Ladhani Group, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in India, is set to make a major Rs 11,000 crore investment over the next five years across its beverage, hospitality, and chemicals sectors. With new plants in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the group is poised for significant growth in both sectors.
Ladhani Group, which is the largest bottler of Coca-Cola in India and has also a play in the hospitality and chemicals segments, plans to invest around Rs 11,000 crore in the next five years across its verticals, a top company official said. It plans to spend around Rs 8,000 crore on SLMG Beverages, its flagship firm and the largest bottling franchisee for Coca-Cola in India, for opening new units to expand its presence in Uttar Pradesh and newly acquired markets of Bihar.
SLMG Beverages is among the top 15 bottlers globally for Coca-Cola and aims to be among the top ten in the coming years. It is ready for more franchising opportunities in India and foreign countries, its Joint Managing Director Paritosh Ladhani told PTI.
The Lucknow-based group also plans to invest around Rs 3,000 crore in its hospitality business in the next five years and double the number of hotel rooms.
SLMG Beverages, which is setting up a new plant in Bihar at Buxar with an investment of Rs 1,200 crore, has plans to open one more similar plant with an additional investment of Rs 1,500 crore, he said.
Besides, the company also plans to invest to expand its existing bottling plants near Lucknow, Amethi, Bareilly, Ayodhya for brownfield expansion and new green plants in Uttar Pradesh to meet the growing demand for fizz and non-fizz-based beverage products in the country’s most populous state.
“So beverages, I think like five years, it will be a billion dollars (around Rs 8,000 crore. while in hospitality for the next three years. The hotel, which is in the pipeline, could be three to five years, we plan to invest about Rs 3,000 crore in the hospitality industry,” said Ladhani.
When asked about the funding of the proposed investment, Ladhani said it will be a mix of debt and internal accruals.
SLMG Beverages accounts for more than 70 per cent of the revenue of Ladhani group. The bottler has an installed capacity of 33,000 bpm (bottlings per minute). It expects its revenue to cross Rs 8,000 crore and Rs 10,000 crore by the next 2025-26 fiscal.
The company had last year acquired rights for the Indian market from Coca-Cola’s bottling arm HCCBL, as the Atlanta-headquartered firm is divesting its bottling assets globally as per its asset-light strategy.
When asked if the group would lap more opportunities for Coca-Cola in other parts of the country or even in the overseas markets, Ladhani said: “We are the largest (bottler of Coca-Cola) in the country as and when the opportunity comes in India or abroad, we are very open for it.”
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