Adyar Ananda Bhavan (also known as AAB) is a chain of

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restaurants and confectioners founded in

Rajapalayam Rajapalayam () is a City in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the largest municipality in the Virudhunagar district. Rajapalayam is located in the Madurai to Quilon National Highway at a distance of 562 km south to the state capita ...

and headquartered in

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, India. It is the oldest such chain in Chennai and has 145+ outlets across India. Over the years, its range of products has expanded to include a wide variety of vegetarian foods & snacks, fruits and vegetables.

Major departments

* Purchasing Department * Store Department * Production Department * Packing Department * Retail and Restaurants Department * Wholesale & Exports and Marketing Department * Online Sales Department * Catering Department * Residency Department * Logistics and Transport Department * Accounts and Auditing Department * Cash and Finance Department * Operations Department * IT Department * Human Resource Department * R&D and Quality Control Department * Skill Training Department * Agriculture & Farming Department * Maintainers Department * Housekeeping Department * Public Relations Department * Customer Care Department * Employees Safety and Medical Department

Business divisions

* AAB Retail Shop of Indian sweets, savories, Indian masalas, bakery, ice cream, milk, beverages, food gifts * A2B Restaurants and Catering (cuisine of Indian, Tadoori, Chinese, chats, juice, tea) * A2B Greens (fruits and vegetables) * A2B Wholesale and Marketing * Banquets (party and meeting halls) * Residency (lodges) * Online Sales (own website, and third parties of Amazon, Swiggy, Zomato) * AAB's Skill Training Institute * Agricultural lands

History

A2B was founded by Late Thiru. K.S. Thirupathi Raja founder of Guru Sweets in

in 1960's, Srinivasa Sweets in

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(Sriramapuram) and Sri Ananda Bhavan in Washermenpet, Chennai. This was followed by the opening of a branch in Adyar which prompted the company to add Adyar to the name Ananda Bhavan which is now called Adyar Ananda Bhavan. A2B Restaurant Chennai NH45

Adyar Ananda Bhavan, now operates with over 145 branches all over India, most of which are in South India. Adyar Ananda Bhavan is now managed & run by Thiru. K.T. Venkatesan & Thiru. K.T. Srinivasa Raja, sons of Founder, Late Thiru. K.S. Thirupathi Raja.

Growth and operations

Historical achievements of Adyar Ananda Bhavan: *Started initially with Rajapalayam in 1960's and later expanded to Bengaluru (Malleswaram) in 1978 and Chennai (Royapuram) in 1980. * Started with Ananda Bhavan subsequently changed to Adyar Ananda Bhavan. * Started in Chennai in 1979 as Sri Ananda Bhavan in

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by Thirupathi Raja and his elder son K T Venkatesan. In 1988, opened second outlet in Chennai in Adyar. In 1992 expanded with third outlet in Purasaiwakkam and later expanded in short time. * In 1994, they crossed 100 crore in turnover. * Currently more than 10,000 employees with 800 crore in turnover. * 140 Outlets with many having attached restaurants named A2B. Revenue sharing policy followed in 15 outlets and rest are owned by Company. While the company owns property in five places other places are rented. * In 2000, they expanded to Pondicherry, and reached 20 branches in Chennai with total turnover of 150 crores. * Branches and outlets abroad in United States ( Herndon VA, San Jose,

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(1). *Adyar Anand Bhavan outlets located in national highways in

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, Tamil Nadu and

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. * Currently cities with major outlets are Chennai (50 outlets) and Bengaluru (36 outlets) where it has centralised kitchen for preparing food and delivering to various outlets in respective places. * In 2018, Company launches food delivery app “A2B”, for delivery of its restaurant delicacies of South or North Indian taste, Chinese or Tandoori, Savouries or sweets to customers at home from its closest location in respective towns.

Awards

* 2018 The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Southern Region Entrepreneurs Awards to managing director of Adyar Ananda Bhavan Sweets India Private Limited K.T. Srinivasa Raja.

References

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External links

*
Platter of Joy
an article in

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