Sri Krishna Sweets
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| Privately held | |
| Industry | Restaurant |
| Genre | Traditional South Indian sweets and savouries |
| Founded | 1948 (Coimbatore, India) |
| Founder | N. K. Mahadeva Iyer |
| Headquarters | Coimbatore, India |
Number of locations | more than 18 |
Area served | India |
Key people | M. Murali, M. Krishnan |
| Products | Food, Sweets, Savouries,Condiments |
| Revenue | Rs. 600 Crore (in 2002)[1] |
Number of employees | 800 |
| Website | http://www.srikrishnasweets.com/ |
Sri Krishna Sweets (Tamil: ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணா ஸ்வீட்ஸ்) is a popular Indian sweet manufacturer and eatery based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. It is most noted for its Mysorepak.
History
Sri Krishna Sweets was established as a restaurant in 1948 in Coimbatore. Its founder was N. K. Mahadeva Iyer who wanted to produce "pure ghee sweets" at home and market them. In 1972, he opened a separate sweet shop at R. S. Puram to retail sweets. As the sweet shop did good business, other branches were opened in different parts of Coimbatore in 1991. In 1996, the company expanded its operations to Chennai and other cities in South India. As of 2010, it has 60 retail outlets across India and three in the United Arab Emirates. It also started serving snacks in its sweet shop and has started providing lunch to customers from 2006. The company is currently managed by Mahadeva Iyer's sons - M. Murali and M. Krishnan.[2][3][4][5]
Gallery
A Krishna Sweets outlet in Goundampalayam
References
- ↑ "A sweet addiction". Business Line. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ↑ "Sri Krishna Sweets introduces lunch buffet". The Hindu. April 22, 2006.
- ↑ "Sri Krishna Sweets launches `Eppo varuvaro'". The Hindu. March 27, 2007.
- ↑ Swaminathan, Chithra (4 December 2009). "Sweet dreams are made of these". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ↑ Srinivasan, Pankaja (25 October 2008). "The mysurpa man". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 March 2010.