bazaar is also creating its own labels of tea-- salt-- oil etc.