Nandini brings its milk, dairy products into Tamil Nadu to expand business

The 'Nandini' brand of dairy and dairy products, a well-known name in Karnataka, Sunday announced its foray into the Tamil Nadu market. It is a unit of the Bengaluru Co-operative Milk Union Ltd (BAMUL), a unit of Karnataka Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Ltd, which retails the 'Nandini' brand.

Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance, Managing Director Srinivas Acharya formally launched the 'Nandini' brand of products at a function here in the presence of BAMUL President, B G Anjanappa. BAMUL signed an agreement with RKR Dairy for co-packing and marketing milk and other products in Chennai and Tamil Nadu market, a press release said.

Currently, the milk and milk products are sold under the 'Nandini' brand through 1,954 retailers, 81 franchise outlets. It has 49 milk parlours and 330 distribution outlets in Karnataka. BAMUL recently commissioned its Rs 600 crore manufacturing unit in Karnataka to produce different types of cheese, yoghurts and other value-added products. The milk union procures milk in Bengaluru urban, rural and Ramanagara districts of Karnataka State and sells milk in Bengaluru.

BAMUL currently has 2,160 milk producers co-operative society in 3,217 villages in Karnataka, it added.

(With inputs from agencies.)