Lotte doubles down on India's Choco Pie boom with new production line
Choco Pies roll off the line at Lotte India’s Rohtak manufacturing facility in Haryana, India.
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Choco Pies roll off the line at Lotte India’s Rohtak manufacturing facility in Haryana, India. Courtesy of Lotte WellfoodLotte Wellfood is expanding production of its best-selling Choco Pie in India after the snack surpassed annual sales of 100 billion won ($68 million) there, underscoring the country's growing importance to the Korean food maker.The company said Monday that LOTTE India has begun full-scale operations of a fourth Choco Pie production line at its plant in Rohtak, Haryana.The additional line is intended to strengthen the brand's market position following record sales in India last year.Construction of the new production line began in May 2024 with an investment of about 30 billion won.The company said the line completed a stabilization period in June before entering full…
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