How Vadilal turned from fountain soda shop to Rs 650 cr ice cream empire
Vadilal sold fountain soda much before it became a popular ice cream brand. Here's the amazing sucess story of the company that clocks a Rs.650 crore turnover. Vadilal was founded in 1907 in Gujarat by Vadilal Gandhi and is presently run by the fifth generation. The corporation has a strong presence in India and 45 other countries. Vadilal had humble origins in Gujarat in 1907 — even before India's independence — and is now a well-known brand throughout the country. Beginning with the traditional Kothi process of churning milk, ice, and salt with a hand-operated machine, the company now offers their customers over 200 different flavours of ice cream created at their state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment. Kalpit Gandhi, a fifth-generation entrepreneur in the family, walked us through Vadilal's long past. Vadilal Gandhi, who was from Ahmedabad, created the namesake company in 1907. In 1926, Vadilal founded its first ice cream shop. By the time I...