Top 10 Women Leaders In Food And Beverage - 2021

Women have built their numbers at the very top levels of business and politics. Industry participants are beginning to see women as an emerging force, however, and reported that women leaders possess unique benefits. More than 42 percent of responses cited consumer trust and public image as a top benefit of having women in leadership positions. Other key benefits included industry relationships, industry understanding, supplier relationships, relatability as a spokesperson, and media relationships.

Focusing on our annual food and beverage women leaders, men have traditionally dominated most aspects of the industry. However, with time women are creating a profound effect on how the food and beverage industry develops and markets products. As the industry continues to grow and innovate, there is no doubt of seeing more and more women joining the top executive ranks.

Women are beginning to take place among food and beverage leaders at some companies, but there is a long way to go. We feel this will change over time as the industry continues to understand how women leaders can be a significant asset to corporate image and growth. In addition, as the generations shift and millennials take the lead, those inside and outside the market will see women leaders in a different light.

Recognizing the women empowerment in the Food and Beverage section, in this issue of the Women Entrepreneur magazine, a list of 'Top 10 Women Leaders in Food and Beverage - 2021', is presented to the readers to highlight the encouraging stories of the women in food beverage and how efficiently the businesses are performing because of their intervention. The listing prepared by a team of industry veterans, CEOs and VCs, and the Women Entrepreneur magazine editorial team is believed to provide adequate information.

  • iPakka Foods
  • iPakka Foods

  • She is an enterprising professional with over 10 years of experience with expertise in Application Outsourcing & Application Management, project metrics, process improvement, SME of ITSM tools, project estimation, scope management, incident and probl

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  • Kulhar
  • Kulhar

  • She always wanted to be an entrepreneur and with food being a childhood passion she connected all these dots and bridged the gap of prividing good healthy affordable food

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  • Dream a Dozen
  • Dream a Dozen

  • At the age of 18, she started selling cupcakes to her university's cafeteria and never looked back. Today, they deliver their desserts and gift boxes to thousands of customers across the country

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  • Dancing Leaf
  • Dancing Leaf

  • She has blended teas to satisfy every palate and every craving (and when asked how the company name came about, Nandini thinks back to the time her daughter drew the analogy and quipped that the loose leaves `seem to be dancing' as they brew!).

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  • KrrunchIt
  • KrrunchIt

  • She is identifying and leveraging often overlooked business opportunities to scale up her business

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  • The atta girl
  • The atta girl

  • She believes in healthy living and healthy eating and the artisanal batters she make are a result of two years of research and experiments to make a much-loved breakfast as healthy as it can be

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  • Mother On Mission
  • Mother On Mission

  • She developed with a solid purpose of empowering those numerous women out there who have been seething in the boundaries of their kitchen since times immemorial just to feed their families & find them happy & contented

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  • Roast Foods
  • Roast Foods

  • She realizes that more people are now moving towards adopting healthier lifestyle choices and with fewer options available in the market, she came up with the idea for Roast Foods

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  • The Tea Shelf
  • The Tea Shelf

  • With past experience as a retail consultant and a merchandiser for a garment export house, today she handles the operations for The Tea Shelf

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  • Emperica Foods
  • Emperica Foods

  • With over 20 years of experience spread across Hospitality and Telecom industry, she has led large diverse teams to build scalable models for sales, service and operation

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