Indian Food Demand In UK

02 Jul 2010

The Indian food business has flourished well inspite of recession and immigration curbs. Britons are relishing the spicy flavors which are giving way to expansion of Indian restaurants and ready-made Indian meals. Inspite of the immigration restrictions established Indian restaurants have expanded by investing hundreds of thousands of pounds. In Bradford alone, recent investment of more than 500,000 pounds has created several jobs in Indian restaurants. On a whole, there has been a fall in the numbers of visitors to Indian restaurants but entrepreneurs who have switched to supplying ready-made Indian meals have seen their business soar - and some are struggling to meet supermarket demands.

Ash Khan, a restaurant owner has decided to convert his Paprika take-away business into a restaurant after investing around 120,000 pounds to convert the premises into a 60-seater restaurant. Also, some new restaurants are starting off due to the increase in demand of Indian foods inspite of recession, some restaurants are supplying at church weddings which was not heard of earlier. Leicester-based Sanjay Foods has seen its turnover soar by 50 per cent to 1.5 million pounds and has now formed a partnership with a London-based caterer Chak 89 after winning several prestigious contracts.