{"id":1721,"date":"2013-03-03T19:23:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T13:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=1721"},"modified":"2013-03-04T14:17:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T08:47:58","slug":"foodhall-by-future-group-is-a-big-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/travel\/foodhall-by-future-group-is-a-big-fail","title":{"rendered":"Foodhall by Future Group is a Big Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a story in the current issue of The Crest on Foodhall and how it was going to make a difference, I trusted the story as it had no indications of being an advertorial. To put it mildly, my effort of going all the way was a waste. Foodhall is less user oriented than Le Marche at Vasant Vihar or the Auchan (SPAR) outlet at Pacific Mall. Here is a department by department review:<\/p>\n

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  1. Fruits 7\/10 – Prices higher than both Le Marche and Auchan but has more variety than both. Prices for some varieties of Apple higher by 40% than competing stores. Apples to apples, A Grade Granny Smith to A Grade Granny Smith. They do stock dragon fruit which Spar doesn’t.<\/li>\n
  2. Vegetables 8\/10 –\u00a0 Variety and choices are good.<\/li>\n
  3. Non vegetarian 2\/10 – Just cold cuts and packaged stuff, no fresh food at all. Very disappointing. Le Marche and Auchan both offer at least a dozen choices in fresh fish. Looks like a very halfhearted attempt more out of compulsion and less out of user requirements.<\/li>\n
  4. Bakery and eating options or to-go options – 4\/10 – very basic, has a vast scope for improvement.<\/li>\n
  5. Cheese 6\/10 – No Jacks not even Monterey or Pepper. No variety of Indian cottage cheese\/ paneer. No fresh mozzarella.<\/li>\n
  6. Oils 5\/10 – No top level brands available, very few variety. Rice-bran oil (any brand) and Figaro Olive Oil were both not available.<\/li>\n
  7. Spices 9\/10 – This is the only department which was to my expectations.<\/li>\n
  8. \u00a0Soups 2\/10 – A next door kiryana shop has more choices these days.<\/li>\n
  9. Ready to eat – 3\/10 – Very limited brands and very limited variety<\/li>\n
  10. Chips, Cookies\u00a0 – 4\/10 – Soomeone really needs to work on it, you may give me rarest of the rare spices but if you don’t give me my daily consumption items, it is a problem.<\/li>\n
  11. All other departments like Breakfast Cereals, Ice Creams, Lentils, Condiments, Savories, Candies, Cooking Mediums, Chocolates and Flours don’t even deserve\u00a0 a mention.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Mr. Biyani must pay one good visit to his competing outlets, it is necessary.\u00a0 Better still he can call me to show him the gaps. I had to actually go back to Le Marche as half of my requirements were not served. For me it is a big fail, I would keep alternate weeks between Le Marche and Auchan.<\/p>\n

    Foodhall in Delhi is located at DLF Promenade Mall, Vasant Kunj.<\/p>\n

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