Karachi Bakery
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Genre | Bakery |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Founder | Khanchand Ramnani |
| Headquarters | Banjara Hills, , India[1] |
Area served | India |
| Products | Biscuits, cakes, snacks |
| Owners |
|
| Website | karachibakery |
Karachi Bakery is a chain of Indian retail bakeries. It was established in Hyderabad in 1953 by a Sindhi Hindu family that migrated to India during the partition.[3][4] It is known for its fruit biscuits, Osmania biscuits and dil kush.[5][6]
Apart from Hyderabad, Karachi Bakery also has outlets in Bengaluru, Chennai[7] and Delhi. The chain also exports a selection of its products to other countries, including Europe, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and the Middle East.[6]
Karachi Bakery was founded in 1953 by Khanchand Ramnani, a Sindhi Hindu migrant who moved to Hyderabad from Karachi during the partition of India in 1947. The bakery was named after Ramnani's original hometown Karachi, which is in present-day Pakistan. Ramnani opened the first Karachi Bakery outlet in Moazzam Jahi Market, Hyderabad.[8][9]
Karachi Bakery's Mumbai outlet ceased operations during the COVID-19 pandemic due to mounting losses.[10][11] In 2023, 15 of its employees in Hyderabad suffered injuries due to a fire accident.[12][13][14]
Reception
In 2016, Karachi Bakery faced calls for a boycott from some Muslim groups in Hyderabad for selling Israeli dates, after which the company began sourcing dates from Iran.[15][16]
Owing to its name, Karachi Bakery outlets witnessed incidents of vandalism and protests in 2019 and 2025, in the aftermath of terror attacks in India and amidst India-Pakistan skirmishes, with owners Rajesh and Harish Ramnani clarifying that they have no links to Pakistan.[17][18][19][2]
The bakery has been subject to fines and regulatory action for flouting food safety norms including selling expired food, fungus infested food, improper labeling.[20][21][22][23][24][25][excessive citations]
