Tangy teas and roast coffees May 2013 | Gayatri Kamath Stephen Rice, regional president for Canada, Americas and Australia at Tata Global Beverages, was in Mumbai recently attending a leadership workshop on innovation. In this interview he shares some of the brand and product innovations for the Tetley, Eight O’Clock Coffee and Good Earth brands that are energizing Tata Global Beverages businesses in the western hemisphere

‘Individually excellent, collectively brilliant’ April 2013 | Sujata Agrawal Tata Global Beverages has been on a transformation journey in recent years, evolving from a plantations heritage to a global beverage business with a portfolio of strong brands. HR is playing a significant role in facilitating this transformation, says KS Srinivasan, head of human resource management at the company

‘We are proud to have the Tata heritage binding us’ December 2012 | Sujata Agrawal In 2010, Tata Tea assumed an international identity—Tata Global Beverages (TGB), bringing together multiple brands, among them Tetley, Eight O’Clock Coffee and Jemca. The two years since have been an exhilarating time for the new company, with changes coming thick and fast, not least among these the appointment, in July 2012, of Harish Bhat as the chief executive and managing director. He opens up here about TGB, its present and its future

Going with the flow March 2010 | Sujata Agrawal Water has been identified as a critical product area for the Tata Beverage Group. Pradeep Poddar, head of Mount Everest Mineral Water, the Tata Beverage Group’s water business, speaks about the opportunities and challenges in the rapidly-growing market

A heady brew September 2005 Ashok Bhardwaj, president of Tata Tea Inc, traces the company's history and achievements over the past two decades

Globalisation and after January 2002 | Christabelle Noronha RK Krishna Kumar, chairman of the Tetley group, vice chairman of Tata Tea, and managing director of the Taj Group of Hotels, discusses the impact of globalisation and the challenges involved in making a sensible and successful whole of the Tata-Tetley venture

Tea for two November 2001 | Christabelle Noronha The blending of Tata Tea and Tetley is about to start in right earnest shortly. That, says Tata Tea managing director Homi Khusrokhan, will mean integrated operations, reduced costs and Tetley’s cuppas for Indian tea connoisseurs

Creating a global brand December 2000 | Christabelle Noronha An insightful interview with R. K. Krishna Kumar, chairman, Tata Tetley, vice chairmain, Tata Tea, and managing director, Taj Group of Hotels

The master blender January 2000 | Christabelle Noronha In the biggest ever deal in Indian corporate history, Tata Tea bought out the Tetley Group of the UK for 271 million pounds sterling. R. K. Krishna Kumar, chairman, Tetley Group, explains how this came about