Saravana Stores, founded in 1969, is a chain of retail stores in India. It is the largest family owned business retail chain in India. According to

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, it is India's No. 1 retail store in one locality.

Locations

Saravana Stores operates seven stores in

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, Padi,

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, Chromepet and Usman Road. The company has mega stores in

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and

Coimbatore Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbat ...

. The company is growing rapidly and has plans to open stores in

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The company also operates the Saravana Selvarathinam Stores, in

and

Revenue

In 2008, the company reported an annual turnover of about ₹ 650 crore (200 million US dollars).

Foray into 100% milk based ice cream

In 2004, Saravana Stores Group launched a new ice cream brand name
Jamaai
a 100% milk based ice-cream brand. The factory is located at

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, a suburb of Chennai en route

Sriperumbudur Sriperumbudur is a town panchayat in the Kanchipuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 40 kilometers southwest of the capital city of Chennai on the National Highway 4 and is just outside the Chennai Metropolitan ...

and sold across Tamil Nadu. It has a capacity of 10,000-litres per day ice cream production and expected to expand to 30,000 litres per day. Saravana Super Stores Automated Car Park

Saravana Super Stores Automated Car Park

Fire incident

On 2 September 2008, a fire inside the building led to death of two of its employees and damages worth Crores of rupees. Unauthorized construction and ignoring safety measures are believed to be the reason.

References

Saravanan Store Open in Coimbatore 2015 ..... First Owner Nithish kumar

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